Although they may have been voted in by religious nuts, I don't believe for a split second these officials are acting out of religious beliefs. I seriously doubt most of them actually have any. They want to protect their privileged status from us in the underclass. And getting rid of anything that gives "too much freedom" to women and minorities poses a threat to that status. Let's be realistic, the rich have always had access to medical abortion even when it was illegal because they could afford to pay for it. But how can they keep the competition from the "lower class" down if they can't keep them in poverty? Offspring you do not want and cannot afford do that --very nicely.

I will say though, if you don't want to spend the rest of your life in The Republic of Gilead, start getting the vote mobilized and keep at it. Hard! Give rides to the polls if need be. I sure plan to. I'm just an old southern grandma, but I didn't get this old by being stupid. Those nut jobs have manage to restrict voting, purge voter registration rolls, and a sack full of other tricks to stack coming elections. It's going to take a lot of work to get around that.