Semi-News: Ex-Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Bashes Pro-Life Advocates

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 16 Mar 2006 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor used a speech at Georgetown University to attack pro-life lawmakers who sided with Terri Schiavo's parents in their efforts to prevent their daughter's euthanasia death. She claimed a Congressional effort to have federal courts review the case was a first step towards a dictatorship.

"We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary in an effort to interfere in ‘end-of-life’ decisions," said O’Connor. "It is the Court’s obligation to protect the right to terminate life unworthy of life. Those who would impede the corurts in this matter are pushing the country down toward dictatorship.”

In related news, Americans have proved extremely consistent in their inconsistent beliefs about abortion. A solid majority feel that Roe v. Wade should be upheld. Most think having an abortion should be a personal choice. But they also think it is murder.

"I mean, it’s not as if they’re murdering a stranger,” said National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) spokeswoman Etta Young in an effort to explain the inconsistency. “People feel families should have the privacy to decide whether to terminate unwanted members.”

[T Lady]

Good riddance.

[Aetius]

Why Reagan? Why?

[claudiustg]

---"It is the Court’s obligation to protect the right to terminate life unworthy of life. Those who would impede the corurts in this matter are pushing the country down toward dictatorship.”---

Good Lord! We just had a crazy person on the Supreme Court.

[T Lady]

Yeah, the so-called 'Swing Vote'.

...Perhaps she was swinging from a chandelier or something. As I said earlier, good riddance.

[GarySpFc]

Bye bye!

[PzLdr]

"Life unworthy of life" is a phrase right out of Nazi lexicon, and I don't make such statements lightly. Its use by a former Supreme Court Justice [and a MODERATE - yeah, right] is HIGHLY disturbing.

[claudiustg]

The idea that the court will tell us if our life is worth living is horrifying from a philisophical point of view. The idea is basically evil and corrosive of other values.

[T Lady]

*PING*

[claudiustg]

---"Life unworthy of life" is a phrase right out of Nazi lexicon---

They used that line for the mentally and physically disabled. They went after the Jews on the grounds they were parasitic, anti-life. One wonders what her thoughts might be on that subject. Once you accept the one line of thought, the other tends to follow more easily.

[claudiustg]

She was talking about "end of life" circumstances, if you'll read what she says.

---"We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary in an effort to interfere in ‘end-of-life’ decisions," said O’Connor. "It is the Court’s obligation to protect the right to terminate life unworthy of life. Those who would impede the corurts in this matter are pushing the country down toward dictatorship.”---

She was talking about Shiavo.

I love this line from Etta Young.

---“People feel families should have the privacy to decide whether to terminate unwanted members.”---

Wow.

[Ursine_East_Facing_North]

"It is the Court’s obligation to protect the right to terminate life unworthy of life..."

Ja, wir must protect our right to cleanse ourselves of sie untermenschen! (/sarc)

O'Connor would have been more at home in the SS Rassenprufer than on our Supreme Court.

[cgk]

NOTE: This article was posted in other threads, but THIS thread has the full unedited quote of O'Connor's. Thank you, John Semmens for posting.

Compare: Edited quote: "'We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary,' she said of the pro-Terri Schiavo lawmakers."

Unedited quote: ""We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary in an effort to interfere in ‘end-of-life’ decisions,' said O’Connor. 'It is the Court’s obligation to protect the right to terminate life unworthy of life. Those who would impede the courts in this matter are pushing the country down toward dictatorship.'"

According to O'Connor, Terri Schindler (let alone millions of babies) was a life UNWORTHY of life!

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Desert_Girl]

Okay, I need a transcript of this, not just a report on what was said. Anybody got one? I have looked and can't find it, but I gotta run for a little while. Any help would be appreciated.

[Desert_Girl]

Dang it! Some day I will learn to read the whole thread before I put my foot in my mouth. Sorry.

[VeritatisSplendor]

AZconservative is satire, guys.

Mrs VS

[VeritatisSplendor]

I mean, I suppose you knew that but boy, it had me going for a minute.

Mrs VS

[cgk]

Semi-Pro-Life/Pro-Baby ping!

I was snowed! Sorry for pinging you all to a SATIRE thread. I've been advised this isn't real. I guess what they say about satire is true: the best is based in truth! ;)