Crash Course: So much for "leave it to the states": Republicans push ahead with a federal abortion ban bill

Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion ban bill is the first of likely many federal attempts at restricting abortion. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci80OTc1VwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Lindsey-Graham] Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images So much for "leave it to the states": Republicans test the waters with a federal abortion ban bill As soon as it became clear that pro-choice activists were having real success protecting abortion rights in some states — and not just in blue states, [but places like Kansas](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDMva2Fuc2FzLWFib3J0aW9uLXdpbi1pcy1hLXdha2UtdXAtY2FsbC1hbWVyaWNhbnMtZG8tbm90LXdhbnQtYmFucy9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and [Minnesota](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMjEvaG93LXRvLXdpbi1wb3N0LXJvZS1sZWdhbC1iYXR0bGVzLWZvci1hYm9ydGlvbi1wZW9wbGUtc2hvdWxkLWZlZWwtbGlrZS10aGV5LWhhdmUtYS12b2ljZS9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — anti-choice activists started to strategize about how to prevent people from getting abortions by simply hopping in a car or on a plane. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined that process on Tuesday, unveiling what will no doubt be the first in a series of Republican bills meant to restrict abortion on a national scale. He introduced the "Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act," a title which accomplishes the remarkable feat of including at least two lies. First, the bill would ban abortions at 15 weeks, which is approximately 13 weeks after fertilization and [11 weeks after the first missed period](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGxhbm5lZHBhcmVudGhvb2Qub3JnL2Jsb2cvd2hhdC1kb2VzLWEtNi13ZWVrLWFib3J0aW9uLWJhbi1ldmVuLW1lYW5XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). No respectable doctor would call that a "late term" abortion. Second, [as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists notes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWNvZy5vcmcvYWR2b2NhY3kvZmFjdHMtYXJlLWltcG9ydGFudC9nZXN0YXRpb25hbC1kZXZlbG9wbWVudC1jYXBhY2l0eS1mb3ItcGFpblcDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), "The science conclusively establishes that a human fetus does not have the capacity to experience pain until after at least 24–25 weeks." The idea that a fetus feels "pain" at 15 weeks comes straight from anti-abortion propaganda, not science. Instead, the machinations behind this bill suggest that the 15-week cut-off is not about any sincere concern about "pain," but a political gambit meant to move along the process of eventually banning abortion nation-wide, while not intensifying the already [significant voter backlash against Republicans](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMjQvZG9iYnMtd2FzLWEtZ2FtZS1jaGFuZ2VyLWRlbW9jcmF0cy1leWUtYWJvcnRpb24tYXMta2V5LXRvLW1pZHRlcm0tc3VjY2Vzcy9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) over the issue. 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The address felt a lot like a road test for potential themes of a 2024 presidential campaign, with DeSantis largely avoiding hot-button issues that appear to be damaging Republicans at the moment — such as abortion or threats to democracy — but fulsomely praising his own [heavy-handed educational "reforms"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTAvZmxvcmlkYS1yYW5rZWQtbm8tMS1mb3ItZWR1Y2F0aW9uLWZyZWVkb20tLWJ5LXJpZ2h0LXdpbmctZ3JvdXAtdGhhdC13YW50cy10by1wcml2YXRpemUtaXQtYWxsL1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and vowing to wage war on "woke" corporations and Big Tech "censorship." DeSantis touched on many of his major talking points of recent months, including during his recent national tour to promote the campaigns of far-right Republican candidates such as Arizona gubernatorial nominee [Kari Lake](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMTYvYXJpem9uYXMta2FyaS1sYWtlLWNlbGVicmF0ZXMtYmlnLWRlc2FudGlzLWVuZXJneS1hdC1yaWdodC13aW5nLWxvdmVmZXN0L1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and U.S. Senate nominee Blake Masters (who hosted a VIP reception at the conference Sunday afternoon) to Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee [Doug Mastriano](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMDQvaGVzLW9uLWEtbWlzc2lvbi1mcm9tLWdvZC1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY2FuZGlkYXRlLWRvdWctbWFzdHJpYW5vcy13aXRoLXRoZS13b3JsZC9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). DeSantis