Oh, no. It was because the racists in the south were really really upset that their private religious schools got desegregated. And why were they being desegregated? That's a good question.
Because they were taking federal money.
But the better question to ask is... why did they have private religious schools at such a large scale in the first place?
And that's because the public schools got desegregated.
How do I know this? Because this is from the letters and documented discussions that Evangelical leaders like Jerry Falwell had with each other in the late 60s and early 70s. They were being investigated by the IRS for racist segregation practices in their private schools. They knew they couldn't get the public on their side to keep their private schools for white kids only, so they went with abortion.
Once they had everyone pushing thier abortion rhetoric, they could get candidates elected who would also make sure that they could keep funding their white kid only private schools.
That's what the "school choice" voucher thing is about. So they can still use federal money (the voucher removes the tax money for the kid and routes it to the private school) to fund their private school.
And that's the lie about small government. Because making sure that no woman can have an abortion means you're all up in her healthcare. Is that abortion REALLY medically necessary? When exactly did she get pregnant? And by whom?
So, not only are you tracking her healthcare. You're tracking her menstrual cycle. You're tracking when she has sex. And you're tracking who she has sex with.
Which now puts the government into your business.
And since you don't know about history, you don't know why Evangelicals care about abortions so very much. Because back in your great-grandpa's days, they didn't give a shit. But then suddenly they did.
And it's not because they cared about babies.
It has to do with schools and Black people. I dunno if you're ready for that yet.
