Something rarely addressed by politicians or in the media is that the US is beginning to have a population problem. Fewer people are interested in having children. If they do have children, the number they have is lower than in previous periods. This is for numerous reasons: concerns over climate change, generational debt, the desire for greater freedom…

In order to maintain its dominance on the world stage, the US needs to maintain its population. Legally forcing every pregnant woman to come to full term will do much to mediate this problem.

That unwanted pregnancies unduly effect the lives of lower class women and their families is of no concern to the conservatives attempting to outlaw abortion. That many women will die or have lasting reproductive complications due to unsafe abortions is of no concern to them. That an abortion is safer than childbirth could not be a concern for those who can afford the best healthcare.

If more people are born into the lower classes, that’s great: that means more soldiers. More consumers. More voters to keep them in power.

If Republicans gain control of Congress in these mid-term elections they will do everything they can to enact a national ban on abortions. Imagine what might happen if they win the White House back in 2024. Conservatives will control Congress, have a majority on the Supreme Court, and have no one to veto any action they take.

I don’t care if Biden is turning 81 or 118 in 2024. If he is a second-term president, who obviously will not be looking for reelection, and the Democrats still have control of Congress, however tenuous, Biden will be able to expand the Supreme Court.

There needs to be a landslide victory for the Democrats in both these mid-term elections and in 2024. The kind of landslide we were expecting in 2020 but did not achieve. Otherwise the assault on human rights will not only continue but will increase.