Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by James Brown

A majority agree with you James, at least according to the polls.  

According to Wiki:  "Abortion in France is legal on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.  Abortions at later stages of pregnancy are allowed if two physicians certify that the abortion will be done to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; a risk to the life of the pregnant woman; or that the child will suffer from a particularly severe illness recognized as incurable."

This is the kind of compromise that might work in the US.  I believe a majority favor this sort of law.  Please recognize that I am putting on my politics hat here and ignoring personal feelings on the subject.

The Supreme Court has no authority to directly enact that kind of law.  Even in Roe, the Court came up with a sliding scale to avoid a specific event or time that coincided with legal rights or "personhood" for the life growing in the womb.  

Russ, Rod, and many many others do not trust the states to get it right.  Obviously the states that have enacted laws range favor laws ranging from bans to extreme permissiveness.  No national consensus is possible at the state level.  

So, it is up to Congress and the President if the goal is national consensus.   Is that a worthwhile goal?  If it is, is it remotely achievable?   Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

I reckon you are right Mel.  There are no satisfactory answers.  

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well, Mel, to the best of my knowledge, they've not been convicted at the felony level for fraud unlike the originator of the film known as "2000 mules" and one in which multiple fact checks come to the same conclusion is bogus...