Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Comes Out for Legalized Killing of Unborn Babies

Bob Weir, who played rhythm guitar for the Grateful Dead and who now plays for Dead and Company, put out a message on Facebook and Twitter on July 4 in which he took a stand in favor of the legalized killing of unborn babies.

The postings showed him standing next to former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart in front of Faneuil Hall in Boston while holding up a sign the says, “Vote.”

“We stand in front of the Cradle of Liberty today, at a time when our basic rights: the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness–and to freedom from oppression–are under assault,” said Weir.

“These are the very rights our forefathers gave their lives for,” he claimed. “We are now facing a future where women no longer control their own reproductive health, where concealed weapons cannot be regulated, and where we can no longer address climate change through our federal laws.”

Weir, of course, is wrong to claim “our forefathers” fought for a right to abortion. As Justice Samuel Alito pointed out in his opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, almost all abortions were illegal in almost all states for most of this nation’s history.

Here is the full text of Weir’s statement:

“We stand in front of the Cradle of Liberty today, at a time when our basic rights: the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness–and to freedom from oppression–are under assault. These are the very rights our forefathers gave their lives for. We are now facing a future where women no longer control their own reproductive health, where concealed weapons cannot be regulated, and where we can no longer address climate change through our federal laws. Here, where it all began, we stand to demand that our rights be restored. In America there has always been a segment of our culture who oppose the very principle of democracy and have always tried to push this country toward a tyrannical, theocratic autocracy. During the American Revolution, they were called the Tories. Times have become more complicated, and now they have many names and come in many shades, but you know them when you hear or see them.

“Everything our visionary founders fought and died for could be permanently wiped away *if everyone doesn’t vote*–it’s up to you.”

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