Re: Pro-Life extremists are taking us back to the dark ages
The unborn is NOT a person and an unborn does not have rights.
In the history of the United States, the unborn have never had rights.
States have rights to protect non persons. Think about the anti cruelty laws some states have even though animals have no rights.
Some states even protect the parent’s interest in the unborn
At most , the law represents the potentiality of life.
From Roe vs. Wade section IX:
Words like "would appear" or "at most" or "potentially" or "may be" are what I call "fuzzy words." Fuzzy words are used to try and make a point true. They are heavily used in physics when dealing with the Big Bang Theory or other scientific things that have no factual basis, only fuzzy theory that might be right or not. This post of yours is full of fuzzy words attempting to make the idea of abortion civilized and necessary. Now, to real law and facts.
"The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law which recognizes an embryo or fetus in utero as a legal victim, if they are injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines "child in utero" as "a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb." - Wikipedia
So, an unborn child at any stage of development by Federal Law is a human being (Homo Sapiens). That is the correct fact of law. You said there was no Federal Law saying this. Oops!
The article from Wikipedia goes on to say:
"The law applies only to certain offenses over which the United States government has jurisdiction, including certain crimes committed on federal properties, against certain federal officials and employees, and by members of the military. In addition, it covers certain crimes that are defined by statute as federal offenses wherever they occur, no matter who commits them, such as certain crimes of terrorism. Because of principles of federalism embodied in the United States Constitution, federal criminal law does not apply to crimes prosecuted by the individual states. However, 38 states also recognize the fetus or "unborn child" as a crime victim, at least for purposes of homicide or feticide. The legislation was both hailed and vilified by various legal observers who interpreted the measure as a step toward granting legal personhood to human fetuses, even though the bill explicitly contained a provision excepting abortion, stating that the bill would not "be construed to permit the prosecution" "of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf", "of any person for any medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child" or "of any woman with respect to her unborn child."
So, 12 states don't conclude the same thing at this time, if you know anything about what the past Presidents have been doing with State Land, the Federal Government owns most of the land in those 12 states as well. So, pretty much all the country is under that law and the unborn are individual persons with the right to life and not be killed, except for abortion in most states. That is changing. Those states are simply falling in line with the law. And, yes, the Supreme Court will have to re-visit Roe v Wade because the perception of when life begins has changed. Science has changed the minds of many women that a fetus is a person. Science has proven that at certain stages, the unborn can feel, hear, see light, think, dream and respond to outside stimuli. And, for a long time now, premature babies can live at a very early stage. A friend of mine had a baby weighing only 2 pounds 25 years ago and the person (baby) is still alive doing fine. Married and has kids of his own. When my wife was pregnant with our first child, I remember feeling his little foot pressing against my wife's tummy. I would push back and he would react by pushing back at me. We went back and forth several times. It was fun. Oh, he was very alive and human. I don't need science to tell me that is true.
In my opinion, abortionists have either had an abortion, know a friend, family or co-worker that has had an abortion. So, they support abortion to justify their sins. Justify the unnecessary killing of a baby. Your statement, "When it comes to matters of Reproductive health, Politicians and the religious dogma of another faith should never interfere with religious liberty of an individual or her faith," is circular reasoning. Who gave the woman liberty or her faith? Those that you say should never interfere with her rights to choose abortion or life for her unborn child. The politicians, God, friends and family. The fact is, there is a better way than to just kill, kill, kill! 60 million babies have been murdered since Roe v Wade. About the same as Hitler, Stalin and Mao together. And, for what? Convenience? Sad, very sad.
