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I think it's GREAT that any state legislature could and would get enough votes to do this, and that any Governor would sign it.

But look at it this way - Somebody's in my house at night, coming for my family. All I've got is ONE bullet. IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I'VE GOT A GUN, AND NOT AFRAID TO USE IT, but I'm not going to shoot if he's all the way at the end of the hall, just peeking out from behind something, I'm going to wait until he's a lot closer and in the open.

If these laws get struck down, it will be worse, and more innocent children will die. You have to consider the possibility that we MIGHT miss with that one bullet.

Let's get some more bullets: I'm in favor of starting with banning partial birth abortions, requiring parental notification, and requiring "mothers" to view a sonogram of their own child in the womb. We could probably save at least half of the future victims that way, and when we get another justice, finish the job of banning them altogether...

I couldn't agree with you more. It's a tough stand that we're making here and while I am proud that we are taking that stand on one hand, the other hand is more practical in it's thinking. Practical thinking tells me that we're going to have to put a lot of resources into defending this because the lawsuits are guaranteed. I think that Mississippi has enough to handle at this particular point in time and probably doesn't need the distraction right now. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the intent of the bill, but if we can't fight a good fight to keep it, we're just spinning our wheels. Also, for what it's worth, I just don't think that I can get behind any law that tells me that I have to carry a pregnancy conceived through rape to term. To me, that is sentencing victims to an incarceration with psychological and physical impacts far greater than the perpetrator would likely get. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I've thought long and hard about it in the past few days. Right or wrong, I believe that exception to the ban should exist.

I understand your point of view but the problem with any analogy is that it does break down after a point.

First, in regards to the one bullet idea, a friend of mine taught me how to reload ammunition about 25 years ago - I will never be in a position where I have only one bullet should someone decide to visit me in the middle of the night (or at any other time of the day or night) with nefarious intent! Additionally, I should note that reloading ammunition at home is long and tedious procedure, but then so to is picking, choosing, and campaigning for Pro-Life legislators. It is worthwhile -- even if it takes a while. I think we need to keep electing more and more Pro-Life candidates.

The second thought that comes to mind is that it took nearly a hundred years for a President, a Congress and a Supreme Court to decide that Slavery should not only be morally reprehensible but illegal as well. They kept trying and eventually the South Seceded from the Union and then those who had fought for Abolition of Slavery were faced with the consequences of their actions. They had to fight to keep the Union whole and intact inspire of the fact that there were still people in the South who thought it was perfectly permissible to own other human beings (and just like, today, there are people who think they should have the choice to kill unborn children because they are inconvenient. Most (and yes, I know, not all) have already exercised their choice when they chose to engage in unprotected, pre-, post-, or extra- marital sex.

I don't think we will ever be able to legislate morality but Abortion is not about morality, it's about the killing of unborn children and that is or at least should be criminal (in my humble opinion).