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Why would the Congress pass, and why would Bush Jr. sign, a law that is almost exactly like a Nebraska law that the Supreme Court already found to be unconstitutional?
The answer seems to be that they did it to pander to the right-wing religious fanatic base, which has allegedly been feeling all neglected and sad lately. Apparently, civil liberties are not being eroded fast enough for them.
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Aborting the "partial-birth" deceptionby Madeline Zane, Unknown News
Nov. 12, 2003
I have a couple questions about this "partial-birth" abortion thing.
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First of all, since everyone agrees that the term "partial-birth" abortion is misleading and emotionally-charged and inaccurate and pretty much just a piece of extremely effective propaganda, could someone on the other side please come up with a different name for it, already?
How about the "partial civil liberties" abortion? How about the "every child a wanted child" surgical procedure? How about the "keep your laws off my body"-ectomy?
But the bigger question is this:
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Nine men watch as Bush signs the
Partial Civil Liberties Abortion Act.
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Why would the Congress pass, and why would Bush Jr. sign, a law that is almost exactly like a Nebraska law that the Supreme Court already found to be unconstitutional?
The answer seems to be that they did it to pander to the right-wing religious fanatic base, which has allegedly been feeling all neglected and sad lately. Apparently, civil liberties are not being eroded fast enough for them. Perhaps they are displeased to hear that the Boykin-esque referral to Muslims as a bunch of evil heathen towelheads is not a widely-approved form of public discourse anymore.
Here's the biggest clue that this entire spectacle is nothing but an overblown campaign speech, albeit one that threatens the civil rights of 50% of the population: the law does not include an exception to protect the health of the mother. This is more than a little ironic, since this extremely rare procedure is used almost exclusively in situations where the mother's health is in jeopardy.
Moreover, it is the specifically the absence of this exception for the mother's health that caused the Supreme Court to strike down the Nebraska law.
Personally, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that this all blows up in GW's face at election time. It will hopefully serve as a vivid reminder that no matter what you happen to think about the war in Iraq or tax cuts for the rich, we are one Supreme Court appointee from rolling women's rights back to the 1950s.
© 2003, by the author.
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