Reading this:
The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill Thursday that would ban nearly all abortions, the latest and most severe in a string of anti-abortion measures approved in the state in recent months.
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure, HB 4327, which would prohibit abortions after “fertilization” with few exceptions, making it the most restrictive such law in the country. It passed the Republican-controlled House by a vote of 73-16. [NBC News]
It’s hard for me to avoid the impression that the Oklahoma legislature is trying to engage in one-upmanship. In other words, rather than incentivizing wisdom in governance, someone has said The winner will be the one who can be most extreme in casting out abortion!
Which seems despicable to me.
Extremism has been incentivized by the Republicans for half a century and more, and that’s what we’re getting: cartoon characters in State and Federal legislatures.
Or just file this under Toxic Team Politics, yeah?
