Op-ed:
Abortion...Too Far to the Right is
Also Wrong
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
"I am strongly Pro-Life, with
the three exceptions - Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the
mother - the same position taken by Ronald Reagan."
- President Donald Trump's tweet after Alabama passed the most restrictive abortion law in the the country
Recently I wrote an article regarding abortion titled,
A
Heartbeat and a Ruling...Planned Parenthood Ain't Happy at All...and this article followed two previous abortion articles I'd written,
Remove
Northam...But Not For A 35-Year Old Photo and
New
York's Descent Into Hell. These three articles addressed not only abortion in general but reiterated my support of what's called the “Heartbeat
Law”...in
fact I've been saying such a law was needed in all 50 states for
well over a decade. And while some on the left claim this law was
solely “designed”
to
give the Supreme Court an opportunity to overturn
“Roe v. Wade”
nothing could be further from the truth as precedents regarding abortion has already
been set, and the newly seated conservative justices
have stated they will not overturn precedents.
So
why then am I writing yet another article on abortion when, as stated,
I support the “Heartbeat
Law”
as well as supporting the justices alluding that they will not overturn
“Roe v.
Wade”...because
the “Heartbeat
Law” as
written in certain states...Alabama (who effectively banned abortion altogether), Georgia, Ohio, and Missouri for example...I
believe...have crossed a Constitutional as well as a morally wrong
line in denying a woman an abortion in the case of rape or incest.
How
so...rape and incest are violent crimes perpetrated against innocent
women, and by denying these women the right to an abortion even after
a heartbeat is detected actually transfers a modicum of guilt and
shame onto the already traumatized victim. And while some will say
that the victim of rape or incest should have immediately reported it
to the police, and where in turn the “morning
after”
pill could be given to prevent such a pregnancy from ever taking
hold, what these folks forget is that many in today's society still
think both acts are somehow the fault of the woman...the
victim...which most assuredly it is not...and thus they must live with the
consequences...live with the consequences even in cases of gang rape.
And these judgmental sorts also forget that many times the trauma of
either such act is so all-consuming that the victim either fears her
rapist returning to rape her yet again or has been so mentally
violated as well as being physically violated that she tries to put
such happenings out of her mind in the hopes that by not thinking
about it, it never happened... that is until she can no longer
physically deny the truth. And more times than not that truth happens
well past the six week time frame for an abortion in those above
mentioned states. Also, not to be forgotten is that to carry
such a violently ill-conceived child to birth is a constant reminder
for these women...these victims...that their perpetrator's crime...even if they do end up in jail...sees in such children a living
testament to the wrong done to them from which they can never be
allowed to escape or heal.
And
something else being overlooked is that many times victims of rape and incest are but children
themselves... children now being forced under certain states version
of the “Heartbeat
Law”
to carry to term and give birth to a child not only conceived in violence, but a child who will be but a few
years younger than their already extremely young selves.
Simply, children having children never works out well for any parties involved.
So
while legislators and governors in some “red
states” are working to pass strong anti-abortion laws similar to that of Alabama...laws that will not only become “Heartbeat Laws”
but laws they mistakenly believe will aid in
the overturning of “Roe vs Wade"...what seems to be left out of the political discourse is that Alabama's new law shows no compassion
whatsoever for those pregnant through the violent and criminal acts of rape or
incest. How so...Alabama's version of the "Heartbeat Law" law allows abortion only if the mother's
life is in jeopardy...period. And with no exceptions for rape and
incest Alabama has now stated, as per the provisions of its law,
that any doctor performing an abortion on someone pregnant for more
than six weeks is guilty of a "Class A" felony which carries a minimum
sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of up to 99 years in
prison no matter the circumstances of how said woman became pregnant.
Draconian mindset of the very worse
kind...Alabama should be ashamed of itself for even its own citizens
say their lawmakers have gone too far. In fact, according to a
late 2018 statewide poll, only 31% of Alabama residents were in favor of
an abortion ban that lacks a rape and incest exemption, meaning 69%
wanted said exemption put into any abortion law that Alabama was to pass...and as we know they did not.
So with Missouri now becoming the
eighth state to enact a “Heartbeat Law” this year alone, some other states are seeing the abortion timetable quite differently with Utah and Arkansas voting to limit abortion to
the middle of the second trimester, while most other states are
continuing to follow the standard set by the Supreme Court’s “Roe
v. Wade” 1973 decision...a 7-2 decision stating that a woman's
right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights
guaranteed by the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, thus allowing
abortion in other circumstances besides just the life of the mother.
