Values Aligned

 There seem to be only two topics on the news today--the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and the aftermath of Texas' new abortion law.

For the first, it seems to me all we can do immediately is clean up, provide assistance to those who need it, and prepare for the next storm--because there will be a next storm. In the long term, we can fight for better laws to deal with climate change...because this kind of weather is increasingly tied to the changes in our atmosphere caused by human-engendered global warming.

For the second, the immediate response should be to assist those Texan women who desire abortions to get out of the state so they can exercise their constitutional choice. Long term, we should, first, strive to make sure our own states do not pass similar legislation and, second, support federal and state candidates who will defend Roe v. Wade.

Generally, the politicians who will support the fight for environmental protection are the same ones who will support the fight for reproductive choice--and the politicians on the opposite sides of those issues are generally the same ones, as well.

Because "conservative" in the modern era has come to be defined as what best supports the powerful.