In making the case that the states have standing this time, the attorneys general contend access to mifepristone has lowered “birth rates for teenaged mothers,” arguing it contributes to causing a population loss for the states along with “diminishment of political representation and loss of federal funds.”
Quiet parts out loud.
I know that the state is trying to manufacture standing so it can bring the claim, but this is a deeply cynical and unethical argument that I would be embarrassed to make.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, alongside GOP attorneys general in Kansas and Idaho are using the same logic (benefits of amount of representation at the Federal level) the Southern Slave states used to argue for their right to partially count slaves as a population to gain more benefits at the Federal level. This was called the “Three-Fifths Compromise” source
“Slave holding states wanted their entire population to be counted to determine the number of Representatives those states could elect and send to Congress.”
How are we supposed to oppress people if we don’t have people to oppress?!?!
If you need unwanted teen pregnancies to offset a population loss, then maybe you have bigger issues.
