Historical

 So happy that Roe V Wade was overturned, a wrong has been set right. It's a win for morality and traditional values. A step towards a return to common sense and decency. The issue isn't completely settled however, the individual states still retain their right to legislate that as they see fit. I do believe at some point it will have to be settled on a federal level. While those supporting the procedure are seeking a federal law so am I. I would make it a federal crime to murder children. It's true that nowhere in the Constitution does it say you have a right to an abortion. It's also not in the constitution that having an abortion is a criminal offense. The writers thought these words, "right to life" had that covered. They didn't anticipate the "right to life" to be interpreted as, if I choose to allow you that right. An abortion most definitely denies that right. For me the issue is akin to slavery, it's going to have to be all or nothing. Probably not in my lifetime, but it will be decided one way or the other in the future. 

 As is often the case these legal issues reach a head before an election cycle. The high profile, controversial decisions that will attract the voters. This is true regardless of the political party. Today it's abortion and guns. Less obvious is freedom of speech, the first amendment under attack. All are at the root of the Republic. All the politicians are centered on what they are going to do for you! That is their promises. Vote for me and I will allow you to act in the fashion you want. Roe V Wade came at a time in America of great civil unrest, a concession made by the court without reasoning. A new court has corrected that, applying reason and common sense, supported by actual documents and evidence. The opinion has changed! 

 The truth of the matter is simple enough. The opinion of the court has changed but little else. The ability to have an abortion has not been denied as a medical procedure. It has been denied as a "right", a procedure on demand for any reason at all. The litigation has reverted back to the states, just as the constitution states it should. Each state can decide for themselves, through their representatives, what conditions warrant that procedure. A procedure that should save a life, not end one! Being pregnant isn't a life-threatening condition. The instances of such being the case is so low it doesn't even register statistically. So, what we are really talking about are abortions for the sake of convenience. 

 I do find it unsettling, and so should you, that the President of the United States is on television proclaiming, this isn't over! Because he and his political associates disagree with a Supreme Court opinion they are openly saying, we will do everything we can to oppose this! Instead of saying, accept the opinion of the court, they are saying reject that opinion. The Roe V Wade opinion issued in 1973 I am supposed to accept without question. Hey, it's been fifty years so it must be right. But the founders writing the constitution two hundred and twenty-nine years ago couldn't foresee the future and we should change all that to fit modern times. Fifty years is current enough, 229 not so much. Coming from the President it seems stranger still. He, after all changed his opinion on abortion. In 1973 he stated, I think abortion is wrong! We should work to limit the number of abortions. Quite a change in opinion wouldn't you say? And what is his message? Fight, fight, fight.