=== I can not believe this blatant hypocrisy in the ranks of my Party!
The true hypocrisy comes where the courts in this instance are merely enforcing legislation which Jeb Bush signed in Florida ... very similar to the Futile Care Law which George Bush signed in Texas (giving sole discretion to the spouse, even, where exercise of the "right" to starve a family member to death -- legal in ALL 50 states -- is concerned).
But the more interesting hypocrisy is that of "strict constitutionalist" who appear to be playing the same damned shell game they played in 1970.
IT IS NEVER THE PURVIEW OF THE FED to enforce such laws, they said. FAR BE IT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to interfere with the states' individual purview over abortion, in particular, they cried. As they made the case for state-by-state abortion laws amounting to "economic discrimination" against the poor who could not afford travel to a state providing "healthcare" services.
They had to be careful with abortion just as they are being careful with euthanasia ... sending pro-abort Laura Bush (of the "secret smile" re: stem cells) out on the evening national news to argue that "LIFE" questions ought to be Federal questions.
Don't kid yourself ... overarching all the hypocrisy here is the notion that any of the GOP leadership are "pro-life" or are interested in anything but making certain Americans push for legalized lethal injections and sign their Living Wills.
This is interesting now. Is Laura Bush really pro-abortion? I'd be interested in seeing a source, but I also understand that a position like that might be blacked-out. Who is the one GOP First Lady of the last five?