When Roe v. Wade became the law of the land in 1973 many states had already passed the law to some extent. In 1965 The Supreme Court made Birth Control legal with it's decision on Griswold v. Connecticut. In both cases there was raging controversy during what is commonly known as the "Civil Rights era".
I can recall around that time that Right Wingers, which was a mix of Hoover Republicans and Southern Democrats, seem to warm up to the notion of Legal Abortion and Birth Control, because of the belief mostly Blacks and Poor Whites, and Hippie types would be participating. Not only would it control the population of the "Unwanted Class", but there would be less babies to take care of on welfare.
Then came the 1980 Census.
The 1980 census showed a clear reduction of the White race in America compared to minorities . I can't remember all the details concerning the report, but I do recall that there were major concerns that by 2080 Whites would not be the majority race in The United States of America. This set the Right Wing media ablaze. And all kind of theories as to why started to hit the air waves and print.
Abortion, Immigration of Latinos, Gays and Contraception were the main culprits, that was common the consensus of the Right Wing media. At the same time Abortion Clinics, Hispanic Immigrants, and Gays were placed on White Supremacy hate list along with Blacks and Jews, and Communist.
So it starts to make a little more sense that Abortion, Immigration of Latinos, Gays and Contraception again major social issues in the 2012 elections. Anything that decreases the majority rule of Whites is a foe.
White Supremacy are ugly words, unless you are a White Supremacist. Therefore a more acceptable group had to come into the picture so it could be brought forth in better light to the public. Blowing up abortion clinics and lynching Gays wasn't going to get it. Hispanic gangs knew how to shoot back.
Then along came the Moral Majority. Jerry Falwell and his cohorts began to attack reproduction rights, specifically abortion as a sin against God. They started calling it murder, and they cited millions of babies as victims. In my opinion the only babies they were concerned with were White babies, if they were just Black babies, this would not be a national issue.
No one likes abortion, yet a woman should have the right to choose,in cases of rape, incest, danger of life to the mother and even economic reasons, if she can't afford another mouth to feed. I personally question knowledge of birth defect, having an Autistic son whom I love very much.
But the issues on the Right is not about, religion, or a woman's health. That is a facade. The real reason is, the fear of the extinction of the White race in America. The Tea Party Republicans are full of people who feel this is a real and present danger. And if they succeed in attacking Gays, reproduction rights, and civil liberties of Hispanics, they will be coming after mixed race marriages next. If Obama was all Black many would have a more favorable opinion of him.
The question is simple does a Government have the right to protect the racial make up of it's nation?
It seems that the Tea Party Republicans and the Communist Chinese have a lot in common after all.
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