Posted on 04/18/2007 7:14:49 AM PDT by Spiff
Edited on 04/18/2007 8:48:59 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
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I nominate this for dopiest post of the year.
Methinks that those calling this courageous President 'a wimp' are lacking the courage he has, and are deeply jealous.
No self-assured male thinks President Bush is 'a wimp.'
I agree. Also, voters that are primarily fiscal conservatives and/or libertarians who are usually reliable republican voters either stayed home or voted 3rd party.
The social conservatives had absolutely no reason to stay home even though some in the south were duped by "conservative" democrats like Heath Shuler.
Myth #1: There's no difference between electing a Republican and a Democrat president.
Myth #2: The debate on abortion is over in this country, and social conservatives have lost.
Myth #3: A presidential candidate's position on abortion is not important, because the president has little affect on abortion policy.
Ginsburg too . . .
She’s on the verge of the big adios.
You're correct. There's not a single health problem this procedure "cures" that couldn't be treated with a Caesarean section or a vaginal birth.
Truly sick, especially when you consider a lot of these kids are suffering from Down's Syndrome or cleft palate.
Amen! Hopefully this will shake a few Rudy supporters up. It's only a matter of time before Ginsberg retires/expires. And I can guarantee you, right now, she's only hanging on hoping HilRud will get elected.
Told ya the pro-life wave has many final victories in store! Yeah!
Great! Finally, someone who can use actual logic. Now, tell me, going backwards from the point of viability, at what point scientifically does the unborn child stop being a human life? Consider DNA, metabolic activity, growth, movement, response to environment, etc.
Beautiful posts!
Praise Jesus
This wasn’t a commerce clause law...the 14th Amendment applies.
You are wrong. Its those that are pushing for a “Nothing” candidate like Rooty Ghouliani that will get the Rats elected!
You can’t win anything with half the party staying home.
Wake up.
“The term “conservative” means more than just anti-abortion.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Still, that being said, I am overjoyed at this decision upholding the PBA ban.
It is not possible to be anti-life and also be conservative.
Life is not an “issue;” it is a RIGHT granted by our Creator. To attempt to reduce it to an issue is incredibly self-indulgent.
The Declaration presents it as the FOREMOST Right (Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of happiness.) Indeed, without Life, all other rights are of no consequence. Dead men don’t care about liberty and happiness.
The Constitution enshrines the RIGHT of Life in the Bill of Rights when it says that we shall NOT be deprived of LIFE without due process of LAW...in other words, without sincere, debated, responsible LEGISLATIVE parameters. There is no such requirement for some woman’s right on her own to take a life.
LIFE cannot be taken without CONGRESSIONAL laws setting parameters. That debate had never taken place, since the COURTS had swept away CONGRESS’ power to decide such things.
This bill is a CONGRESSIONAL input into the debate. It is NOT an intrusion.
This is the way it is supposed to work according to America’s Constitution.
Amen, Deb! Thank You, Lord for giving us a President who has worked for a culture of LIFE so consistently.
I second your comment.........we may not see his like again.
The 14th Amendment. Due process clause.
On purely scientific grounds, the most sacred argument of the pro-abort crowd (”A woman has the right to do whatever she wishes with her own body”) falls flat on its ugly face. VIRTUALLY ALL successful abortions kill an individual with unique DNA, and it’s not the pregnant woman. Biology at its most basic.
The 14th Amendment gives Congress the authority they needed here. It’s in the due process clause.
My point was that a person can be pro-life and still a socialist.
Regardless, a person can be a fiscal conservative and either uncaring about abortion or even pro-choice. The terms "liberal" and "conservative" are just terms and have flip flopped over time. Today's "conservatives" would actually fall into the category of "classic liberals".
It’s a flat-out lie, pushed by liberal republicans to smear conservatives. It simply didn’t happen, and the number bear that out. The Dems won because the independent vote broke 65-35 against the Republicans. That’s it.
Methinks you are right ... and it deserves repeating.
Although in some cases this falsehood is being pushed by disgruntled conservatives, too ... "we told you the GOP shouldn't have abandoned its base."
IMO, the '06 debacle was an Iraq thing ... and to try to draw broader electoral lessons from it ... or to try to use it to batter one another ... is a mistake.
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