“Imagine my shock when I found a sensitive and balanced portrayal of pro-life counselors in the New York Times (”Some Abortion Foes Forgo Politics“). Too often, all we hear are the political arms of the movements of life and choice, and we forget that at its core these movements are both about women. […]
Archive for the 'Abortion' Category
Jan12th2006
Yahoo reports:
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito turned aside Democratic attacks on his judicial record and credibility at contentious confirmation hearings Wednesday that left his wife in tears. …
Under persistent questioning, Alito also declined for a second straight day to say whether he believes, as he did in 1985, that the Constitution contains no […]
Dec16th2005
“In other words, the post seems to suffer from the view of abortion that pro-choicers like to sell themselves: that it is the province of desperate women unfairly singled out by fate. Let me offer an alternative, and in my view much more plausible view: abortions are obtained by women largely because they, or their […]
Dec7th2005
Cartoon brought to you by Michael Ramirez, soon to be kicked off of the LA Times staff.
Nov30th2005
Thomas Stratmann, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and Jonathan Klick, Professor of Law at Florida State University, came out with a study that states:
Incentives matter. They matter even in activities as primal as sex, and they matter even among teenagers, who are conventionally thought to be relatively myopic. If […]
Nov23rd2005
Radley Balko, writing in Fox News, discusses a compromise on abortion I would accept:
While it’s unlikely that the Founding Fathers anticipated the abortion debate, they did give us a framework around which to govern on issues just like it — highly emotional, high-stakes issues that go to the core of one’s personal values and beliefs. […]
Oct26th2005
Attention California Voters - The State Needs You
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, Economics, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 2 CommentsThere are some great propositions coming up on the November 8th ballot. Here are my favorites,
Proposition 73
WAITING PERIOD AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION BEFORE TERMINATION OF MINOR’S PREGNANCY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
That’s right my friends, here in the state of California, there are some people who believe that 40 year old adults are too stupid to know […]
Sep24th2005
Given to us by the LA Times:
Roe Ruling: More Than Its Author Intended
By David G. Savage Times Staff Writer
Wed Sep 14, 7:55 AM ET
WASHINGTON — In mid-1971, the Supreme Court agreed for the first time to hear a constitutional challenge to the long-standing state laws limiting abortion. Its decision to do so reverberates today.
At that […]
Sep8th2005
“I am not Kos, he of the “abortion is horrible, but I guess it should be legal” chant. I’m not one of those moderates who thinks that abortion should be somehow restricted depending upon the choices of the woman in question. I’m not one of those people who thinks that reassuring women that gosh, yes, […]
Aug25th2005
If Roe vs Wade Were Overturned
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, General and Judicial Nominees. 1 CommentLaura Vanderkam, writing in USA Today has a great article explaining exactly what would happen if Roe vs. Wade was overturned:
On both sides, people talk broadly about wanting to know Roberts’ views because the next judge will shape the “direction” of the country, but let’s not mince words. Most of this angst is about one […]
Aug25th2005
“Many of these people have moral objections and resent the Supreme Court’s presumption in its Roe v. Wade decision, but they’re also pragmatic enough to realize that a ban couldn’t be enforced and would create a new set of problems. If Roe v. Wade were overturned and abortion policy left up to the states, these […]
Aug19th2005
“You know, that is something I must say that bothers me a lot. I am more sympathetic on the abortion issue than I am on most right wing socially conservative issues, because you know, you don’t have to be religious to be against abortion. I do sort of understand what they’re saying. If you’ve ever […]
Aug8th2005
Who Are The Extremists On Abortion?
Published by in Abortion, General and Judicial Nominees. 30 Comments…not the conservatives.
Chicago Tribune Columnist Steve Chapman writes:
The evidence that the nominee is a right-wing nut stems from positions he took during his years in the White House under Ronald Reagan and in the Justice Department under George H.W. Bush. In one 1990 case, Roberts signed a brief arguing, “The court’s conclusion in Roe […]
Aug5th2005
Conservative And Liberal Dialogue Is Good
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, Debates, Gay Marriage, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 14 CommentsFor those of you that don’t know, shortly after the 2004 election, I was asked to be a guest on a liberal blog. The owner of the blog, Oso, was disappointed by the results of the election and felt more dialogue between the two sides was needed. The idea was to open up communication between […]
Jul17th2005
“Similarly in upholding Roe v. Wade. As the swing vote in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, O’Connor did not want to create yet another social revolution by overturning the blanket abortion right that had been in place for two decades. This is a reasonable social assessment. But equally reasonable is the contrary assessment, offered by Ginsburg […]
Jul15th2005
“Why don’t we resign ourselves to the fact that we lost that battle and dedicate our energies instead to projects where we can find greater social consensus? Recognizing the sacred nature of human life and its inviolability without any exceptions is not a small problem or something that can be considered part of the pluralism […]
