Normally I would not state my opinions on this topic about abortions, but with the totally overreaching violent response by the liberal left and even the justified questioning about it by other women, I feel the urge to weigh in.
First off let me state my beliefs about abortions.
1. I feel if abortions are being done to actually save the life of the mother then they are justified.
2. Abortions for rape victims are justified if the mother wants it.
3. I also believe that other reasons like a blighted ovum orsevere birth defects are justified, if the parent/s and actual medical knowledge feel it's best course of action.
4. However, I believe abortions used as retroactive birth control or for other reasons than stated above, are Murder.
All that being said, my overall belief is; Only women have the right to collectvely decide, and have the final say on, what the laws are going to be on abortions. Men (fathers) should have some input over a child they helped create, but that amount too must be decided by women, and codified into law.
Now, everyone seems to be alarmed and making the wrong responses to the SCOTUS RULING.
Scotus by it's ruling; DID NOT forbid, or make abortions illegal. They said the Federal Government should not have any say in what the laws were to be.
They threw it back to the individual States.
This is the way the Founders had decided self rule was best achieved.
I say to the women of every State, and every opinion on abortion;
You are the ones who must order your legislatures to pass the laws you want passed about abortion.
You must decide if you want only women to vote on the subject of abortion, and get the State Legislature to pass a law about that.
Then you must actually vote yes or no, or anything in between.
Replies
I do not enjoy one bit about being disagreeable to what you have concluded on this subject. I will only offer some thoughts on it that I think have merit.
First, abortion is not about a woman's body and what she may or may not do about it. The unborn depends on the Mother carrying it (him/her) to enable and sustain a life that belongs to another individual yet to arrive out of the womb. It is not her body or her life. Her body carries another life. The unborn is not merely a tumor or a growth mass. It is a seperate life.
Secondly, we all know that sex is the cause of pregnancy. Sex is good, but it carries with it responsibility on both the man and woman who engage in it. One cannot walk away from responsibility and consider themselves responsible in doing it.
Third, rape is a crime forced upon the female victim, and the male who does that should face the most severe consequence. That crap would stop quickly if it was. And if a pregnancy results from rape with an abortion as a result then the man should be charged with murder as well, and either pay for it with his own life or spend it in confinement with no chance for parole. Even if the violated woman is not pregnant from it the punishment for it must be so severe and certain, as to put abject fear into the minds of those who even think of committing it. Rape is equivalent to murder.
Finally, If the pregnancy is threating the health and life of the woman then that is another matter altogether. Both the husband and the wife must make the decision as to what is necessary to save the life of the Mother in consultation with the medical profession and others.
Put the teeth in the law. Laws have penalties. Weak laws are made by weak lawmakers. Get the wiggle room out of laws. For example, both Clintons should be in prison right now. Why aren't they?