Among Some of the Things Obama Has Done Right

in these early days of his presidency is reaffirm the right of women to have legal abortions. Today marks the 36th anniversary of the USSC decision Roe v. Wade. Although there have been attempts to curtail access to abortion, often successfully, abortion still remains legal.

Not that the anti-abortion activists weren't out there in full force today with their annual "March for Life" rallies. They were, and they will continue to protest each year, just as they have since the 1973 court decision. They will be protesting in D.C. ten years from now, twenty years from now, fifty years from now, a hundred years from now, and abortion will still be legal. Talk an exercise in futility, talk about a lost cause. Talk about people who foolishly let themselves be used by the Republicans in their cynical attempt to get the anti-abortion activists' votes while having NO intention of outlawing abortion. Why would they? It would take away a useful wedge issue.

If the GOP had EVER been serious about outlawing abortion, they'd have done it.

As I have said time and again on this blog over the years, the abortion issue has never been about the rights of the so-called "unborn." It has always been about women and their roles in society. Scratch an anti-abortion activist, and 99 times out of 100 this person will have very traditional attitudes towards women.