SOUTH DAKOTA OUT LAWS ABORTION
The South Dakota House today passed legislation making abortion illegal in the state. Now you may ask, "according to Roe vs Wade abortion is the law so how can SD pass a law contrary to a federal law ?" First, Roe vs Wade IS NOT A LAW. The Constitution states that the legislative branch of the government creates the law and the judicial branch enforces and interprets law in accordance to the Constitution. Roe vs Wade was a decision by the Supreme Court on January 22, 1973 which overturned existing state laws concerning the out law of abortion. It legalized abortion ONLY in the sense that EXISTING law at the state level was no longer valid. The Congress of the United States has NEVER passed any legislation making abortion a federal law. The 1973 Supreme Court decision known as Roe vs Wade has been used as the basis to claim that abortion is the law of the land. South Dakota is now challenging that by legislating that abortion is now illegal in that state. Abortion has always been an issue that has and should be legislated by the state and now South Dakota is exercising its right to do just that. This legislation will obviously find its way to the Supreme Court to test the Robert's Court and whether the claims by the left that the confirmation of Samuel Alito will over turn Roe vs Wade. My guess is that if and when this gets to the Supreme Court the High Court will not view the case and send it back to the state, which is where it belongs in the first place. I am not one who is in favor of abortion. I do believe in a women's right to choose though. Every women with the exception of those who are violated by rape, (which includes incest), has the right to choose whether she will risk conception by having sex. If she chooses to take that risk then the life that she has within her has the right to,"LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Abortion is NOT a means of birth control which, unfortunately, has been widely accepted. I was pleased when the President announced that abortions are on the decline in America. The thought of the millions of precious lives that were ended before they had the chance to live sickens me. Millions who could have made a difference in this world and maybe even become one of its leaders. I am reminded of a liberal who is against abortion because he himself was almost aborted. This individual has brought entertainment that most is the world have enjoyed many times over. His name is Jack Nicholson. The path and ultimate out come of the South Dakota legislation will be interesting to follow as it could determine whether this nation once again respects ALL life.
Ken Taylor
Ken Taylor
posted by The Liberal Lie The Conservative Truth | 7:54 PM
4 Comments:
Contrary to what you may think about me, I am against abortion personally, but I don't feel I have any right to tell a woman what to do with her body. That is between her and God. However, I am curious about your last sentence. Do you believe in the death penalty? How do you you reconcile your views with the tens of thousands of Iraqis we are killing in their country. Darfur genocide - should we do something?
I doubt this law will see one day in action......There's no way the courts let it pass. Not even the Supremes.
I've long said, it will take a Constitutional Amendment, and stand by that prediction.
I'm not an absolutist when it comes to abortion, and believe it should be available in cases of rape, incest, and to physically save the mother's life......In other words it should be just as Bill Clinton said in the 90's: Safe, Legal and Rare.
With the rare part being just that.
Sadly, abortion has become a birth control of choice for many....Almost 50% of all pregnancies ended in abortion, and 45,000,000 in the last 30 years.
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Answering Rob's questions:
Yes for death penalty......One per abortion sounds like a just ratio to me.
Yes, to helping in Darfur...After WWII the world said "never again". Sadly, this was just lipservice.
Clinton's Surgeon General, Jocelyn Elderssaid, "We have driver's education to teach them what to do in the front seat, now it's time we teach them what to do in the back seat".
I agree. Teach them to sit down, wear their seat belt, keep their pants on, and don't distract the driver.
My last sentence refers to the fact that abortion kills because their is no respect for the baby within its just a, "fetus." The death penatly is a punishment for a reason. yes even it has mistakes but their is a moral justification beacuse in most cases the recipient through their actions caused their demise. A baby does not cause anything to deserve death. Genocide is a sistamatic murder and the person who instigate it should receive a just and quick penelty for their crime. ie, Milosavich. Death in a time of war is unfortunatly a inevitable consequence to war. Robert E. Lee said that, "It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it." The nature of war is just that,"terrible." But it is a necessary evil in a world that gives reason for war, whether it is Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe or the United States.
Ken
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