tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post6580207025456195556..comments2024-03-24T23:41:23.944-07:00Comments on Talk Wisdom: News Roundup 4/18/07Christinewjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-23476240393724958092007-04-19T20:35:00.000-07:002007-04-19T20:35:00.000-07:00Ebsfwan,The short answer to your question is that ...Ebsfwan,<BR/><BR/>The short answer to your question is that "money," "politics," and "powerful lobbies" often prevent even those in Congress who agree with the pro-life side of the issue to back away from heavily promoting it.<BR/><BR/>I doubt that we will ever get to the point of totally banning abortion. However, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, then it would be left up to each individual state to legalize or ban it. That is the way it always should have been (IMO).Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-58040344712679559742007-04-19T20:31:00.000-07:002007-04-19T20:31:00.000-07:00Hi Doug,The most important rulings always seem to ...Hi Doug,<BR/><BR/>The most important rulings always seem to be 5-4 or 4-5 rulings.<BR/><BR/>I was curious to see if the SCOTUS would try and trump the legislative branch on this issue. I think that Pres. Bush's appointees made all the difference. If O'Connor was still in there, I think she would have turned it the other way.<BR/><BR/>I agree with what you said regarding the pro-abortion crowd's opinion of pro-life advocates:<BR/><BR/><B>"...how the left tries to portray those of us who care about innocent unborn life as the ones who are a threat to freedom."</B><BR/><BR/>They have that "marketing of evil" uncanny way to twist things around and make conservatives look like the "bad guys."Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-65092064068477611672007-04-18T23:00:00.000-07:002007-04-18T23:00:00.000-07:00I'm glad that this decision was allowed but it's n...I'm glad that this decision was allowed but it's not really a win as no baby's life will be saved by this decision.<BR/><BR/>The ruling is very clearly limited to "partial-birth abortion," and notes that the alternative of dismembering the fetus is available. In fact, it expressly allows the procedure to be done if the doctor simply uses an injection to kill the fetus prior to sucking out the brains or crushing the skull.<BR/><BR/>So it's a move in the right direction but make no mistake...it's an extremely tiny move.<BR/><BR/>Here's what I'm wondering:<BR/><BR/>Up until recently, you had a Republican President, a Republican Congress and a Republican Congress. Why didn't they ban abortion?<BR/><BR/>You could argue that SCOTUS would have overturned it but so what? Why not make the moral point?Andrew is getting fithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509663563205981548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-73185386413133812452007-04-18T20:14:00.000-07:002007-04-18T20:14:00.000-07:00The SCOTUS ruling was too close for comfort, but a...The SCOTUS ruling was too close for comfort, but a move in the proper direction nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>I'm constantly amused in a bad way about how the left tries to portray those of us who care about innocent unborn life as the ones who are a threat to freedom.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831806856048137739noreply@blogger.com