This blog series was inspired by the news Alabama just enacted a law that would prohibit abortion almost completely.
It is not surprising this comes from Alabama, or that other southern states are competing to see who can be the toughest on abortion. For many generations the Christian south had no problem going home from Church to live comfortably off the slaves they bought and sold like cattle. They were so outraged when the North wanted to free their slaves they precipitated a bitter civil war with enormous casualties. They lost the war but when the Federal government lost interest in monitoring their behavior, they replaced slavery with segregation, reincarnating the institutional subjugation of a people because of their race. Eventually segregation also got struck down by the Federal Government.
They can't seem to give up their self righteous belief they are entitled to judge and control the behavior of others. They went after Gays for awhile, and caused a lot of pain to a lot of people. Eventually they lost traction as the vast majority of Americans realized gays were people and the freedom we celebrate is fundamentally about letting folks make their own choices in life.
In this year besides Alabama, Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky have passed or are near passing bills sharply limiting the right to abortion. Arkansas and Utah have passed bills somewhat limiting the right to abortion.
The six most stringent laws limit abortion almost from (or sometimes before) the moment the women knows she is pregnant. Those six states are , Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio.
Is it a coincidence that every one of those 6 states whose legislatures are busy passing bills limiting abortion are among the poorest states when measured by per capita income? The average per capita income in the United States comes in at about $47,000 per year. These 9 states average income ranges from $39,000 (Alabama) to $43,000 (Ohio).
21 States have set Abortion standards that are significantly below the current law that hinges on when a Fetus is viable. 15 of the 21 have incomes below the National average.
Those 21 states include 8 of the 10 most dangerous states to live in, according to Wallethub.com, a website that figures out which states are the safest places to live.
Of the 6 states with the most restrictive laws all are in the bottom 20 of the list of safe states to live in except Ohio who is 21st from the bottom
It is hard to escape the conclusion rich folks in those states don't want people thinking about what a lousy job their government does about providing decent wages, or better schools, or early childhood education - so they spend a lot of money whipping up a frenzy about evil women getting abortions.
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