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There is “life,” and there is “a human being.”

They are not the same.

There is the religious angle, and the legal angle. Individual decisions can be made on whatever angles the individual wants. But legal issues are settled differently.

Someone using their (not mine) religious position to force a law on the rest of us is not only incredibly hubristic, it’s a great way to motivate the other, majority, side, into tossing his candidates the heck out of office.

As will happen.

Each state sets their standard for the second question:

“When does a (insert your favorite term) become a human being, with all rights as given by the Constitution and/or States?”

Although so many of the louder voices make it a religious question (and answer), under our Constitutional form of government, religion has very little to do with this LEGAL issue. Other than individuals voting their conscience when presented with the opportunity.

And now one State, Alabama, has set their (temporary) standard with one guy quoting from his religion.

Glad I don’t live there.

Here in Florida, the Governor and Legislature overplayed their hands on this. Outlawed abortion after 6 weeks, when many women don’t even know they’re pregnant.

And now there is a major push to ammend our Constitution to basically forbid ANY law on abortion. And enough signed the petition to get it on the upcoming ballot.

And it will pass, and drive tremendous turnout from dems, Independents, and many Rs who will vote for it. And that turnout will toss some R’s from office.

The tail wagging the dog.

Because it’s a legal question, and most people are tired of the nuts on both sides.

Before it can become a legal issue, the moral issue has to be addressed. Before there were written laws against pre-meditated murder, there was a general consensus that it was wrong and this was the basis of the law against murder.

Even though it seems clear to me and others that it is rational to conclude that human life begins at conception, it is an unfortunate fact there is doubt or disbelief about this in a large segment of the population. Is it a human life, or isn't it? If it isn't, you can do whatever you want with it. If it is, it should be treated like all other human life. If one simply does not know, it should be given the benefit of the doubt of being human until proved otherwise. It would be akin to seeing a human shaped bag in the middle of the road. If there's a chance there's a human being in there, do you stop or go around it, or just run over it because you don't know? If you are going to err, it's always wise to err on the side of life.