RE: PBA BAN. It’s basically TAPPED dogma — as contributed by LeMew — that the counter-mobilization theories about an abortion ban are BS. In other words, today’s Supreme Court decision is not likely to produce an equal and instant counter-reaction among pro-choicers that’ll lead to Republicans losing seats and state legislatures guaranteeing reproductive rights. I agree with that. And I think the problem is in part that the conservative position lends itself better to a strategy of incrementalism than does the liberal position. It’s easier to offer a thousand tiny pieces of legislation slowly restricting choice than to create bills expanding on it. So my question, largely for Scott but for anyone, is whether there’s any legislative strategy that makes sense here. Could Congress — were they so inclined (and, of course, they aren’t) — go and insert a health-of-the-mother provision? In a perfect world, what would a progressive legislative strategy look like here?
–Ezra Klein
