Gearing Up For the Smackdown
Roe v. Wade. The gift that, for 33 years, has kept right on giving to an otherwise personally indifferent Neo-Conservative Republican Party. And they've finally found a way to challenge the ruling. Now, it seems, the "other side" is vieing to give them the very opportunity they seek. This article on the BBC website gives a quick rundown. Ulitmately, I'm with the folks who are challenging the abortion ban in SD - can you believe those bastiges would force a woman who was raped, even by one of her own family, to bear an unwanted child? Although, on the flip side, what would overturning the ban do - like Mississippi, there's only one abortion provider in the whole state.
Admittedly, I'm a little leary about posting on this issue - it is such a hotbutton and I really don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. But the fact is this is an important issue about the government interfering in our personal lives on behalf of a religious faction. In addition, I must point out that it is interference by a group of people who claim that all life is sacred, and yet we are overtly bombing the shit out of at least two countries. Thus, I feel justified to add my voice to the cacophony in hopes that reason may be had somewhere down the line.
Admittedly, I'm a little leary about posting on this issue - it is such a hotbutton and I really don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. But the fact is this is an important issue about the government interfering in our personal lives on behalf of a religious faction. In addition, I must point out that it is interference by a group of people who claim that all life is sacred, and yet we are overtly bombing the shit out of at least two countries. Thus, I feel justified to add my voice to the cacophony in hopes that reason may be had somewhere down the line.
