Opinion: This month’s abortion laws are anything but conservative
By David Von Drehle David Von Drehle Columnist focusing on national affairs and politics Email Bio Follow Columnist May 17 at 5:33 PM “First, do no harm” — the timeless admonition to new doctors — gets about as close to the core of conservative philosophy as four words can. A conservative measures twice before cutting, heeds the doctrine of unintended consequences and lives by the motto: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Though not identical , the new laws are built from the same rigid timber. They hold that a fetus of six or eight weeks’ gestation has all the rights and protections of a born child. No ifs, ands or buts. The end result is tyranny masquerading as love: Even an Alabama child in grade school raped by an abusive father must carry the resulting pregnancy to term.
Abortion-rights activists protest in the Missouri House after lawmakers passed a strict antiabortion bill Friday. In truth, the Supreme Court’s careful, measured approach to abortion has been an example of conservatism in action. The justices have avoided sweeping, categorical rulings designed to turn the world on its head.
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