It was big news when Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis held a filibuster to block new abortion regulations in Texas. The Washington Post writes that “a woman living along the Mexico border or in West Texas would have to drive hundreds of miles to obtain an abortion if the law passes”.
This kind of raises a question:
What extent of a decline in values does it take for some people to make a decision about whether or not to have an abortion based on whether or not they have to spend a few hours in the car?
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What I find disturbing about the issue is that those who claim to champion women fought against a bill that would require abortion clinics to maintain the same basic standards of cleanliness and safety as any other medical clinic.
It’s pretty obvious to me that the pro-abortion lobby is putting profit over women’s lives. I can’t understand why that isn’t obvious to everyone. If a clinic has to shut down because it is forced to hire qualified personnel to administer drugs, perhaps it should be shut down.
Correct.
Another thing I find odd is the claim to be ‘pro-choice’. What choice? I want every women to have the choice of getting pregnant, not the choice of whether or not to get rid of a human being.
And have you noticed that there is only one “choice” issue? If I say that I don’t own a firearm, but I support the right of other people to do so, no one is going to call me “pro gun choice”. If I choose not to smoke marijuana but think it should be decriminalized, that doesn’t make me “pro marijuana choice”.
“Choice” in political discourse is always used as a euphemism for abortion.
Yes, words are often used in a confusing way in politics. There is an article by Sowell in which he discusses this issue. I will post it later this day.