If Roe v. Wade Goes (What happens next is the end of reproductive rights)

[Swede Atlanta]

11. I'm not sure about some of these assertions....

I am not aware of a state that has granted rapists visitation rights. I recall one recent case where a rapist father has sought visitation rights but have not seen anything definitive on this.

Forced marriage will not happen. But fundie families would be emboldened by a Roe v. Wade overturn by believing that the country is turning back toward God. And for these families that means turning back toward a time when wives and daughters were subservient to husbands and fathers. Husbands exercised significantly more control over the lives of their wives. Daughters had to seek permission from their fathers when it came to potential spouses. This will play out in those fundamental families. But I don't see a return to arranged or forced marriages.

Abstinence will also not be the only form of birth control. There would likely be some states that would outlaw the sale of birth control pills because they will argue this is akin to abortion or "murder". But I think condoms would remain legal where there has been no joining of sperm and egg.

But there will be increasing focus on abstinence in terms of sex education

In general, however, overturn of Roe v. Wade would embolden the Christo-fascists (and I am a Christian). They would see this as a sign the nation was turning back toward God and they would be pushing all manner of changes in society from increased challenges to church-state separation such as prayer in schools, teaching creationism and not evolution, banning the teaching of geology and other such sciences, etc. They would push harder to roll-back rights achieved by the LGBT community, etc.

So, in addition to the very direct affects of a rollback of Roe v. Wade would be a tidal wave of bigoted, hateful legislation and civic action to create a country governed by the Christian version of Sharia law.