I have been pointing out for the last month about the legal reality on the abortion issue, from the fact that Roe will almost certainly never be reversed and that if it was (and that is a big if) that abortion would still be legal in America. I also pointed out the fact that all 9 Supreme Court Justices believe that abortion is protected under the US Constitution. But another side deserves to be looked at, that being what would happen if Roe was reversed and the pro-life political community got its way?

We will look at the one of the biggest problems caused by a Roe reversal, the rape/incest exception. If Roe was reversed, and even in the most culturally conservative state, an exception must be made for the health of the mother and more importantly rape/incest. Even the most fervently anti-choice politicians almost always make this exception and the pro-life community tends to agree that this exceptions most be made. So if Roe were reversed either the courts or most likely the politicians would put in a rape exception. The rape exception however would cause chaos to our criminal justice system. All one would have to do in order to qualify for an abortion, is to say that you did not consent to the sexual intercourse that lead to the pregnancy. You can see how this exception would be abused and how telling real victims and those who are making it up would make handling rape cases a minefield. Also, unfortunately but true many women/girls might make up stories about "fake rape" hurting real victims cases. In cases in which the supposed victim is lying they tend to go for stereotypes, in which they blame young faceless African American men.

This could very well lead to false arrests and convictions, hurting innocent people and doing nothing to curtail the number of abortions in this country. This option would also liked be used by the most poor as getting an abortion, if Roe were reversed would not affect the successful to upper middle class, the wealthy, and everyone in socially liberal states like the west coast and the northeast, along with a few others. The rape exception is one of the biggest reasons why reversing Roe is a bad idea. This is not an argument for abortion but rather for making sure the consequences are known of what will happen if the impossible ever became reality.

The pro-life community would be wise to quit challenging Roe, one because it's a lost battle and two because if they were ever to win, would bring chaos to our criminal justice system while doing nothing to curtail the number of abortions in this country. The battle for life must be made at the personal level by talking to women/girls about their options and making sure they are aware of the reality of abortion but it should not be done by politicians. In time to take this most important issue at a personal level as those of us who are pro-choice have argued and stop the tired fight for legal restrictions that would turn into nightmares for us all.

                       

If one thing unites Republicans it was our tone after 9/11. I really don't like 9/11 being used or shown unless on the actually day. Every year on the day, I put in my tape CNN: 9/11. And I realize again and again the horror I felt. I was 14 at the time and I was so scared, afraid that there would be more attacks. And while I had been a Republican before, President Bush in his tone and manner managed to make me feel safe again with his words "Never Again". Well it has happened again, just this last Sunday when I was in my church in Plymouth, Michigan an unarmed man was murdered in front of his wife at his church in Wichita, Kansas. On holy ground, he died and with him the rights given to us under the Constitution were threatened as well.

   Dr. George Tiller, a man who gave so much for his country, finally gave his life for it. Many anti-choice people like to demonize those who perform abortions as monsters on a Cannibalistic level, when in fact they are exactly like you and me. Nobody...nobody likes abortion. There is not one single child growing up in the third grade right now saying "God, I want to perform abortions when I grow up." If all doctors did what they truly wanted to do, everyone would be a vet delivering Golden Retriever puppies. Under the Constitution, women have the right to an abortion as defined by not just Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Stouer and most like Sotomayor but also by the far left likes of Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Scalia. All of them reject the entire anti-abortion argument that the right of a fetus to live is protected under the Constitution. They disagree only on whether it is a federal or state right to have an abortion. But they consider it a constitutionally protected right all the same.

   But of course, most of those who are in the "Pro-Life" movement do not know that. They are not told that by Right to Life or any other anti-abortion group including the most radical. All you have to do they say is vote Republican and eventually abortion will go away. It is the greatest act of political fraud over the last thirty years. Acts like the death of Dr. Tiller are a result of the lack of clarity (there are other factors as well that will be discussed further in other posts) that fosters acts of terrorism like the one that killed Dr. Tiller.

   Make no mistake; an act of terrorism was committed here. As terrorism is defined as "an act or threat of violence against someone, especially for political purposes" (Dictionary.com) as I define it an act of terror is "an act or threat of violence to try and disturb, disrupt and threaten the freedoms assured under the U.S. Constitution". That is terrorism to me. It was done to us on 9/11 and it was done to us on 5/31. Now it will be harder for women across this country to fulfill their Constitutional protected right to an abortion, not because law has changed but because a man is dead, doctors are frightened and if you leave in the wrong zip code, sorry, you don't have the same right as someone in Manhattan. It's disgusting. Abortion is something I truly hate only on par with the lack of equality in our country. As it is for one, it should be for all. I say that in terms of freedoms only, not in some Marxist way. Those who commit acts of Jihad like the terrorism against Dr. Tiller, commit an attack on all of us. Make no mistake, terrorism lived to see another day, and its evil is exactly like that on 9/11.