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Going forward: Talking with the other side. [1]
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Date: 2022-10-11
The right to privacy, explained.
The “right to privacy” —the foundation of the Griswold v Connecticut and Roe v Wade decisions— is not expressly so much as mentioned in the United States Constitution. Those decisions gave the force of law to a right to [sexual] privacy first conceptualized and put to words in an 1890 Harvard Law Review article by Samuel D. Warren and later-United State Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The Right to Privacy. The Warren and Brandeis framing of that right as “the right to be let alone” has new life with the Dobbs decision. A right to be let alone has appeal to a very broad cross-section of Americans. A cross-section that I would suggest is broad enough to make it possible to once again pass an enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner with your anti-vax in-laws.
“Kansans across the political spectrum believe in personal liberty and freedom,” said Rachel Sweet, campaign manager for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, according to an election wrap up in The Los Angeles Times.“They understand that we must protect our constitutional rights and freedom to make private medical decisions, including those about abortion,” Sweet continued.
The Times story reached deeper: “In one ad, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom framed the measure as a ‘strict government mandate designed to interfere with private medical decisions,’ and showed images that linked abortion restrictions to vaccine and mask mandates.”
Finally, concluded the Times: “‘We need to be able to have conversations with people who disagree with us, or maybe don’t align with us on every point, but share the common goal of protecting people’s personal autonomy, their constitutional rights to make these decisions for themselves,’ said Ashley All, the group’s director of communications.”
Clearly, worrying about how to go forward with your least favorite family and co-workers will come only after November 8. And perhaps even that presumes acceptable election results for Team Blue. But at some point, if only for our own wellness, go forward we should.
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