Judgment Day

   The Republican strategy to stall Supreme Court nominees by President Obama so they could pack the court with conservatives paid off again today as the court overturned Roe v Wade, thus banning abortions in many states.
   Technically, the court ruled that the federal government had no status to regulate abortions, leaving it up to each state. That means some states will rush to ban abortions, and the guideline is likely to be after six weeks of pregnancy.
   But many women won't be aware of their pregnancy before that, so the result is to ban abortion entirely. In turn, that means women will travel to other states for the procedure. In effect, however, that prohibits many low-income women from terminating an unwanted pregnancy.
   A larger question then becomes, what of the children in these low-income families who cannot afford to support them?
   The result, sadly, is an increase in misbehavior by these unwanted children. They are there largely because others decided their fate. These same people who insist that these children exist do nothing to help support them in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.
   Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.