Misogyny is an essential part of authoritarianism. The extreme restrictions and criminalization of reproductive care and everything associated with it, especially calling for prison sentences for helping a woman get an abortion, are meant to have a chilling effect that will spill over into other aspects of American life. Intimidation has no place in a free society, but the party of "small government" has transformed itself into a citizenry that is willing to spy on its neighbors in a way that would alarm George Orwell.
Misogyny is an essential part of authoritarianism. The extreme restrictions and criminalization of reproductive care and everything associated with it, especially calling for prison sentences for helping a woman get an abortion, are meant to have a chilling effect that will spill over into other aspects of American life. Intimidation has no place in a free society, but the party of "small government" has transformed itself into a citizenry that is willing to spy on its neighbors in a way that would alarm George Orwell.