Domino Theory

Abortion. The (Christian) Right has for decades made restricting reproductive rights the core of its increasingly militant mission. But why this issue above all? Theology aside, it is because they recognize that controlling not only women’s autonomy but their access to health care services is the key to preventing the fall of all the subsequent dominoes the Right fears, such as Medicare for All, fighting income inequality, greater access to education, real climate activism, and on and on. Amos and Ex discuss.