I know I'm on the minority but I'll say it again: Roe v. Wade got it right by making the line viability. Bodily autonomy is a right. It doesn't have to be specifically named in the Constitution to be so--the Bill of Rights itself states that. We all agree that we have bodily autonomy and the right to bodily privacy when it comes to the vaccines, but we can't see it applies here, up to a point, as well?
I'm sorry. I just can't get behind the way some of you think about this. Viability is a reasonable line to draw in the sand for both sides. It doesn't make either side happy, but it placates us enough to keep us from going to war over it. That's the nature of compromise. Nobody is happy, but everyone is just a little less angry. That gets the job done. I'm anti-abortion--I don't think anybody should ever get one--but I still think Roe v. Wade was an inspired ruling and I for one hope it stands.
I agree with the viability line - because that line will only get brighter as the years pass. One day, medicine and science may arrive at "viability begins at Day 10 of pregnancy" - which will absolutely shelve the "right to an abortion" beyond that day.
I know I'm on the minority but I'll say it again: Roe v. Wade got it right by making the line viability. Bodily autonomy is a right. It doesn't have to be specifically named in the Constitution to be so--the Bill of Rights itself states that. We all agree that we have bodily autonomy and the right to bodily privacy when it comes to the vaccines, but we can't see it applies here, up to a point, as well?
I'm sorry. I just can't get behind the way some of you think about this. Viability is a reasonable line to draw in the sand for both sides. It doesn't make either side happy, but it placates us enough to keep us from going to war over it. That's the nature of compromise. Nobody is happy, but everyone is just a little less angry. That gets the job done. I'm anti-abortion--I don't think anybody should ever get one--but I still think Roe v. Wade was an inspired ruling and I for one hope it stands.
I agree with the viability line - because that line will only get brighter as the years pass. One day, medicine and science may arrive at "viability begins at Day 10 of pregnancy" - which will absolutely shelve the "right to an abortion" beyond that day.
Amen.