Posted on 07/11/2024 6:21:00 PM PDT by Morgana
New York Times national religion correspondent Elizabeth Dias and national politics correspondent Lisa Lerer joined The Daily Show temp hosts Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central on Wednesday to promote their new book, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America. It was a mournful time for all as they mused about “radicalized” Republicans and how “horrified” they are about the book's subject.
Lydic claimed that, “we enjoyed your book very much and also were thoroughly horrified by all of it, obviously. But so many Americans felt, kind of, blindsided when Roe v. Wade was overturned, and yet you walk us through every step of the way. This was not an overnight, shocking decision. This was decades in the making.”
She then invited them to “walk us through some of that.”
Dias summarized that “for 50 years, the anti-abortion movement tried so hard, right? They made it their life's work, generational commitment, to try to overturn Roe. This was a moral commitment for them, for them, the greatest moral calling of their lives. And they were not successful until about ten years ago, something changed. And we've taken to calling it, this was the last decade, the final decade of the Roe era in American life.”
She also declared that pro-lifers “had new tactics, new strategies, and they really radicalized along with the Republican Party, and did what many Americans thought unimaginable, which was overturning Roe v. Wade.”
Who radicalized? Democrats used to say they were for “safe, legal, and rare” abortions, but now they are for them anytime, anyplace, anywhere. The fact-checkers like to say that late-term abortions are rare and almost exclusively done for medical reasons, but surveys show that isn’t true. One study, from a pro-abortion professor, claimed “data suggest that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.”
Nevertheless, Lydic asked, “Where do we go from here? I mean, are women going to have to run for president and have presidential immunity in order to legally have an abortion? Is that where we are?”
Lerer was more neutral:
Well, I mean, it is worth pointing out that many of the most prominent figures in the anti-abortion movement are women… There's no magic wand. You know, President Biden talks about restoring Roe. There's no way to do that without a margin in the Senate that feels almost impossible unless they overturn the filibuster and then all agree on what that looks like, which, as we know about the Senate, that's an extremely high bar to clear. So, there is no easy answer here. There's not some, like, thing that can snap back in place and Roe returns. I think the country is in for many more decades of wrangling over this issue.”
Trying to end on an optimistic note, Lydic stated, “We so appreciate all of the work you are doing and you being on here tonight. We’re still hopeful that there will be, your next book, The Rerise of Roe.”
While Lydic mourns the demise of Robe and suggests women run for president, simply to have an abortion, it should be pointed out that Lydic struggles to even define what it is that makes someone a woman.
Here is a transcript for the July 10 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
7/10/2024
11:26 PM ET
DESI LYDIC: We enjoyed your book very much and also were thoroughly horrified by all of it, obviously. But so many Americans felt, kind of, blindsided when Roe v. Wade was overturned, and yet you walk us through every step of the way. This was not an overnight, shocking decision. This was decades in the making.
Walk us through some of that. This was decades in the making. Walk us through some of that.
ELIZABETH DIAS: You mean the secret plan to overturn Roe v. Wade?
LYDIC: Yes. Yes.
DIAS: There was one. For 50 years, the anti-abortion movement tried so hard, right? They made it their life's work, generational commitment, to try to overturn Roe. This was a moral commitment for them, for them, the greatest moral calling of their lives. And they were not successful until about ten years ago, something changed. And we've taken to calling it, this was the last decade, the final decade of the Roe era in American life. They had new tactics, new strategies, and they really radicalized along with the Republican Party, and did what many Americans thought unimaginable, which was overturning Roe v. Wade.
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LYDIC: Where do we go from here? I mean, are women going to have to run for president and have presidential immunity in order to legally have an abortion? Is that where we are?
LISA LERER: Well, I mean, it is worth pointing out that many of the most prominent figures in the anti-abortion movement are women. That there is a strategy to put women at the front of the movement. I think, you know, I've asked a lot of abortion rights activists, like, that very question. What happens now? It took 50 years for Roe to fall. How many years does it take for it to return and nobody knows.
There's no magic wand. You know, President Biden talks about restoring Roe. There's no way to do that without a margin in the Senate that feels almost impossible unless they overturn the filibuster and then all agree on what that looks like, which, as we know about the Senate, that's an extremely high bar to clear. So, there is no easy answer here. There's not some, like, thing that can snap back in place and Roe returns. I think the country is in for many more decades of wrangling over this issue.
LYDIC: Well, we so appreciate all of the work you are doing and you being on here tonight. We’re still hopeful that there will be, your next book, The Rerise of Roe.
If those 65 million had been born and raised rather than offed, the vast majority would indeed have worked most of their lives. Statistically.
And how would that affect housing shortage? Traffic jams? Food already too expensive for many middle class and lower class? How will the 65 million more people competing for car purchases affect car prices? Have you priced a new car lately? Have you looked for a newer house lately?
Europe has ard 310million more people than the US over close to the same size territory.
I should’ve searched it in advance-
it’s over 400million more people and the US is 97% the geographical size of Europe.
Thank you liz
you just made my day. I had a rough day but you just made it better!! :)
Exactly.
It’s not *new* that abortions are restricted. It’s getting back to the old, when America had its heyday.
That is no justification for abortion, noob.
Interesting homepage you have. Do you also believe that work makes free?
Bobbyvotes
Since Jan 1, 2024
“Work is best form of worship.”
Deport the illegals and you'll see most of those problems disappear.
IBTZ of the noob.
I was married to a Scandinavian for many years. I have visited most countries in Europe. In my observation 90%+ Europeans live in apartments or condos, meaning multi family housing. I like American housing of majority single family homes.
Also Europe has much more public transportation. I prefer my car for going places.
Well clearly we are going to have to kill a lot of people to achieve economic stability
I would never propose that. Just to make it clear I am strongly pro-life by personal actions. My wife and I did not want amnio-synthesis test even though we were in our 40’s and 50’s when she got pregnant. Because there was never an option to abort. However I do not force my beliefs on others.
The whole point here is, I have seen and lived in overcrowded countries first hand. United States is still a wonderful place to live because of the space available. I am already witnessing hardships in grocery stores and growing traffic jams. It behooves to think about how things would be with millions more competing for food & space.
You mean like the 10 million illegal immigrants, who are not their best.
Democrats only care about retaining power. The 10 million are not immigrants. They are invaders. Democrats want them here for permanent majority of voters.
If you want to seriously consider it.
If those 65 million had not been aborted.
Maybe a fourth would have been miscarried.
About a fourth would never have been conceived since their moms would already be pregnant with their predecessor or not fertile yet after giving birth to their predecessor
And about a fourth would not have been conceived because people would be more stringent with birth control/less promiscuous.
So we are talking about 17 million more Americans spreading out over 49 years.
That’s about 350,000 more American citizens per year.
A huge improvement to our nation. Some would be serial killers. Some would be almost perfect saints. Most would be like you and me, getting educated, having fun, working and overall contributing.
Humanity is a net positive.
We’re talking about 65million, not another 400million.
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