If Americans don't vote for Democrats no matter how angry they are at them, the Republicans will most probably pass legislation which bans abortion nationwide, and possibly certain kinds of contraception. Basically, this could easily happen because the US has a counter-majoritarian government in place.
The overturning of Roe represents turbocharged minority rule. Over sixty percent of Americans currently believe a woman should have the right of choice over what happens to her own body. Until we deal as a nation with the fundamental issue of minority representation in government at the federal level, we will never have a government which makes laws that represent most of us.
Once Roe is nullified all Americans not just Democrats will have allowed a Mitch McConnell gerrymandered court to get rid of a woman's constitutional right to privacy, and to control her own body.
Right now, the Senate is split evenly in half, but the 50 Democratic senators represent 41.5 million more people than the 50 Republican senators. By 2040, if population trends continue, 70% of Americans will be represented by just 30 senators, and 30% of Americans by 70 senators.
In the immediate future I wonder what happens when blue states sue red states, and they refuse to comply with each other's laws? Roe has opened these flood gates. Who will enforce all these oppositional laws? If blue states refuse extradition of offenders, who will cross state borders to remove and incarcerate private citizens? Certainly not the FBI since they have no state jurisdiction once Roe ceases to be a federal law.
Will the Republicans force through an act in Congress similar to the fugitive slave act? It was one of the major factors that led to the Civil War. Perhaps blue states will enact laws similar to the Refugee Act of 1980 where the effective resettlement of refugees (women and their families seeking abortions in states like Texas where they are being subjected to Stasi -like tactics) can be assisted to achieve economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible after arrival?
I believe it will be the blue state governors who will have to stand up against a federal government that no longer represents the majority of Americans. They are our only hope to stem the rising tide of Republican-controlled, authoritarian facism in the future, not the Democratic Party. It's outmatched, outnumbered and outstrategized because the system is weighted against it.
