Ron Paul is right. Conservatives have long argued that abortion is a States rights issue. Why was this bill any different?
It wouldn't have made any difference but that's not the point.
Ron Paul told a story about med school and how the doctors were aborting pre Roe vs. Wade. I wondered if he blew the whistle on them or kept quiet (I don't know what I would have done in a similar situation). I know he wouldn't perform abortions; at least I believe he's honest in what he says unlike a lot of others.
Wrong. Such an ignorant claim is the province of Stephen A. Douglas democrats and Gerald R. Ford Republicans, not of conservatives.
States have no "right" to alienate the supreme God-given, unalienable right. In fact, they have an absolute duty to equally protect all innocent lives within their jurisdiction. Such is the primary reason for the existence of all governments, and all offices of government.
These are the ABCs of what America is. I'm shocked by how often I have to point out what to the founders was self-evident, or as-plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face, on FreeRepublic.com, of all places.
Conservatives have NEVER made this claim.
And, for the record, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "STATES RIGHTS." People have rights, states have enumerated powers. Ron Paul and his followers are the ultimate statists, they are so beholden to a falsehood that will always result in the states taking away individual rights.
Because until Roe v Wade is overturned, liberal Justice Blackmun made it a national issue.
Hmm, that's what they used to say about slavery.
“Ron Paul is right. Conservatives have long argued that abortion is a States rights issue. Why was this bill any different?”
They are wrong if they believe that. Although some might just want it to return to the states to save as many babies as possible.
Abortion is a life or death issue.