Posted on 08/20/2024 4:59:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
It was one of the opening night’s most dramatic and sober moments. Three women emerged on the main stage, each in a spotlight against the darkness.
Amanda Zurawski, standing beside her husband, told of how she nearly died when her baby would not survive and she could not get abortion care in Texas. Kaitlyn Joshua spoke of bleeding, miscarrying and being turned away from two emergency rooms in Louisiana. And Hadley Duvall of Kentucky told a harrowing story of being impregnated by her stepfather at age 12.
“He calls it ‘a beautiful thing,’” she said, quoting former President Donald J. Trump’s praise for states that have enacted strict abortion bans. “What is so beautiful about a child having to carry her parent’s child?”
Audible gasps punctured the silence of the arena. Women wiped away tears. Next to her husband, Gwen Walz shook her head in apparent horror, trying to take it all in. And when the testimonies were finished, the arena rose to its feet in support.
Such a scene was unimaginable at the Democratic National Convention just four years ago, when the word “abortion” was never mentioned on the main stage. Then, it was Republicans who embraced the issue at their party convention, awarding key speaking slots to anti-abortion activists and boasting of their “pro-life” bona fides.
But in the first presidential election without the foundation of Roe in half a century, the political scripts have been inverted. The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, is one of Mr. Trump’s signature accomplishments — he appointed the three Supreme Court justices whose votes proved decisive. Detailed calls for federal limits on abortion have been a central plank of the Republican Party for decades.
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Seems Cardinal Cupich is offering his endorsement.
The only way the Democrats or anyone else can get anything more done on abortion is to have a federal law. They’ve had 50 years to put one in place. They could’ve emulated what the Europeans did and settled it once and for all, but no both sides needed to fund raise.
Neither side wants a law. They just want to be able to milk it continuously as a hot button issue. So they can bring people on to tell their sad stories.
Why haven’t those who support abortion demanded a federal law this? Why did they solely rely on Roe v. Wade to prop up what they wanted to do.
No one wants a solution of any kind and I’m not sure you could ever have one
It's the only way to make the same empty promises election-after-election.
If you ever keep one, then you can't use it anymore.
Trump loves his children and for good reason.
“Nearly one in four people in the U.S. with the capacity to become pregnant will have an abortion at some point in their life.”
https://abortiondefensenetwork.org/
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Combined oral contraceptives—Also called “the pill,” combined oral contraceptives contain the hormones estrogen and progestin. It is prescribed by a doctor. A pill is taken at the same time each day. If you are older than 35 years and smoke, have a history of blood clots or breast cancer, your doctor may advise you not to take the pill. Typical use failure rate: 7%.
Progestin only pill—Unlike the combined pill, the progestin-only pill (sometimes called the mini-pill) only has one hormone, progestin, instead of both estrogen and progestin. It is prescribed by a doctor. It is taken at the same time each day. It may be a good option for women who can’t take estrogen. Typical use failure rate: 7%.
Implant—The implant is a single, thin rod that is inserted under the skin of a women’s upper arm. The rod contains a progestin that is released into the body over 3 years. Typical use failure rate: 0.1%.
Levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUD)—The LNG IUD is a small T-shaped device like the Copper T IUD. It is placed inside the uterus by a doctor. It releases a small amount of progestin each day to keep you from getting pregnant. The LNG IUD stays in your uterus for up to 3 to 8 years, depending on the device. Typical use failure rate: 0.1-0.4%.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/contraception/
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I suspect most abortions are the end result of not taking birth control pills on time.
Perhaps daily reminder pill boxes are needed that work in conjunction with cell phones.
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Some PPACA bonus program might be offered up for using daily reminder pills boxes correctly - say $1 off each month’s premium for as many months as you have a perfect trailing consumption record, up to say $60/month ($720/year).
The Founders saw human rights as God given and therefor so immutable that man made law could not stop them.
If a woman doesn’t want babies but can not control herself she should get her tubes tied.
-PJThe worst thing about Roe v. Wade is that it allowed our politicians to hide behind the ruling for far too long. The issue needs to be debated, but the debate never happened as long as Roe was out there.
The blow to the left is about the ability to create rights in the Constitution. The "third party interest" is the key to the whole thing.
The Declaration of Independence says that our rights are inherent in each of us, and endowed upon us by our Creator. The Constitution guarantees to each of us these inherent rights.
I don't need the involvement of a third party to enjoy free speech, to publish, to congregate somewhere, to worship, or to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
I don't need the involvement of others to defend myself from harm.
I don't need the involvement of others to demand the privacy of my papers and possessions.
I don't need the involvement of others to have the right to confront my accusers.
But I do require the involvement of a third party to have an abortion performed on me. Once the third party is involved, there is a role for government regulations to play:
An abortion is not an inherent Constitutionally-protected right of the same kind as those listed above. If someone else must collaborate with me in order for it to happen, it is not a right.
- Is this person qualified? Who else will assist?
- Is there a standard procedure to be followed, including post-abortion recovery?
- What tools will be used? How will they be cleaned?
- Where will it be performed?
- Is the location safe and clean?
- What will happen to the aborted fetus?
Justice Alito is simply saying that abortion does not rise to the level of a Constitutional right, and that the proper venue for society to deal with it is via the people through their state and federal legislative processes.
That's it.
Dredd Scott was a bad ruling because it violated the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (made moot by the 13th amendment).
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education because it violated the right to peaceably assemble.
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many of the invented rights (based on equal protection and nothing else) will be up for debate, meaning they must be inherent individual rights or societally agreed upon law via the legislative processes.
When Roe is reversed, three things will happen:
As long as Roe has been "settled law," it allowed the extremes to rule the middle. On the one hand was the "abortion any time" crowd that included day of birth (and sometimes the day after), and on the other hand was the "no abortion ever" under any circumstance group. Most people are somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.
- The debates will begin in the several states, as the states grapple with the issue.
- The people will eventually clamor for a national solution after the states create a patchwork of different laws.
- Congress will be forced to come up with single uniform solution to abortion.
They need to be heard, and the politicians need to be forced to listen and deal with it once and for all.
The election of death or life. Really.
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