Beyond that, if Chief Justice Tom Parker’s hopes are realized, the decision could push the entire nation’s legal system in the direction of a complete criminalization of abortion. “Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God,” Parker wrote in a concurring opinion that quoted extensively from the Bible.
In addition, the ruling and Parker’s opinions provide a “terrifying preview of another Trump presidency,” in the words of journalist Sarah Posner, because MAGA movement political operatives are openly planning the implementation of a Christian nationalist agenda if Trump returns to power, including the criminalization of providing abortion medication and the use of government power to enforce “traditional” and “biblical” views on family, sexuality, gender, and more.
There may be a kind of silver lining to the ruling and Parker’s theocratic opinion: they have made it much harder to ignore the danger of dominionist Christians using positions of power to force law and society into alignment with their “biblical worldview.”
In addition, the ruling and Parker’s opinions provide a “terrifying preview of another Trump presidency,” in the words of journalist Sarah Posner, because MAGA movement political operatives are openly planning the implementation of a Christian nationalist agenda if Trump returns to power, including the criminalization of providing abortion medication and the use of government power to enforce “traditional” and “biblical” views on family, sexuality, gender, and more.
There may be a kind of silver lining to the ruling and Parker’s theocratic opinion: they have made it much harder to ignore the danger of dominionist Christians using positions of power to force law and society into alignment with their “biblical worldview.”
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