touted the influx of new transplants to Florida during the COVID pandemic; his moves to restrict how public schools teach racism and LGBTQ issues; his war with the Walt Disney Company over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law; his efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors; and his "law and order" agenda, which includes the "anti-riot" law enacted amid the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and a new "election integrity" police force, which has become mired in [controversy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9zbGF0ZS5jb20vbmV3cy1hbmQtcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMi8wOC9mbG9yaWRhLXZvdGVyLWZyYXVkLWVsZWN0aW9uLXBvbGljZS1kZXNhbnRpcy1lbnRyYXBtZW50Lmh0bWxXA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) only weeks after its creation.  But alongside these greatest hits, DeSantis sounded like someone who seems to know he's leading the pack in a more national sense. He boasted about recent criticism his anti-riot legislation has attracted from the UN, declared that the World Economic Forum's agenda was "dead on arrival" in Florida and invoked Reagan's legacy to declare that he was "basically the protector of the state's freedom and opportunity." [Read more from Kathryn Joyce.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvcm9uLWRlc2FudGlzLXRyaWVzLW91dC0yMDI0LXBpdGNoLXZvd2luZy12ZW5nZWFuY2Utb24tYmlnLXRlY2gtYW5kLXdva2UtY2FwaXRhbGlzbS9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - [Enduring the Emmys](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0QzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvZW1teXMtYXdhcmQtc2hvd3MvVwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~): Have award shows as we know them outlived their purpose? - “Trump turned DOJ into his personal law firm”: Senate probes [prosecutor’s claim of Trump corruption](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvdHJ1bXAtdHVybmVkLWRvai1pbnRvLWhpcy1wZXJzb25hbC1sYXctZmlybS1zZW5hdGUtcHJvYmVzLXByb3NlY3V0b3JzLWNsYWltLW9mLWNvcnJ1cHRpb24vVwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Why [anti-fluoride conspiracy theories](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvd2h5LWFudGktZmx1b3JpZGUtY29uc3BpcmFjeS10aGVvcmllcy1oYXZlLXBlcnNpc3RlZC1mb3Itb3Zlci03MC15ZWFycy9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) have persisted for over 70 years - [Britney Spears' troubling body comments](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvYnJpdG5leS1zcGVhcnMtYm9keS1jb21tZW50cy1mYXRoZXItY2hyaXN0aW5hLWFndWlsZXJhL1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), the role of the tabloids and her father - A newly-discovered planet that is [half-water, half-rock](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvYS1uZXdseS1kaXNjb3ZlcmVkLXBsYW5ldC10aGF0LWlzLWhhbGYtd2F0ZXItaGFsZi1yb2NrLWlzLXN0cmFpZ2h0LW91dC1vZi1zY2llbmNlLWZpY3Rpb24vVwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) is straight out of science fiction - EatOkra aims to be the next Amazon for Black-owned food businesses Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. [Off-With-Her-Head] Mr. Fish/Original to ScheerPost Quit fawning over the royals: The British monarchy is a tool of class war and white supremacy The fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the monarchy, and in the United Kingdom, is in direct proportion to the fear gripping a discredited, incompetent and corrupt global ruling elite. The global oligarchs are not sure the next generation of royal sock puppets — mediocrities that include an accused pedophile prince and his brother, a [cranky](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0QraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1WY05DQlAySVJVY1cDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and eccentric king who [accepted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL3VrLW5ld3MvMjAyMi9qdW4vMjUvcHJpbmNlLWNoYXJsZXMtaXMtc2FpZC10by1oYXZlLWJlZW4tZ2l2ZW4tM20taW4tcWF0YXJpLWNhc2hXA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) suitcases and bags stuffed with $3.2 million in cash from the former prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and who has millions [stashed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWlycm9yLmNvLnVrL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvcHJpbmNlLWNoYXJsZXMtbWlsbGlvbnMtc2hvcmUtdGF4LTExNDg0NDc4VwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) in offshore accounts — are up to the job. Let's hope they are right. Monarchy obscures