Civilization and Reason Return, if Only to Texas, with Heartbeat Bill, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, September 2, 2021

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”

Pro-choicers aren’t what they imagine themselves to be. No, these people aren’t skeptical, rationalistic sophisticates. It’s not that they’re too well-read, and maybe jaded, to respect our old-fashioned notions of the “sacred.” They’re not too “scientifically minded” to observe ancient taboos. They aren’t excessively moved by a post-Christian vision of boundless personal liberty. Not one pro-choicer on earth believes in a “seamless garment” of bodily autonomy. (Just ask him about vaccines and labor safety laws.)

Not a single one of them is still beguiled by fantasies like Margaret Sanger’s, who wrote in the 1920s that “liberating” the sex instinct would unleash cosmic powers and regenerate a “higher human race.” That’s not what the Sexual Revolution accomplished, and everyone knows it by now. The fruit of that revolution is countless exploited pregnant teens, millions of fatherless boys behind bars, and tragic cases like “Rachel” Levine. Plus cratering birthrates. And the slow death of marriage. And porn as the omnipresent opiate of the people, dulling their pain. …

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