From Clay Jones on his political cartoon “Abortion Ruling Wipeout,” the unconstitutional Texas abortion law, and how Supreme Court overturned it
Ever watch that game show, Wipeout, where contestants have to go through humiliating and extremely difficult physical obstacle courses to win the prize? The players are always getting knocked down, punched in the face, and knocked into a great big muddy pool. It’s a really cool show to watch if you’re drinking in a bar and the bartender won’t change the channel. Nobody watches that kinda stuff at home, or anything on that TruTV channel.
I drew a cartoon similar to this a few years ago that’s somewhere deep in my archives. There was an obstacle in front of an abortion clinic, and I believe there were rattlesnakes and barbwire among the hazards.
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled abortion constitutional in 1973, Republicans have been trying to find ways to circumvent a woman’s right to choose, especially in red states.
Some of the obstacles they’ve constructed have been withholding public funding, preventing coverage of insurance, implementing state-mandated counseling, requiring licensed physicians, installing waiting periods, and making a girl call mom and dad.
Texas got really creative. They created a law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and clinics to meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. These laws were closing clinics, thus making fewer of them in the state and forcing women to driver farther from home, sometimes to another state, to get an abortion. Republicans claim these laws are for women’s health. Republicans being concerned about women’s health is laughable.
States cannot enact laws creating undue burdens on women seeking abortions. That’s exactly what the Supreme Court, even with a vacancy the Republican Senate refuses to fill, ruled Texas guilty of doing. Several other states have also made ridiculous laws on abortion, and we can expect many of those to be struck down soon.
Republicans love to create obstacle courses for abortion, minorities registering to vote, immigration, getting on welfare, poor kids eating lunch, etc. The only issue it seems they want a clear path toward is buying a gun.
I think there should be Wipeout obstacle courses for Republicans before they can enact ridiculous laws. If nothing else, it would be amusing to see them land in the mud. Wallowing in the mud is where they are the most comfortable.
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