Yet who knows whether you have come to
the kingdom for such a time as this?
— Esther 4
Old Testament readers know well the story of Esther, the ambivalent queen who shirked her duty to save the Jews from annihilation.
Faced with the decision to stand up to the Persians, Esther's cousin asked, "Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Alas, evangelical Christian women have coopted the Biblical phrase "for such a time as this," calling it their "Esther moment" as they push and push the GOP to criminalize abortion nationwide.
But who says the other side—the pro-choice majority—can't take back the phrase and, come November, grab for themselves the "Esther moment?"
I believe, as pollsters do, that women voters will flock to the polls in November to hand the GOP its worst midterm defeat since 2006 (when George W. Bush was punished for his murderous Iraq War).
Don't discount angry women.
Assuming they still have the right to vote in November—with this court, you can't count on it—pro-choice women will have their "Esther moment" in the voting booth.
They will use their votes to assert their right to make their own reproductive decisions.
You heard it here.
