- 6/24/2022, “The Guardian” [P. Olterman]: “Germany has abolished a Nazi-era law that criminalizes doctors who provide information about abortion procedures…Paragraph 219a which dates to May, 1933, shortly after Adolf Hitler assumed fll powers of Nazi Germany..”
– Peter Padfield, “Himmler,” page 185: “Abortion and homosexuality concerned him particularly; in a speech over the radio in January, 1937, he put these two topics high on the list of his ‘tasks for the future’.. “We have already set out to tackle these abominations rigorously and with deep seriousness, in the bitter knowledge that a growth or even just a continuance of these two epidemics must bring any Volk to the abyss.”
– Padfield, page 196: describes some badges required in Nazi concentration camps: “pink for homosexuals..”
– Padfield, page 185: Himmler: “There were homosexuals..who considered what they did was their private affair..This was not so. Nothing in the sphere of sex was a private affair..but concerned the life and death of a Volk and its prospects for world mastery.”
– Claudia Koonz: “Mothers in the Fatherland,” page 3: “From the earliest beginnings of his Party, Hitler promised to..expel women from public influence…Nazi social policy..relegated women to becoming bearers of children and poorly paid workers in the lowest jobs..Nazi contempt for women was so blatant from the beginning..[6]..deprived them of birth control..[196] “The BDM prepared girls for a lifetime membership in the second sex.”
– “14 Points common to previous fascist governments”: disdain for human rights; rampant sexism; religion and the ruling class tied together. ALL of this is apparent and rampant in 1980-2022 Republican and right-wing rhetoric, actions, and policies.
– May, 2021: Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs Texas anti-abortion law. It authorizes “any private citizen” to enforce the law. Parallels between Nazi “Brown Shirts” and Texas vigilantes are obvious.
– Republican-led anti-abortion states are working on censoring YOUR mail to see if YOU’RE getting legal medical prescriptions; are working on preventing YOU from traveling to another state “for the wrong reasons”; are working on how to sue YOU for these things. This is exactly the kind of intense surveillance and control the Nazi Gestapo secret police performed – over people’s private lives.
– the Nazis had laws for marriages. YOU could be in trouble if YOU married “the wrong person.” “Pro-lifers” want to prevent YOU from marrying “the wrong person.”
– Ingo Muller, “Hitler’s Justice,’ chapter 9: “Nazi Jurisprudence”: “An essential role in the decline of law during the Third Reich was played by law professors at German universities. They provided a philosophical cloak…’certain limits must be imposed’ on the autonomy of the courts..we seek an obligation which is more reliable’…A judger should therefore approach a case with ‘healthy prejudice’ and ‘make value judgments which correspond to the National Socialist legal order and the will of the political leadership.” For comparisons, consider the following:
– in post-1980 Republican/right-wing circles this means the appointment of “pro-life” judges who’ve been screened by reactionary legal groups and “social conservatives
– the current McConnell/Roberts “court” had a 90% “win” rate for cases brought by “religious rights” plaintiffs BEFORE the infamous 2022 “decisions’; a 70% “win” rate for big business
– given the fact current Republican/right-wing t. mantra on “their” judges is “no ore Souters,” “no more “O’Connors” – would a “reasonable person” – given the McConnell/Roberts “court” track record – conclude a very open attempt had been made to “fix” the Court???
– there is one difference between Nazis and modern “pro-lifers.” The Nazis enforced political doctrine. American “pro=lifers” seek to enforce RELIGIOUS DOGMA, which by 1789-2000 Founder intent and language of state and federal documents was subsequently seen as un-Constitutional.
for perspective, read Charles Kimball’s “When Religion Becomes Evil.” Think on his “The Five Warning signs of Corruption of Religion”: “absolute truth claims; blind obedience; establishing the ‘ideal’ time; the end justifies any means; declaring holy war.
Elementary knowledge of post-1973 “pro-life” rhetoric and actions makes one aware “pro-lifers” have done these things – and may more, like murder and arson – to carry out their “holy war.”
The McConnell/Roberts “court” has now re-written the Constitution – just like Nazi judges re-wrote German law. Many legal experts have commented on this, some even saying the McConnell/Roberts “court” wasn’t following the Constitution, but WAS following the Republican Party platform.
Mussolini: “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”
Randall Terry: “Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty..are called by God to conquer this country. We don’t want equal time..don’t want pluralism.”
Nothing is more un-American, more un-Constitutional, more cruel, more arrogant, more destructive, than the “pro-life” agenda.
Why should a church YOU don’t attend have ANY say on how YOU run YOUR life???
ALL this, and much more is why: “pro-life” is Nazism. – Nazism resurrected in a nation that worked to defeat it with blood and treason, worked to eradicate it with war crimes trials. /
With Justice For All 