At least we can dump the pretense that the GOP is the 'pro-life' party

At least we can dump the pretense that the GOP is the ‘pro-life’ party

By Jennifer Rubin, Opinion writer at the Washington Post

May 6, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. EDT

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At least some Republicans are dropping the pretense they are “pro-life.” They seem to have backed away from their longtime assertion that all human life is sacred — so sacred as to justify overriding the autonomy and health of women in the context of abortion. Frankly, they are revealing that they think human beings, post-birth, are expendable because of inconvenience (who wants to sit home?), personal liberty (stop telling me what to do!) and economics (we cannot afford the burden). Tuck those away for the next abortion discussion.

At any rate, the jig is up. The Daily Beast reports:

During a private call on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admitted that “every scientific and medical report shows” state reopenings “ipso facto” lead to an increase in novel coronavirus cases, even as he publicly announced plans that same week to end an executive stay-at-home order in the state.

So open very slowly, only when you have a massive testing and contact tracing infrastructure and are ready to reverse course if deaths increase? Nope, testing in Texas lags behind what scientists say is an acceptable level to test, track and isolate those who test positive. Abbott, a Republican, is throwing open the doors anyway, even as cases and deaths in his state rise. (“Data from the Texas Department of Health Services shows that the number of new cases each day does not show a leveling-off. As of April 30, there were 1,033 new cases of COVID-19.”) Abbott watches the death toll rise but doesn’t take his foot off the gas. (“Additionally, the COVID-19 death toll has risen steadily week-to-week in April. In the period from April 24 to April 30, 221 people died, making it the deadliest week since the tracking of data began.”)

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