About a quarter of American women have had abortions--that we know of.
About 900,000 abortions happen every year in America--that we know of.
There are surely more.
The Eastern world, it is explodin'
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
and then legislative gridlock and the filibuster--also still current:
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of Senators don't pass legislation
and Selma, Alabama, then and again in 2013 the location of the Shelby County v. Holder lawsuit that ended federal oversight of voter suppression efforts:
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
And then the lines that got the song banned from broadcast radio:
Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Don't forget to say grace.
Ralph Bowman's comment was about church and those 900,000 babies born to women who said they couldn't handle them. Theoretically, an abortion ban would trigger a major cultural shift and sense of social obligation in America. After all, those babies are our babies now, Americans' babies. We put the mother into a jam so we have an obligation to her, too. We broke it, we own it.
That won't happen, Bowman says. The impulse to ban abortion is about lack of empathy, not empathy. It is about punishing the woman, not caring for the child. It isn't about loving one's neighbor; it is a chance to cast a stone. Here is Ralph's protest song. Or poem. Or rant.
I have never been to a church service where so called “Christians” who believe in LIFE pass the collection plate in a Sunday service to help an expectant mother pay for the birth and raising of an unwanted child let alone a wanted child. Their hypocrisy is beyond belief. They also do not support a “good” woman’s right to make her own decision regarding her body. No one wants to have an abortion. Women are emotionally shredded and carry the guilt for life. They can never forget that event unless they are psychotic. How about having a tubal ligation or an hysterectomy? How about having a vasectomy? People do it for the fun of it? I hope Amy Coney Barrett does a lot of speaking in tongues before she and her buddy god ax Roe Vs. Wade. Everyone knows someone who has had an abortion. Ask them all about it. I am sure, it was the highlight of their life and their husband’s life. Who will throw the first stone, apparently many good preachers and a lot of great politicians?
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There are two sides to the abortion issue; Objective and emotional.
The objective case is simple. Women have autonomy over their bodies. Leave them alone.
Give them birth control and enough self-respect and responsibility to choose their partners wisely if you must but...leave them alone.
The emotional case begins with human biological response to offspring. It is the continuation of the species. We are conditioned to cherish our children. We love them unconditionally; it's considered aberrant otherwise. Culturally, tribally, men desire male children to "extend the bloodline", a throwback to barbaric times. And yes, religion supports all these archaic attitudes about families, including the patriarchy; it's their fundament recruiting strategy.
But mostly so called "pro-life" advocates are in irrational denial of a simple fact. The moment "life" begins is an arbitrary and capricious event. Hard to swallow, if you're conditioned to believe a loving God made you in his image and cherishes you for the special and unique person you are. No, it's a chaotic and indifferent universe we inhabit and our presence here is just about as random as a coin toss.
Get over it.
I remember when abortion was illegal in this country. You had to go to France to get one. That was in the early 60's when condoms were almost impossible to get. If you tried to buy one at the pharmacy, the pharmacist would quiz you why you wanted one. So, forget it. I'll take my chances.
Back then it was common to see girls walking along the high school corridor pregnant. As I remember, they tossed them out at the 8th month. The only question was who the poor bastard was who knocked her up. Many times it was a sports star who had to quit playing and go get a job. It was a bit scary.
Then they invented the PILL. Thank goodness. There was a poster that showed Uncle Sam pointing to you and asking "Have you had your pill today"? Condoms didn't come into popular use until the AIDS problem hit. Then you had better use one. Even girls started putting them in their purses, just in case. That was different.
I lived in Massachusetts, a heavy Catholic state, that banned abortions, but had easy access to New Hampshire where you could easily get one. They were cheap there, about a couple hundred dollars. Lots of girls made that trip.
One thing that isn't mentioned is the "morning after" pill. Will that be included? It's technically an abortion, so I wonder how they will handle that.
This whole argument is religious based. Separation of Church and State is a core principle in our country, yet some people continue to try to base our laws on their religious beliefs. That's the core of the problem. That's why it's wrong.
Or go to France.
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