Texas supreme court upholds archaic anti-choice law
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— 4 years ago(September 02, 2021 01:54 PM)So, they force a woman to carry and give birth to an unwanted child who is a product of violence and incest. Who is going to take care of all of these children? Will you be adopting a few?
The penalty for the rapist? Probably a slap on the back and a cigar. -
Soul_Venom — 4 years ago(September 02, 2021 02:09 PM)
While it is difficult to find an exact, accurate number some sources estimate that there are about 2 million couples currently waiting to adopt in the United States — which means there are as many as 36 waiting families for every one child who is placed for adoption.
I suspect that if the penalty was steep enough only total fools would dare risk it.
But this is ignoring the fact that this premise is based on one of the most extreme examples to try to prop up the argument which evidences how weak it truly is.
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— 4 years ago(September 02, 2021 02:52 PM)
Ah I see, so the barbaric act of forcing of women to give birth (or face criminal charges) is ok because there is a deficit of newborn babies?
What about the 500,000 unwanted children currently in the foster system? -
MONGY — 4 years ago(September 02, 2021 06:14 PM)
the real issue here is not a restrictive abortion law but the particulars: Texas now permits private citizens to enforce public policy on a state-wide scale in distinction to the one-off and rarely occurring cliched "citizens arrest." The texas law provides bounty hunter rewards for informing on abortionists, those who help women physically get to an abortion clinic, etc. Most troubling is that the law indemnifies all Texas public officials from civil suits; which means that there is now no legal recourse to challenge the law's constitutionality since the state government plays no role in enforcement.
orwell meet Lenin meet Hitler in this totalitarian takeover of language,logic, and law in this reordering of the american legal system. -
Soul_Venom — 4 years ago(September 03, 2021 08:44 PM)
Left's outcry over Texas abortion ban has little to do with science, protecting women
Rooted at the very core of Texas’s Heartbeat Act is the concept of basic humanity, informed by science
This week the U.S. Supreme Court allowed this law, which protects unborn children from abortion after their beating heart can be detected, to go into effect.
For the past half century, the pro-abortion Left has attempted to deceive the American people about the science, facts, and the law surrounding abortion.
Its ability to reap political benefits from sowing confusion and fear gives activists incentive to stir the pot at every available opportunity. The case of Texas’s Heartbeat Act is no exception.
Pro-abortion activists instinctively raised the alarm over the Texas law, an apocalyptic response that has become a predictable ritual. Their aim is to frighten Americans into bowing to their radical policy agenda.
The Supreme Court’s action regarding the Heartbeat Act was procedural and neither overturns nor even addresses Roe v. Wade or Planned Parenthood v. Casey – yet the abortion movement knows it is losing hearts and minds.
The American people are eager to let this debate play out nationwide and to update our laws in line with compassion and science.
After nearly half a century of suppression, pro-life advocates are hopeful that the Court will soon afford Americans the opportunity to finally make their voices heard on the greatest human rights issue of our day.
Scientific advances have pushed the frontiers of our understanding far beyond what was evident when, in 1973, abortion was legalized by unelected judges through all nine months of pregnancy – overnight.
Today advances like ultrasound technology have made the reality that unborn children are human beings with actively beating hearts by six weeks undeniable. The six-week mark is a time of remarkable growth; both the baby’s brain and the spinal cord have started to develop. Blood vessels begin forming into the circulatory system. By the next week, the baby has begun to develop pain receptors.
By the tenth week, the baby has formed arms, fingers, and toes. It can kick and even jump, if startled. Science tells us that by 15 weeks, the heart is fully developed and is pumping 26 quarts of blood per day. The baby can taste, yawn, hiccup, swallow, suck its thumb and even make facial expressions. We also know that by week 15, the brain structures will have matured to such an extent that it can process pain. Abortion procedures will trigger a hormonal stress response indicating that the baby is suffering.
Americans through their elected representatives deserve the right to update their laws to align with their own values and scientific progress.
European nations, including left-leaning Finland and Germany have enacted reasonable laws that protect life after the first trimester. In fact, 47 out of 50 European nations limit elective abortion prior to 15 weeks and the current status quo of abortion law under Roe’s regime puts the United States in the company of human rights abusers like North Korea and China.
Public opinion polls also consistently show that a strong majority of Americans reject pro-abortion extremism. For example, 65% indicate support for protecting life in the second trimester, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released earlier this year. Support for protecting the unborn rose to 80% during the third trimester, according to the same poll.
The Left’s furor over Texas’s law has little to do with science or protecting women. Sadly, their blind devotion to the cult of abortion demands that politicians ignore the science. In contrast, Texas’s Heartbeat law brings to light the humanity of children at an early stage, reflecting the scientific advances of the past 50 years.
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