Forgive me if you’ve seen this one before, but I don’t recall it being mentioned around here. Apparently, in addition to making abortions illegal after six weeks it will also be illegal to help someone obtain an abortion after that time period.

As regular readers know (and have told me repeatedly) I have hit the religion very hard the last couple of days. So, I’m looking at this from another angle. One of the things they taught us in political science and history was the notion that over the course of a generation the political parties will often switch positions almost entirely.

It’s one of the hallmarks of conservatism to argue that they were the party for civil rights. In a sense it’s true if you are strictly looking at labels, but the thought behind the label is what matters. Conservatives have been against civil rights from the very beginning. In the beginning, they just called themselves Democrats.

Classical conservatives believe in keeping the government out of our bedrooms, personal lives, and life choices. The Republican party abandoned that a long time ago. Instead they want to stay out of your pocketbook but govern your body. It’s just a little ironic that the best argument against conservatives on this issue comes from themselves. At least it comes from what they used to believe.

Of course, Texans aren’t the only ones passing questionable laws. It seems Tennessee is trying to limit access to all vaccines for children. Somehow, the mental gymnastics needed to consider these laws is staggering. They are still overly concerned about bathrooms it seems.

This is all very simple to me. You believe in freedom or you don’t. You regulate activities where other people can get hurt and you allow those other activities to slide. When you are more concerned about where someone goes to the bathroom than what they could possibly do with a gun there is something seriously wrong. When conservative values go out the window then what values do conservatives have left?