the crimes of empire and wraps them in nostalgia. It exalts white supremacy and racial hierarchy. It justifies class rule. It buttresses an economic and social system that callously discards and often consigns to death those considered the lesser breeds, most of whom are people of color. The queen's husband Prince Philip, who died in 2021, was notorious for making racist and sexist remarks, politely explained away in the British press as "[gaffes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zaWRlci5jb20vcHJpbmNlLXBoaWxpcC1sb25nLWhpc3RvcnktcmFjaXN0LXByb2JsZW1hdGljLWxhbmd1YWdlLTIwMjEtNFcDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)." He described Beijing, for example, as "ghastly" during a 1986 visit and told British students: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be [slitty-eyed.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYWlsLmNvLnVrL25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZS0xMzkyNDEzL1ByaW5jZS1QaGlsaXAtZGVmZW5kcy1pbmZhbW91cy1zbGl0dHktZXllZC1nYWZmZS5odG1sVwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)" The cries of the millions of victims of empire; the thousands [killed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0QoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL3VrLTEyOTk3MTM4LmFtcFcDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), [tortured, raped and imprisoned](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGVpZ2hkYXkuY28udWsvbGF0ZXN0LXVwZGF0ZXMvY2FzZXMtYW5kLXRlc3RpbW9uaWFscy9jYXNlcy90aGUtbWF1LW1hdS1jbGFpbXMvVwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) during the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya; the 13 Irish civilians [gunned down](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RhaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXJpc2hjZW50cmFsLmNvbS9yb290cy9oaXN0b3J5L3doYXQtaGFwcGVuZWQtb24tYmxvb2R5LXN1bmRheS1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi1pcmVsYW5kLmFtcFcDc3BjQgpjF0y0IWONn4ULUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in "Bloody Sunday"; the [more than](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0RXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvaW5kaWdlbm91cy9yZXNpZGVudGlhbC1zY2hvb2wtY2hpbGRyZW4tZGVhdGhzLW51bWJlcnMtMS42MTgyNDU2VwNzcGNCCmMXTLQhY42fhQtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) 4,100 First Nations children who died or went missing in Canada's residential schools, government-sponsored institutions established to "assimilate" indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture; and the hundreds of thousands [killed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0QvaHR0cHM6Ly93YXRzb24uYnJvd24uZWR1L2Nvc3Rzb2Z3YXIvY29zdHMvaHVtYW5XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) during the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan are drowned out by cheers for royal processions and the sacral aura an obsequious press weaves around the aristocracy. 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Josh Hawley took the stage at the National Conservatism conference on Monday, he delivered a speech that might as well have been a sermon. After the standard conservative reference to 1776 and the contention that "the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God," Hawley went a step further, saying that notion "comes from the Bible" and that, in fact, America's founding had only been possible because of the Bible. "We are a revolutionary nation precisely because we are the heirs of the revolution of the Bible," Hawley said, in a clear response to Hazony's challenge that was echoed by other speakers throughout the day. "This was a revolution that began with the founding of the nation of Israel at Sinai and continued with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth in the days of ancient Rome." "Without the Bible, there is no modernity. Without the Bible, there is no America," Hawley claimed. "And now our biblical inheritance is again at the center of our politics. It is the question of the age." The "woke left's" campaign to "remake" the country, he continued — from the "1619 Project" to trans rights — was actually targeting "the inheritance of the Bible." [Read more from Kathryn Joyce.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBDlJP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTMvd2l0aG91dC10aGUtYmlibGUtdGhlcmUtaXMtbm8tYW1lcmljYS1qb3NoLWhhd2xleS1nb2VzLWZ1bGwtY2hyaXN0aWFuLW5hdGlvbmFsaXN0LWF0LW5hdGNvbi9XA3NwY0IKYxdMtCFjjZ-FC1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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