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A Simple and Telling Question Regarding the Roe vs. Wade issue?
Self | Jan 10, 2006 | The Duke

Posted on 01/10/2006 2:35:20 AM PST by The Duke

The issue of Roe vs. Wade vis-à-vis the Samuel Alito confirmation begs a telling question which I thought worthy of a vanity posting today.

The question is simply this

"If so many of our leaders specifically stipulate Roe vs. Wade as the litmus test for suitability to the Supreme Court, then doesn't that indicate that this specific law is, for them, the most important law of the land?"

If this were not the case, then these leaders would be preoccupied with Alito's positions on any number of other important questions.

Were a fetus a living human being, then I could understand how Roe vs. Wade would be a top issue. However, if this is the case it should only be a top issue to either compassionate leaders seeking to end the taking of human lives, or to leaders possessed of such a dark and sinister nature that the taking of innocent human lives is somehow intrinsically desirable.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: alitoconformation; roevswade; roevswadequestion
So, can somebody tell me why Roe vs. Wade is so important to Senator Kennedy and others?
1 posted on 01/10/2006 2:35:22 AM PST by The Duke
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2 posted on 01/10/2006 2:42:16 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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If Roe vs Wade is law can you tell me when the lawmakers, the legislature, enacted this law? It seems more like lack of law. Beware elderly, disabled, they'll be coming after you next.


3 posted on 01/10/2006 2:46:55 AM PST by HankReardon
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So, can somebody tell me why Roe vs. Wade is so important to Senator Kennedy

Because there are already enough members of the misbegotten Kennedy clan most accurately described as "bastards," as is...? :)

4 posted on 01/10/2006 2:51:32 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
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For most of those opposed, take your pick of a zillion issues. Bad law, trumping of states rights by the federal, stretching of the constitution to the breaking point, etc. For Ted? Yeah, it's money. It's contributions from organizations that supposedly support women that he's after, automatic deposits far more regular than his paycheck for the party, and votes cast automatically.


5 posted on 01/10/2006 2:52:48 AM PST by kingu
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Maybe because it has killed millions of potential Democratic voters. Ever hear of the Roe Effect? It suggests that the lion's share of aborted babies would have grown up to become Democrats if they had lived, and Al Gore would have been elected by a healthy margin in 2000. Therefore over the next twenty years, we shouldn't be surprised if the Democrats abort themselves out of existence.

http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005277


6 posted on 01/10/2006 3:02:18 AM PST by Berosus ("There is no beauty like Jerusalem, no wealth like Rome, no depravity like Arabia."--the Talmud)
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Hey Duke. Thanks for the post. I haven't seen you since FReeper gatherings in Orlando years back. How you been doing? Hope is well with you and family.


7 posted on 01/10/2006 3:15:22 AM PST by moonman
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As a conservative, I find Roe a useful tool for quickly weeding out those who lack the ability to distinguish right from wrong. If a candidate is pro-abortion you can quickly determine he/she is deficient in the conscience arena.

It is similar to the way the police identify suspects. They specify the perp's gender and race. That quickly identifies the majority of those who are not suspects. Then they focus on weight, height, hair color, etc.

Being pro-life doesn't guarantee a person has ethics, but it sure eliminates most of those who don't.


8 posted on 01/10/2006 3:30:01 AM PST by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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The way abortion was made "lawful" is what is at stake.


9 posted on 01/10/2006 3:32:59 AM PST by wingman1 (University of Vietnam 1970. Forget? Hell.)
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To: HankReardon
If Roe vs Wade is law can you tell me when the lawmakers, the legislature, enacted this law?

Bingo.

The "judicial fiat" garbage reminds me of the same sort of tyranny Paul "The Forehead" Begala bragged about during Arkanfuher's reign with all those Executive Orders in the closing days of his power:

"Stroke of the pen, law of the land! Kinda cool!"

10 posted on 01/10/2006 3:39:23 AM PST by SkyPilot
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Because abortion on demand is the holiest of "holy" issues for liberals.

First, remember that to a liberal woman, working in the home to make an orderly household for herself, a husband and children is the total antithesis of their idea of feminism, and this (liberal) feminism is a great source of their power, perhaps their greatest source. So abortion is almost always a "konveniences kill" that allows a woman to continue working outside the home without the bother of a baby.

Also, it avoids having a woman having to take responsibility for her actions. Liberals like this. Just as they don't want there to be any responsibility for taking drugs, they don't want to take responsibility for getting pregnant. If someone robs a bank, it's not their fault, it's someone else's fault. Liberals simply don't want to hold people accountable for their actions because that would be hard.

Societies get into trouble when they pretend things are true when they aren't true and can then rationalize all sorts of things. Examples:
- The US got into trouble when it pretended that black people were not people and legalized slavery was the result.
- The Nazis pretended that Jewish people weren't really people and the (European) holocaust was the result.
- Many people these days want to pretend that homosexuality is normal and this is contributing to the breakdown of families. A current movie celebrates homosexuality but ignores that fact it destroyed two families.-
- With abortion, liberals like to pretend that a fetus is not a human being. They now go way beyond Roe v. Wade and actually support partial birth abortion where a hole is made in the baby's head and its brains are sucked out.

Like I said, societies get into trouble when they start pretending. If a fetus was the equivalent of a gall bladder, there would be no bigger pro-choicer than me. But I'm a pro-lifer because a fetus is separate human being from its mother and this is provable with DNA.
11 posted on 01/10/2006 4:00:58 AM PST by libertylover (Bush spied. Terrorists died.)
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Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Ronald Reagan


12 posted on 01/10/2006 4:06:59 AM PST by IamConservative (Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times will pick himself up and carry on.)
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If Roe vs Wade is law can you tell me when the lawmakers, the legislature, enacted this law?

Same goes for Kelo v. New London. Applies only to the specific case. It is not law.

13 posted on 01/10/2006 4:57:39 AM PST by Jason_b
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