"... the Court merely prolongs and intensifies the anguish."
I read this from Scalia. I read it again, paraphrased, in an op ed on CNN. Professor Carter Snead wrote:
Not only did Roe and its progeny corrupt the law, but it also badly damaged our politics. It channeled all of the political energy of the abortion debate into proxy battles for control of the Supreme Court that played out in a toxic fashion in presidential and senatorial campaigns, reaching a shameful apex in judicial confirmation hearings, which have become a no-holds-barred blood sport where politicians don't merely argue, they seek to destroy the nominee as a person. This has transformed into something entirely darker, with justices and their families facing harassment and other threats of violence, including murder.
It has to be one of the most absurd positions I have ever read, whether Ward's, Scalia's, or Snead's.
This decision won't change the politics of the situation, it will just change the direction of the push. It won't change the violence which Snead conveniently ignores has been carried out against abortion providers and individuals seeking abortions (or even just health care, but from the "wrong" place at the "wrong" time).
This decision prolongs and intensifies the anguish far more than a different decision would have. Had
this course supported Roe it would have actually reduced the conflict, but the lack of integrity on the part of Alito (among others) precluded his even considering that.
I write this for the majority of us, as I know that Ward is no more capable of considering the truth of what I write than "Justice" Alito would have been.