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My understanding is the push for all these "crazy" anti-women's-choice laws is in order to get a case before the Supreme Court so the Trump stacked court can do some damage against Roe vs Wade. My opinion is that it is only a matter of time before that happens, and since Supreme Court appointments are for life, this tactic is likely the Republican SOP for the next 50 years.

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Think again. The absolute _worst_ thing that could happen to the GOP (w.r.t. what they _really_ care about: regressive tax policies, harmful deregulation, and heads-I-win-tales-you-lose capitalism) is to lose their "golden red herring" of Roe V. Wade. Watch for 1-2 "conservative" justices to make a "surprise ruling" in favor of Roe.

That seems like cold comfort to me. If that was their concern, they could easily keep Roe v. Wade while making it effectively useless. For example, they could argue it only prevents explicit bans and that banning it after six weeks is okay. Such a ruling would strike down this particular law, but it would leave plenty of room for more indirect ways of banning abortion.

The Supreme Court's ruling on same sex marriage didn't have that effect, as least so far. "If given the chance, they would roll back what we just achieved, which makes them immoral monsters" seems to be working perfectly well as a replacement argument.

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