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Karen's blog: "Karen's Blog"

created on 01/22/2008  |  http://fubar.com/karen-s-blog/b180720
January 22, 1973 That was the day the Supreme Court of the United States, with a 7 to 2 decision, overturned a Texas law which prohibited abortion. "If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual , married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child." The Supreme Court rendered no opinion as to when life begins. The majority decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun, said this: "When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary . . . is not in a position to speculate as to the answer." Blackmun examined the U.S. Constitution to see if the Founding Fathers had intended to include prenatal life when they used the word "person" in the document. He concluded that nowhere in the document had he found "any possible pre-natal application." He declared, "The word 'person' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn." I've been in many debates about abortion. They are always fraught with people's personal opinions about when life begins, and whether abortion is right or wrong. Let me make this perfectly clear: I don't give a rat's ass what your opinion is in that regard, and I will delete any comment made here that expresses that. When the Roe v. Wade decision was made, abortion was already legal in the state of Washington: " November 3, 1970 Voters Legalize Abortion Referendum 20, legalizing abortion, was approved by a margin of 56 percent (599,959 votes) to 44 percent (462,174 votes), with the strongest support coming from King County. The referendum amended a 1909 law that prohibited all abortions unless necessary to save the life of the mother. The new law legalized abortions for women who were no more than four months pregnant, had lived in Washington for at least 90 days, and had the consent of a parent or guardian (for women under 18) or husband (for married women living with their husbands)." The law in Washington state has since been strengthened, by voter initiative, in case of an eventual overturn of Roe v. Wade: Initiative 120 (Reproductive Privacy Act) was passed by a vote of the people in November 1991 and was subsequently adopted into the Revised Code of Washington, sections 9.02. The purpose of I-120 was to place the standards of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs Wade, into state law, so that if Roe vs Wade was overturned, women in Washington would continue to have the same rights and protections. The essence of the Reproductive Privacy Act is section RCW 9.02.110 below which states, "The state may not deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose to have an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or to protect her life or health." Abortion will always be a legal option for women where I live. That's good. But I care about the rights of every woman in the United States, regardless of her location and economic status. Every woman should have the right to every possible choice. That's why I will never vote for a political candidate who is not pro-choice. That's why, for me, the most critical issue in electing a president, is whether they will select pro-choice appointees to the Supreme Court. Now let me reiterate. This is not an invitation to debate the morality of abortion, or for any comments on whether you think it's right or wrong. Because as far as I'm concerned, it's pretty simple. If you think something is wrong, don't do it. But keep your opinions off MY body! And out of my comment box! Have a nice day.
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