If MAGA Republicans ever win control of both Houses of Congress and the Presidency they will pass a law outlawing all “abortion medication” — now used in more than half the abortions in the U.S. and increasing, as state restrictions and bans increase.
Abortion pills are, of course, only used in early first term abortions. They are usually but not always used in consultation with doctors and following their counsel. “Red State” laws aimed at women’s right to end an unwanted pregnancy are also aimed at preventing the use of the mails or other measures to transport this extremely valuable “abortion medicine” — which happens also to be used after unintentional miscarriages.
Assuming our unrepresentative “Supremes” don’t agree with the ridiculous Texas Federal Judge’s overreach, the present USSC would certainly rule in favor of a Congressional Law to this effect if it were passed. There is plenty of room for it to pass “constitutional muster” under the “Commerce Clause.” Also, let’s face it — it would be warmly welcomed by a majority of this reactionary court, filled with Republicans, religious and Conservative ideologues, and lawyer and political types with little or no life experience outside of courtrooms.
Of course the vote of the nation in 2024 and beyond may slow this move toward national abortion restrictions. A ruling or national law against the “abortion pill” would quite likely be the first big step toward passing an outright national ban on early stage abortion. If MAGA should somehow win big in 2024, the influence of the evangelical right and rabid anti-democratic “Moral Majority” hypocrites would prove irresistible, as the only thing that holds them in check now is the fear of losing votes. In such a case, Republicans will move rapidly from a supposed “states rights” position toward pushing for a NATIONAL ban on “baby killing.”