You have to understand, patton, that for OldDeckHand the law is a way to shackle the pro-life advocates. We must follow the strict letter of the law, no matter how much it renders our effort futile.
Note how often he refers to constitutional legal process viz. the pro-life movement, yet never acknowledges that the anti-life law skirted that same legal process. Note how he never acknowledges that abortion became “LAW” much the same way Hitler’s edicts did - not through a constitutional democratic process, but through dictatorial fiat.
Nevermind that America was brought into existence to defend the right to life. Nevermind that this very purpose was upended by a handful of jurists. They can get away with it. But no, pro-lifers have to be handcuffed by the Constitution, jumping hurdle after legalistic hurdle before he’ll sign off on our right to defend helpless little babies. “Dot all your i’s and cross all your t’s - in triplicate - and then we’ll talk about stopping the bloodshed and butchery.”
Hmm. Reminds me of those who want to grant terrorists a criminal trial. That ain’t no way to win a war, and this ain’t no way to save babies’ lives. One is national suicide, and the other is legalized mass homicide.
Let us suppose you are 16, and your 16-yo girlfriend is on her way to abort your 8-mo baby.
What do you do?
What can you do?
You remind me of a toddler who wets their bed at night. I guess we're even.
"Note how he never acknowledges that abortion became “LAW” much the same way Hitler’s edicts did - not through a constitutional democratic process, but through dictatorial fiat."
It is IMPOSSIBLE to have a rational and reasoned conversation with a person who equates a Supreme Court Decision - a process codified in the US Constitution - as a "dictatorial fiat".
When Roe is eventually overturned by a different Supreme Court decision, what will you say to the pro-abortionists who cries that it wasn't a democratic decision, but a dictatorial fiat? Will you show some intellectual consistency, or will you be a hypocrite? It's a rhetorical question, no need to reply.