You want to protect children? Prove it.

What will Republicans do for the children born if Roe is struck down?

Whenever a culture war battleground flares up, an old clip of George Carlin is sure to go viral.

I can lose my pundit licence for saying this, but I have never cared for George Carlin’s stand-up comedy. Long before late night talk shows transitioned from jokes to clapter, Carlin was throwing out angry, misanthropic, strawman-heavy red meat for people who already agreed with him but almost scientifically calibrated to turn off everyone who doesn’t. (That’s the stage persona, at least; I’ve heard that on a personal level, he was very good to work with. And he had a key role in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and the underrated Bogus Journey, so there’s that.)

That said, I can’t deny he made a good point here:

Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren’t they? They’re all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you’re born, you’re on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they do…