Two men, one idea: A theological dystopia

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One may well wonder the Christian right’s eventual goal for America, in the aftermath of the US supreme court decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared a constitutional right to abortion.

Is it planning on creating a theological dystopia, a prison with respect to reproductive rights, something similar to the Gilead depicted in Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel ‘ The Handmaid’s Tale ‘?

According to Hilary Clinton, the goal is to oppress women. To what point, she doesn’t say.

Actually, she says, there is no endpoint.

In her ‘ Lunch with the FT ‘, Mrs Clinton said that Roe’s reversal would allow some US states to make it illegal to abort after rape and incest; while one state — “and this is hard even to speak about” — would require the woman to get the permission of her rapist before aborting. Other states, she said, plan to criminalise women who have the procedure in states where it is legal.

She went on: “The level of insidious rule…