“It is really an absolute display of the power of politics over life.”

Enabling abortion is primarily an attempt to enable otherwise nonviable lifestyles to exist. See Myron Magnet, “The Dream and the Nightmare.” That has become a primary purpose for the State, making sure that people do not have to suffer the consequences of their actions. Gun control is another aspect of this ultimate priority. Some people, even some cultures, can’t handle guns, – and others refuse to have anything to do with them – so no one can have them.

The power of politics over life has become not simply the ability to end life – that has always been around – but the ability to enable almost all lifestyles to be viable.

Whether this priority is a real, ideological commitment to a judgement-free, non-moral, non-religious society or merely a necessary tactic to make sure they have a big enough tent and enough political power – well, I don’t think anybody really knows.