NEW YORK – Fox News host Bill O’Reilly used his TV show on Monday to warn his viewers of the danger facing America should one more liberal judge join the Supreme Court. “If one more liberal Supreme Court justice is appointed — one more — freedom in America will be compromised forever,” O’Reilly said. “You know what? Most Americans do not understand that at all.”
His dire warning came in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in the Hobby Lobby case which said that businesses could refuse to cover certain kinds of contraception on religious grounds. “This was a razor-thin verdict,” he said. “One more liberal on the Court and it could have gone the other way. One more liberal on the Court and the government could force women to have abortions.”
O’Reilly was incredulous that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan voted against Hobby Lobby. He claimed their belief that a for-profit company should not be allowed to make decisions regarding its employees’ medical care was an affront to Americans’ freedom of religion. “The four liberal justices apparently believe that American taxpayers should fund abortions,” O’Reilly explained. “Even more horrifying, they believe American taxpayers should be forced to have abortions if the government feels it has a compelling interest in the matter.”
He then proceeded to describe an apocalyptic future where government abortion agents go from house to house systematically performing forced abortions on American citizens. “They won’t even knock. They’ll just come right in your home. If you’re on their list, if it’s your turn, they will hold you down and forcibly abort your child,” said O’Reilly. “If you sincerely believe that abortion is morally wrong, you have a right to opt-out, but these four justices would deny you that right, absolutely contradicting the Constitution.”
“One more liberal justice,” he repeated, shaking his head in horror. “Just one more liberal Supreme Court justice and freedom dies.”
