I think I heard it best the other day: Abortion will still be legal at its core but there could be restrictions placed on it. South Dakota is way off base by trying to do what they're doing. They're going to lose in the court at best 5-4, at worst 7-2.
I'm anti-abortion myself but I think it's just something we'll just have to accept and deal with. I don't like it but it's not going to change. So why bother? There are bigger issues out there.
So many o fthe people I know of on the left think that South Dakota will win 5-4, but I think it's more likely 5-4 against SoDak, if the court even hears the case
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unfortunatley this is where the ultra right in America fail. They seem to believe that rapes and incest do not occur. They dont want to look down the path at the disaster this can cause or the emotional damage done.
Ultimatley this is not about protecting the rights of the unborn child but the abuse of women by terrifed men who are scared of the power women have. If all women across the world suddenly decided to (a) stop work of all kind and (b) stop having children the world as we know it would collpase.
It's not so much that they don't believe that rapes or incest occur. It's more that they feel that when women are raped, or victims of incest, that they have brought it upon themselves. That they've dressed "too provocatively", or that they've "sent signals" that have led their molestor to his actions. But you are right that they don't want to think about the consequences of rape and incest.
And you are right, a good deal of this is about trying to force women to "remain in their rightful place". There's a joke about how these people view that as "barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen", but the joke just isn't that funny any longer.
See, the sane secularists in the US get the many reasons why allowing abortions would be a good thing, even if we don't necessarily like abortion. The problem is that this country has a very vocal minority of religious fundamentalist psychos (who aren't all that different from their Muslim counterpart whom they ridicule), and they have boiled the argument down to an overly simplistic "baby-killers" emotional appeal
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I'm anti-abortion myself but I think it's just something we'll just have to accept and deal with. I don't like it but it's not going to change. So why bother? There are bigger issues out there.
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Ultimatley this is not about protecting the rights of the unborn child but the abuse of women by terrifed men who are scared of the power women have. If all women across the world suddenly decided to (a) stop work of all kind and (b) stop having children the world as we know it would collpase.
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And you are right, a good deal of this is about trying to force women to "remain in their rightful place". There's a joke about how these people view that as "barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen", but the joke just isn't that funny any longer.
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