This Viewpoint discusses the potential ramifications for assisted reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization, if the Supreme Court overturns Roe
there will be fights along the way, but the trajectory of that to me is very clear. i think that s the optimistic view and i m partial to that. the one caveat, i would say, is that i think particularly in the case of abortion rights, one way to interpret what s happening is that the extremists have already fenced in so much, the only ground that they have to march forward on is on such extreme ground that no one wants to support it. so in the case of mississippi, right, the mississippi personhood amendment, which was sort of the beginning of this trend that went down to defeat last year, there s only one abortion provider in mississippi. it s like, what battles are they left to fight in mississippi. so i think there s a degree to which the culture war victories that have already been secured by the right have forced the right into ever more extreme territory, because they have to keep fighting, that s what they do, and now they re facing backlash. but i don t know sometimes whether tha
fenced in so much, the only ground that they have to march forward on is on such extreme ground that no one wants to support it. so in the case of mississippi, right, the mississippi personhood amendment, which was sort of the beginning of this trend that went down to defeat last year, there s only one abortion provider in mississippi. it s like, what battles are they left to fight in mississippi. so i think there s a degree to which the culture war victories that have already been secured by the right have forced the right into ever more extreme territory, because they have to keep fighting, that s what they do, and now they re facing backlash. but i don t know sometimes whether that shows the progress of liberals and progressives in beating them back or because they ve gone so far off the map because they ve won so much. i think it shows what the value is of having a conservative movement outside the republican party, that pushes the party into untenable electoral positions. i mean
that the extremists have already fenced in so much, the only ground that they have to march forward on is on such extreme ground that no one wants to support it. so in the case of mississippi, right, the mississippi personhood amendment, which was sort of the beginning of this trend that went down to defeat last year, there s only one abortion provider in mississippi. it s like, what battles are they left to fight in mississippi. so i think there s a degree to which the culture war victories that have already been secured by the right have forced the right into ever more extreme territory, because they have to keep fighting, that s what they do, and now they re facing backlash. but i don t know sometimes whether that shows the progress of liberals and progressives in beating them back or because they ve gone so far off the map because they ve won so much. i think it shows what the value is of having a conservative movement outside the republican party, that pushes the party into unte
of contraception from the sex ed curriculum for wisconsin schoolkids. we ve been reporting on this for a while. kate shepherd had a great piece on it this week in mother jones, noting that pro-life wisconsin has been agitating for this. pro life wisconsin also says birth control encourages seblgs promiscuity and with it a host of social pathologies. contraception also prevents unwanted pregnancy. is that a good thing? pro life wisconsin, we also found them on this familiar website. remember these guys? the pill kills? pro life wisconsin was a 2011 the pill kills sponsor. these are the anti-birth control activists. also, mark pro life wisconsin down for a yes on the mississippi personhood amendment, which would have banned all abortions in mississippi with no exceptions as well as possibly banning hormonal birth control and some fertility treatments. this was promoted by fox news celebrity mike huckabee and which i guess sort of has the support of mitt romney, the