“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him HER with a terrible resolve.” I know, I know that’s not the exact quote—duh—and I also know it probably wasn’t vocalized by whats-his-name after his country bombed the ever-loving shit out of Pearl Harbor. Just be patient; you’ll see what I mean soon enough.
I’ve updated my list of STATES TO BOYCOTT by adding Arizona.
Another near-total abortion ban, folks. This time, the Arizona State Supreme Court has invoked the ban using an ancient codicil from back when people could own slaves, lightbulbs weren’t a thing, and horses were the main form of transportation—to name a few. See, when this ban initially happened, it wasn’t enforced. Then, in 1973, Roe V. Wade happened, and that funky 1864 ban was booted back to the archives for a long, long time.
Fast-forward to now: Arizona, for the longest time, was run by a bunch of small government, MAGA choads (and still is, somewhat), so that power gave these folks to find out a way to get rid of abortion—in all instances.
Before the AZ Supreme Court dusted off the 1864 ban and decided it would be super duper groovy to control women even MORE, the state already had one of the strictest laws in the country—NO ABORTION AFTER 15 WEEKS.
Naturally, Arizona’s Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs and AG Kris Mayes acted APPROPRIATELY AND HUMANELY by saying that the ban was a big piece of shit set out to control women.
They added that the state will not prosecute doctors who perform abortions. Even neighboring Blue States and those from farther away are all like, ‘Heyyyy, Arizonaaaaa! Y’all need help? We can arrange safe transportation for those who need this basic HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE to our states, and we can help out with other issues as well, mmkay? LMK.’
Appropriate and decent responses. One hundred percent.
Now, what’s not SO surprising—but a little, wait a lot surprising—are the reactions of the dumbfuck Republicans who were practically creaming their knickers over the fact that their party will finally win the war on women by taking away more and more of our freedoms.
Abortion bans popped up like weeds all over this country once Roe was struck down in June 2022. Lots of goose-stepping victory laps were initially taken when these strict laws exploded up all over the place. However, those celebrations were short-lived because women of all races, creeds, economic statuses, ages, and education woke the fuck up and cried, ‘I DON’T FUCKING THINK SO!’
Presidential candidate Donald J Trump was all-in on a total abortion ban. As were his acolytes Ron DeSantis (and his kitten heels), Kari Lake (and her over-sculpted eyebrows), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Dick Cheese governors of Oklahoma, Utah, and Kansas, and, many, many local, state, and federal MAGA folks were balls deep into banning abortion.
..until most of them weren’t.
See, now that women are extremely pissed off at having our bodies taken away from us, our voices are FINALLY BEING FUCKING HEARD, and even SOME OF THIS CHOADS ARE FINALLY FUCKING PAYING ATTENTION. Even DJT is like, ‘Um, uhhh..maybe we should leave abortion laws to the states. Uhh..this total ban thing? *wink wink* It’s not gonna *really* happen, *wink wink cough cough* so let the states decide *cough cough, but y’all really know I’m gonna ban when I become president* cough* I’m just saying this because I want women to vote for me cough cough, but I’m a fat fucking liar, but I say what I want so that’s why all white peeps like me so much. hahaha, suckers!’
(Side note: if any of you MAGA folks or moderates or libertarians or independents actually believe what he says, you’re dumber than a box of hair. Please don’t reproduce. And grow the hell up. Thanks.)
Trump is now having a tough time finding a running mate because of this bullshit. Awww, poor bulbous fascist (I’m gonna fat-shame the hell out of DJT—it’s my kink, let it go). I’m playing the world’s tiniest violin for you right now.
So, now that DJT has mumbled something about how abortion rights should be left up to the states between bites of hamberders and sips of cofeve, his fanboys and fangirls (I’m looking at YOU Kari Lake since you’re were all tits-up in supporting this 1864 Ban in YOUR STATE) are walking back their total-ban lust. Like fucking clockwork.
The Democrats are not without blame here at all.
They should’ve codified Roe when they had control of the House, Senate, and the White House. But noooo.. it was easier to keep Roe in limbo because it helped with fundraising. However, not making Roe the law of the land helped with Republican fundraising, too.
Funny, that.
There is some good news, though. Two of the justices on the AZ Supreme Court are up for retention in November. Also, I predict that fundraising for Democratic candidates will skyrocket—maybe for GOP candidates, too. Maybe.