On May 7, Mitch McConnell, all but admitted that his goal, if the Republicans re-gain power, was a complete federal ban on abortion, if Roe V Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction, is overturned.

Now, you may not think this affects you, particularly if you aren’t female, or if you’re one of those women who can’t get past the religious propaganda long enough to understand that this “complete” ban would include no abortions, even ones that are medically necessary to remove an unviable pregnancy, such as an ectopic pregnancy (up to 16% of women), or a miscarriage  (up to 20% of women), pregnancies that would not result in a baby, but are more than likely to kill the mother if not removed.

You may not think this affects you because you see women as nothing more than baby incubators, so you will force a 12 year-old who gets pregnant after having been violated, to further be violated by not allowing her to start the healing process, and forcing her to carry to term the product of her rape, which will can cause her physical damage as her body hasn’t completed the growth needed to withstand pregnancy and birth, and will absolutely cause her psychological damage because she’s fucking 12, and should be still playing with dolls and not popping out babies to, as Supreme Court Justice Amy “Aunt Lydia” Comey Barret, stated “to provide the US with a “Domestic Supply of Adoptable Infants.””

Fine.

But just in case you were wondering, Roe v. Wade isn’t the only thing the GOP are coming after.

– Griswold v Connecticut: This 1965 decision ruled that the 14th Amendment (Due process clause) of the constitution protects the liberty of married couples to buy and use contraceptives without government restriction – Marsha Blackburn, Republican Senator from Tennessee, has signaled that overturning Griswold, is on the GOP Agenda. (Some states have already added certain forms of contraception, those that prevent a fertilized egg from turning in to a pregnancy, like IUDs and Plan B, to their anti-abortion bills)

-Loving v. Virginia: This 1967 decision ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US constitution. – Mike Braun, Republican Senator from Indiana, has signaled that overturning Loving, is on the GOP Agenda

-Obergefell v Hodges – This 2015 decision rued that the fundamental right marry is guaranteed to same sex couples by both the Equal protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to The US Constitution – John Cornyn, Republican Senator of Texas, has signaled that overturning Obergefell, is on the GOP Agenda.

In case you were wondering, this is the text of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution:

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

So, be warned, you may not give a crap about the rights of women to decide, when they should become parents, or even when they should have sex (if you’re one of those incredibly shitty people who are pro forcing a rape victim to carry a product of rape to term), but it won’t end with just robbing women of their bodily autonomy.

The 14th Amendment is under attack and that Amendment has been critical in allowing everyone -men and women, and children (Brown v Board of Education) – to enjoy freedoms and equality, not previously specified in the Constitution, which was originally written by white men, for the benefit of the freedom of white men, and has always been a living document meant to be amended to reflect the changes society is destined to go through.

You may want to pay attention. Because the next freedom they will go for, may actually affect you personally.