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Here's the part that's got smoke coming out of my ears. The part that makes me so mad I could spit nails. The part that's got me purple with apoplexy. The five boy justices on the Supreme Court who voted to take away our reproductive freedom last week were treating us like silly girls who can't be trusted to make our own decisions. Worse than

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OldHickory
April 24, 2007, 2:56 p.m.
No one has or needs the 'right' to murder innocent babies, especially in the manner of partial-birth ABORTION, or is it CHOICE.
Commondreams.org can get as spitting mad and purple as she likes. Maybe it's because she sees the writing on the wall and it is just a matter of time before Roe V. Wade is dealt an abortion.
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JohnChasWebb
April 24, 2007, 6:23 p.m.
Re: So Girls....
In Gonzales v. Carhart the Supreme Court drew a bright line between abortion and infanticide.
See, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_go_su...
1st trimester abortions are available on an 'on demand' basis and are unaffected by the Courts ruling.
The essence of the Courts decision is this:
Once a fetus becomes 'viable' it is considered to have the same 'right to life' as its mother.
This case creates a much needed balance in the abortion debate. Simply put (interpreted) it decides that at some time in a pregnancy, and prior to birth, the fetus is considered to be 'a person' entitled to protection under the law. The case deals with imposing some social responsibility for those women who decide to not terminate their pregnancy during the first trimester. The Court determined that once the fetus becomes 'viable' them we are no longer discussing the 'rights' of only one person (the pregnant woman) but also the rights of the child.
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OldRusty
April 24, 2007, 9:12 p.m.
The supreme court needs to be over-hauled, No court needs to be appointed for life., our forfathers sure screwed this one up., we can plainly see this now.Dont really give a spite on abortion one way or the other.,Its those old farts setting on the bench., thats my gripe.. they are to dam political.and seem out of touch with reality.
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canadianrancher57
April 24, 2007, 9:41 p.m.
The abortion issue is one that will never be settled. My personel views on this issue are not important but the governments in your country and ours are hypocrites, they say that one person has the right to do what they want with their body but then they have seat belt laws so that we can't do what we want with our body. Passing laws regarding abortion opens the doors for many new problems, like deciding when exactly life starts, or what do you do if a expectant mother does not live a healthy lifestyle and causes damage to the unborn baby. Just when I think that I am comfortable with this issue something new comes along to complicate it again.
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bubba2
April 24, 2007, 9:47 p.m.
The infant death rate in this county has RISEN, especially in the SOUTH.
WHY? Because health care is NOT available for too many pregnant mothers and too many newborns.
Almost 40 million people in this country have NO health insurance. Millions of those people are CHILDREN and BABIES.
Last year, the administration decided that babies born in this country from immigrants would NOT automatically qualify for health care - now they have to "apply" for it!
So - let's be sure to NOT allow ONE SINGLE fetus to be ABORTED. But, AFTER they come out of the WOMB, they are ON THEIR OWN, millions of them with NO health care, going hungry, and NO future.
Total, complete, ultimate HYPOCRISY!
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canadianrancher57
April 24, 2007, 10:20 p.m.
The medical insurance thing is something i never thought of, up here in Canada i guess we take some things for granted.
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amazed
April 24, 2007, 10:51 p.m.
If this person feels so strongly about the issue, she needs to get a new law passed. With the democratic congress and the new democratic president (coming in 2009, I am assured) they can pass a new law and it will be taken care of.
The Supreme Court said the law was constitutional. That doesn't preclude the Congress from writing another law.
and, btw, if Row v Wade IS overturned, abortion will be legal in most states. It was legal in some states (New York, for one) BEFORE Roe v Wade. If the state you live in doesn't have laws allowing abortion on the books, your state legislature can pass them in the unlikely event that Roe v Wade is overturned. That's probably a better way to handle any controversial issue -- by legislature rather than fiat.