They could easily go the other way and have plenty of applause from certain groups. They would have to be willing to destroy the system that comes from Roe by ruling "person" definition constitutional, and I don't think they are willing to do that. 
Posted on 10/08/2007 7:29:07 AM PDT by Dukes Travels
It’s time for the fight against abortion to move to a new front. An honest look at the landscape suggests that the longtime goal of the pro-life movement – the banning of abortion – is never going to be achieved.
We need to try something else.
I believe a fetus is a human being who deserves protection under the law from being killed. But if the goal is to save the lives of unborn children – and it should be – we need to look at our primary line of attack and see what it has achieved, and what it is likely to achieve in the future.
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And what kind of numbers do you suppose we need to guarantee an end to abortion?
Cliches aside it is still a numbers game. No court, no win.
You have to get enough Justices who are in favor of overturning Wade. It was passed with a 7-2 majority from the Burger court. I don’t know if we have enough votes or not but we are a lot closer than we were. We have to get a Republican elected this time. Hillary will set it back twenty years.
That wasn’t my question, and I think you know it.
I believe a fetus is a human being who deserves protection under the law from being killed.
***I do too. That fetus deserves protection extended by the state.
I do wonder if it is biblical to extend “full” protection to a fetus? I.e. when a man hurts a pregnant woman, he’s expected to pay an eye for an eye & a tooth for a tooth. But if the unborn baby is killed, the price is not the same.
Perhaps it is time to consider a 3 (or even 4) tiered system of protection.
Tier 1: Living, viable, late term baby which will not be aborted unless the life of the mother is at stake.
Tier 2: Living, not-yet-viable pre-born human who should have the right to protection and life and a safe womb to which it can attain viability. Cannot be aborted unless there is an open rape case associated with the pregnancy or the life of the mother is at stake.
Tier 3: Living, early stage, not yet viable pre-born human for whom we do not extend the rights of life in this society because of a historical snag where we once considered such tissue not to be a baby. We as a society thought it was best to consider it a private decision. I personally do not believe in Tier3 abortions, but I can understand that there are many who think it is a “right to choose” at this stage. It may be time to consider a program where the woman declares her pregnancy and intent to abort. Our societal function at this point would be to provide a family that is willing to adopt this baby and to put up this woman for 6-8 months in a safe environment so the baby can grow and maybe the woman can learn some life skills. If our society cannot muster the forces necessary to save this baby, the woman has the sickening “right” to abort this pregnancy. Time for us to put up or shut up.
With a 3-tiered plan in place, women would stop using abortion as a means of birth control. Millions of lives would be saved. We would extend the right to life to every human that we have resources to save. Unfortunately, if we cannot put up the resources to save the Tier3 babies, we still would have this horrible practice staining our nation’s soul.
I haven’t quite thought my way through how your proposal would fit in, but the harnessing of such social forces might save lives. Have a look at my 3-tiered proposal.
Honestly, I believe it’s too complicated to gain wide support. Every tier is another possibility for the whole to fail to get the required support.
You’re probably right.
They could easily go the other way and have plenty of applause from certain groups. They would have to be willing to destroy the system that comes from Roe by ruling "person" definition constitutional, and I don't think they are willing to do that.
It was George W. Bush that implemented more big-government socialism than Bill Clinton could ever have hoped to implement, including the Medicare prescription drug plan that will cost future generations billions of dollars.
Liberal Republicans DO FAR MORE damage than liberal Democrats because Republicans will not stop leftist legislation pushed for by such a Republican.
I'm not asking for perfect. I AM ASKING FOR A CONSERVATIVE. Fred Thompson would do. Giuliani is NOT a conservative. He is a liberal. Anyone not realizing that is grossly ignorant of his record.
The country is damaged when liberals reach office, even more so when liberal Republicans reach office with the votes of conservatives.
The best way to save the lives if the unborn is to overturn Roe. Presuming, we're only one vote away on the Supreme Court from doing so, the most important objective for pro-lifers would be elect a pro-life President dedicated to getting justices on the court to overturn Roe.
Another objective should be to stop Rudolph Giuliani from turning the Republican party into a pro-abortion party. If that happens, any attempt to reduce abortion at the Federal level and through the courts will be eliminated.
And, I don't think any pro-lifer opposes means other than political ones to reduce abortion. But, that doesn't mean pro-lifers should give up the political and legislative fight, which has been used to save the lives of the unborn.
That is the very route that has failed.
Disagree. With this President we got two of the three Justices we need.
When I read things like what you just wrote, I want to cry at the complete naivity of what a Clinton presidency will yield. I guess if you believe abortion is the number one issue of our day, than I guess I can maybe understand...but I don’t understand, with everything that’s going on in this world, how you can think that.
And the only reason we got them is because it ISN'T the three we need, but they sure laid the groundwork for refusing to confirm anyone that won't make a blanket promise not to touch Roe.
It's just another variation on the Rockefeller memo scam: "Pull the majority along as far as we can on issues that may lead to major new disclosures regarding improper or questionable conduct..." then "launch an independent [fill in the blank] when it becomes clear we have exhausted the opportunity to usefully collaborate ...."
They went along with the Supreme Court legislating from the bench when abortion was really considered bad, you think they are going to blanche at taking a dump on the Constitution again to keep it?
The only other option is a dictatorship.
I is what I perceived to be your question when you asked how many numbers it would take. The number of like minded justices is the only number that counts. And I think YOU know that.
Not at all.
The number of justices presupposes electing a president who will nominate them, and enough of a willing majority in the Senate to confirm.
So I ask again, what's the bullet-proof number we have to elect to strike down Roe by your plan?
Surely you recognize that number MUST be our requirement if we are to achieve an end to abortion by the only method you seem to approve.
We kept telling the "teach 'em a lesson" crowd there are consequences to losing elections and one of them is we won't get the third Justice this term. You're right, a Dem Senate will never confirm a Roberts/Alito type nominee.
I just advocate a plan that would take a bite out of the "harmless" recreational sex that feeds babies to the abortion industry RIGHT NOW, rather than wait for a pie in the sky majority that will never happen.
If the pro-life issue is paramount, then, by definition, all other issues are secondary. Those other issues can still be very important but they are not paramount to pro-lifers. I personally would defend gun rights nearly as militantly as I would pursue pro-life. I feel very strongly in favor of a militantly interventionist foreign policy with all the bells and whistles. I don't like taxes any more than any other conservative does. I admit that I am less fiscally conservative than many and less than I used to be. Whatever your most important issues may be, the probability is that most pro-lifers agree with you but not so much as to abandon the babies.
Even more than the tragic election of Jimmuh Cahtuh against His Accidency and Nixon's Legacy Feckless Ford, the last GOP pro-abort candidate, the election of Mrs. Arkansas Antichrist would galvanize conservatives and cause the formation of a genuine conservative movement in this country for the first time in nearly thirty years. It would be a disciplined movement and not just a hodgepodge of issues that make people feel good. There would be blood in the gutters, first within the movement as it unifies, and then against the Demonrats. So be it if the alternative is a restoration of social issue liberalism as a GOP norm.
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