But on the flip side of the
“Heartbeat Law” there's the “blue states” who are
going as far to the left as some conservative states are going to the
right with New York...the east coast's very own Sodom and Gomorrah of
sorts...passing just this past January a measure that guarantees in
its state a woman's so-called “fundamental right” to an
abortion at anytime during her pregnancy and for nearly any reason. Yet
a February 2019 Rasmussen poll found that only 21% of New York voters
support the “fundamental right” nonsense with 66% of
voters opposing the law, including 44% who otherwise identify as
“pro-choice.” Sadly, in New York it now seems that the minority rules what with butcher knives, suction vacuums, and infanticide being New York's new norm.
And so the abortion divide continues on
with two key questions remaining due to a
time differential existing between states regarding up until when a pregnancy can be terminated...with the first question being
what exactly constitutes the basis for the six week abortion cut-off
date
?” And the second
question...what of those states whose legislators truly believe that life begins at
conception...how do they justify their allowing abortion as per the time limit set by the
"Heartbeat Law"?
The answer to the first question is
that for states like Alabama...who just happens to call their version
of the
“Heartbeat Law” the
"Human Life Protection
Act"...it's the Biblical argument
that life begins at conception and that the Ten Commandments dictates
“thou shalt not kill.” This
reasoning assures...via their newly passed law...that no abortion,
except to save the life of the mother, would take place in their state as most women don't even know they're pregnant until after the now six week cut-off date...and that includes the victims
of rape or incest no matter they be an adult or a child.
Now comes the tricky part as the answer
to the second question must answered with yet another question. And
here is also where religious dogma must be separated from
the tangible truths of both scientific and medical fact as well as
from the legalities regarding what is and is not legally deemed
murder. So while Alabama and the other states now following their
lead will not allow abortion past six weeks gestational time except for the life of the mother, what about states whose lawmakers do see a
fetus as a person from the moment of conception and yet still allow
abortion up to the sixth week of pregnancy no matter how the child was
conceived...seems those states want it both ways as in they can
legally kill and get away with it up until to a certain point in time but not thereafter.
Enter now the most
true
of scientific facts regarding human life...without a beating heart
a human being is simply not “alive”
for
without a beating heart we simply cannot live let alone survive
outside the host's body...as in the mother. However,
once the heart of that which will sustain a baby throughout its life
actually starts to beat... which is usually between days 18 to 21
after conception and becomes detectable by six-weeks gestation...we are
now dealing with a human being no longer just a “clump
of cells”
as some pro-abortion sorts call what will in nine months time become
a living breathing baby.
And as previously stated with many women not knowing they're pregnant that
early on...especially child victims of rape or
incest...most do know by the time they've missed a period or two at
which point a heartbeat is well established and would thus prevent
them from having an abortion in those states with a “Heartbeat
Law"...states that by using their Constitutionally given right of authority have now narrowed down and restricted "Roe v. Wade" to the nth degree while not actually overturning it. And they're doing so via what many perceive as a cold-hearted and unreasonable abortion cut-off date.
But is this really fair to rape and incest victims...I think not...and not only for
what I stated earlier regarding guilt being shifted onto the
victim, but because now the religious beliefs of governors signing
said law and legislators constructing said law sees them basically turning their backs on not just what the majority of their state's citizenry want, but also on what has always been our country's accepted tenet of separation of church and state.
A
true conundrum indeed.
So
while abortion still remains legal in all 50 states, we'll continue seeing mostly “red
states”
passing some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in decades all in the hope of setting up court battles that
could, in the end, redefine
abortion
access in the United States. And while those states will see their cases being legally challenged
as well as being tied up in the courts for years, there is always this question, did those states with a "Heartbeat Law" actually have the authority to implement such a law? State authority is one thing, but so is the fact that even if such cases reach the High Court the justices could refuse to hear said cases sending them back to the very states they originated
from. Or the justices could start chipping away at Roe v. Wade on their own while not overturning
it outright, thus keeping all-important precedents in place.
And so the abortion debate is far from over while always being ignored is
the fact that contraception "before" is the answer to unwanted pregnancy instead of abortion
being used as an "after" form of birth control.
But
no matter which side of the abortion debate you're on...and know
abortion is not a cut and dry issue as some on the far right and the far
left make it out to be...my personal pro-life belief is that abortion
must always be an option in cases or rape, incest, the baby being so
medically compromised it cannot survive outside the womb, and if the mother's life is in jeopardy. And while I might not agree with you my reader's views
regarding abortion I still respect that we are free to agree to
disagree and do so without contempt.
Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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