tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post7442702873251431911..comments2023-09-21T03:49:07.151-07:00Comments on Thaumaturgic Ramblings: SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Partial Birth Abortion 5-4the default attorneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873527157432662218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-74353858248099367452007-04-18T10:57:00.000-07:002007-04-18T10:57:00.000-07:00I have a hard time thinking of fetuses as people w...I have a hard time thinking of fetuses as people who are capable of being "slaughtered." But that's just me. I get angry when I hear that the state seems to think they have any right at all to pass legislation or even hear cases on this issue. Pardon my French, but, not their fucking business.<BR/><BR/>As I get older, I feel more strongly that abortion in most cases is morally reprehensible. I also feel more strongly that morality and legality are not the same thing.A. Marigoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250396680228283382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-76212284744287857162007-04-18T10:26:00.000-07:002007-04-18T10:26:00.000-07:00The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based re...The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based reproductive health research group, estimates that of the 1.3 million abortions performed in 2000, 2,200 were D&X abortions. That means about 0.001%. <BR/><BR/>So far, the death toll in Iraq for <I>just</I> U.S. soldiers is 3,311. See http://www.icasualties.org/oif/PieCountry.aspx. <BR/><BR/>For Iraqis themselves,as of <I>last</I> year it was between 33,000-37,000. But I don't know, maybe you don't consider them people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4830782.stm <BR/><BR/>There is no "pro-abortion" law anon. The SCOTUS previously decided that states could not pass certain anti-abortion laws because they violated a woman's right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. The anti-abortion laws themselves were unconstitutional. <BR/><BR/>Would you consider the SCOTUS decisions that struck down segregation laws impermissible "policy making?" <BR/><BR/>Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to read this opinion.the default attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873527157432662218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-3119877934496203882007-04-18T09:46:00.000-07:002007-04-18T09:46:00.000-07:00If you believe it's murder, then partial-birth abo...If you believe it's murder, then partial-birth abortion slaughters as many or more people than the "War" in Iraq. I was born 3 months premature and almost didn't make it. Because I was wanted, doctors struggled for months to save me; if I hadn't been wanted, they would have let me die from my non-beating heart.<BR/><BR/>Considering the entire pro-abortion law was originally passed <B>illegally</B> and <B>unconstitutionally</B>, imposing a minority belief on the majority, the executive branch may be trying to recover some of its stolen power. Only one state, New York, had pro-abortion laws at the time of Roe vs. Wade, and that would've been repealed had the governor not veto'd. Also, the judiciary is to interpret laws, not make policy, which is the executive branch's job. With Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court did Congress's job.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that the "War" in Iraq should be ignored. But you really don't need to cuss to make your point. Dictionaries are useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com