The Republican Party is rapidly becoming the party of authoritarianism, which is why they are so secretive about the party's activities.
Republicans want to impose an unpopular religious belief -- an abortion ban -- on the majority of Americans who do not share that belief.
Now the Republican Party wants dictate to private businesses what they can share with their customers. Republicans want the government to control Facebook content, not Facebook.
Regardless of the circumstances surrounding a pregnancy such as the health of the woman, age of the woman marital status of the woman, causes of the pregnancy. the Republican Party wants the government to impose its will on the woman. The freedom of women to decide is to be removed, according to the Republican party. Some Republican state governments want to criminalize abortion, and that would include the pregnant woman.
Here is a rundown of a handful of Republican states that currently have the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. In each case the government decides the fate of the woman regardless of circumstances.
Abortion is currently legal in Mississippi, but the state already has some of the most restrictive laws that make it extremely difficult to access abortion care. There is only one licensed abortion facility in the entire state where clinic workers can provide medication abortions and abortion procedures at up to 16 weeks.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law earlier this week that bans abortion after six weeks, which is typically before a woman knows she is pregnant.
Last year, Texas passed
a bill that bans most abortions after six weeks.
There are currently only two places in Arkansas that offer abortion care. If the Supreme Court were to officially overturn Roe v. Wade, abortions would be banned in the state immediately unless needed to save the life of the mother. Anyone who performs an abortion could face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine, under the law.
Source: The Hill.
Little wonder as to why Republicans do not want to talk about this.
That was only the beginning. More begins in Texas.
CNN reports, "Texas residents can now sue Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for allegedly censoring their content after a federal appeals court sided Wednesday with the state’s law restricting how social media sites can moderate their platforms.
"The 15-word ruling allowing the law, which had been blocked last year, to take effect has significant potential consequences. Most immediately, it creates new legal risks for the tech giants, and opens them up to a possible wave of litigation that legal experts say would be costly and difficult to defend.
"Texas’s law
makes it illegal for any social media platform with 50 million or more US monthly users to “block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against expression.”
"Discriminate against expression.” That's bad. Texas, by omission, virtually admits discrimination against race is okay under this new law.
Which freedoms are next to come under government control when Republicans are in charge?
Do grassroots Republicans, mostly farmers, ranchers, and rural shopkeepers, know what is going on in their name? Hell no, most are not internet savvy and, when it comes to the news, they are mostly interested in the weather. All they know is, Trump is their savior.
Here is what is interesting about today's Republicans. They not only do not talk about what their party is doing, they try very hard to discourage others from talking about the Republican Party. It doesn't work, but they try.