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Wagglebee thread on Partial Birth Abortion...

Legal experts will debate the meaning of the Supreme Court's 5 – 4 decision that upholds a ban on partial-birth abortion. As an activist I am struck by one simple fact: The majority on the Court established in Gonzalez v. Carhart that abortion is no longer sacrosanct.

In language that is startling because it comes from the Court, the Justices display respect for unborn life, describes how abortion harms women and determines that abortionists shouldn’t get to decide whether their acts are criminal.

Partial-Birth Abortion Decision Shows Abortion No Longer Sacrosanct

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[8mmMauser]

As certain folk dance around the May pole today, profound thought sprouts. Or is it weeds? Ahhh, the complexity of good versus evil. Such a difficult concept to define for some...

On Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m., Dreamcatcher will read Canadian playwright Emil Sher's play, MOURNING DOVE. Company members Clark Carmichael (Montclair), Laura Ekstrand (Union), and Harry Patrick Christian (Montclair) will perform the play. Inspired by the case of a Saskatchewan father convicted of the mercy-killing of his severely disabled daughter and echoed in the United States by the Terry Schiavo case, MOURNING DOVE asks the question whether it is more loving to let a suffering child live, or to end her life. The playwright draws no immediate conclusions, and asks the audience to grapple with the complexity of the parents' experience and their compassion for their child.

MAY "MEET THE ARTIST" SERIES AT DREAMCATCHER

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[T'wit]

Fwiw, I think the pro-life arguments against this decision are technically correct; at least they seem so. Legally, then, it was a tiny victory at potentially a fearsome price. However, I think the critics should heed the psychology of it all. The Sacred Media have announced that SCOTUS has ruled against PBA. It is that announcement which will save some lives. Here is why:

"Patients" will be less likely to seek this "procedure" after hearing this media trumpeting. "Abortionists" will feel more risk when they perform PBAs, even if they can look at the small print and say, "We can still do it, this way." The law is too capricious for that. They definitely run a greater chance of malpractice verdicts going against them.