So it begins.....
Well, South Dakota officially passed a law today banning most abortions.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/06/sd.abortion/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
This should make for an interesting legal battle in the next couple of years. And while I'll refrain from venting rage about the law itself, or even the audacity that supporters of this bill are comparing the possibility of a legal battle overturning Roe v. Wade to Brown v. Board overturning Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954. Still, I can't help but notice this comment from the Repulican Governor:
"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society," said a statement released by Rounds, a Republican.
Gotta love the hypocrisy of the Christian right. Never mind that the most vulnerable and helpless in society include children at risk because of short-sighted legislation in No Child Left Behind that is left underfunded anyway. Or never mind those left vulnerable and helpless by Hurricane Katrina. Or never mind those who are by far most vulnerable and helpless and would condemn the United States if that's how civilzations are judged: the urban poor. After all, what did Jesus say more than anything else in his gospels? It wasn't protect the unborn children. It was to care for the poor.
And where are the Democrats in all of this?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/06/sd.abortion/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
This should make for an interesting legal battle in the next couple of years. And while I'll refrain from venting rage about the law itself, or even the audacity that supporters of this bill are comparing the possibility of a legal battle overturning Roe v. Wade to Brown v. Board overturning Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954. Still, I can't help but notice this comment from the Repulican Governor:
"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society," said a statement released by Rounds, a Republican.
Gotta love the hypocrisy of the Christian right. Never mind that the most vulnerable and helpless in society include children at risk because of short-sighted legislation in No Child Left Behind that is left underfunded anyway. Or never mind those left vulnerable and helpless by Hurricane Katrina. Or never mind those who are by far most vulnerable and helpless and would condemn the United States if that's how civilzations are judged: the urban poor. After all, what did Jesus say more than anything else in his gospels? It wasn't protect the unborn children. It was to care for the poor.
And where are the Democrats in all of this?