Once again...
The Georgia State Senate has got it wrong. Our own State Senator Nancy Schaeffer, who has the unique skill of being wrong on pretty much every social issue which comes before her, was in full support of this recent stupidity.
I'm referring to Senate Bill 429, which recently passed, and requires that a woman recieve a sonogram before she may have an abortion. The goal, according to Schaeffer, is to save lives, since the logic is that a woman whose having an abortion won't want to have one, after she sees the little toes and whatever have you of the fetus. I don't think that will work, but okay.
My position on abortion is a little obscure. I'm pro-choice in a vague, unhappy sort of way. I don't believe abortion is a consitutional right, I think Roe vs. Wade is a constitutional absurdity. (I'm fairly certain there's no enumerated right to have a medical procedure which didn't exist in 1789) So while I agree that Georgia can pass a sonogram bill, and South Dakota can pass a ban, if they want to, I don't think they should want to, because its stupid, and its not going to work. Not to mention that all you manage to do is increase the number of people having babies who don't want them.
I find the pro-choice lobby completely absurd too. Their slavish devotion to false law is offensive, and I get a little bit uncomfortable when they refer to a fetus as a parasite (since it feeds off the mother.)
But that being said, the Pro-life lobby is just, if not more offensive, with their cookie cutter, religious condemnation.
Well, now that I've managed to offend you, no matter what your opinion on the subject, back to 429.
How does this law in anyway help? IF, (and its a big if as you can see), if the bill does work, and women have less abortions after seeing a sonogram, its working because you've legislated a form of psychological cruelty. That's not exactly the way I prefer my legislature to function. If they insist on doing something to restrict the practice of abortions in the state of Georgia (which I believe they have the legal authority to do, although I do not think they necessarily should) this was definetely not the move to make.
I'm referring to Senate Bill 429, which recently passed, and requires that a woman recieve a sonogram before she may have an abortion. The goal, according to Schaeffer, is to save lives, since the logic is that a woman whose having an abortion won't want to have one, after she sees the little toes and whatever have you of the fetus. I don't think that will work, but okay.
My position on abortion is a little obscure. I'm pro-choice in a vague, unhappy sort of way. I don't believe abortion is a consitutional right, I think Roe vs. Wade is a constitutional absurdity. (I'm fairly certain there's no enumerated right to have a medical procedure which didn't exist in 1789) So while I agree that Georgia can pass a sonogram bill, and South Dakota can pass a ban, if they want to, I don't think they should want to, because its stupid, and its not going to work. Not to mention that all you manage to do is increase the number of people having babies who don't want them.
I find the pro-choice lobby completely absurd too. Their slavish devotion to false law is offensive, and I get a little bit uncomfortable when they refer to a fetus as a parasite (since it feeds off the mother.)
But that being said, the Pro-life lobby is just, if not more offensive, with their cookie cutter, religious condemnation.
Well, now that I've managed to offend you, no matter what your opinion on the subject, back to 429.
How does this law in anyway help? IF, (and its a big if as you can see), if the bill does work, and women have less abortions after seeing a sonogram, its working because you've legislated a form of psychological cruelty. That's not exactly the way I prefer my legislature to function. If they insist on doing something to restrict the practice of abortions in the state of Georgia (which I believe they have the legal authority to do, although I do not think they necessarily should) this was definetely not the move to make.
1 Comments:
Does Nancy's stance come as a surprise?
AJ
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