The Herald's View: Abortion decision deepens cultural divide between US and Australia
is a worrying sign on many levels, including that Australia and its closest ally might be heading on divergent political and social paths.
The decision allows individual states to ban abortion. There are nine states with a population of 40 million which have triggered legislation that banned abortions as soon as the judgment was handed down, and 16 more could follow suit. The balance in Australia has swung in favour of secular values over religious ones, not just on abortion but also on LGBTQ rights and voluntary assisted dying. Women have growing political power, not just on abortion but on issues from childcare to domestic violence.It is not just the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion that raises questions about whether the US and Australia are still aligned in their views of the world.
The recent hearings on the insurrection in Congress point to a country so riven by partisan hatred that it cannot even agree on the most fundamental processes of democracy.
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