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Saturday, February 25, 2006

Abortion, Responsibility, Fairness and South Dakota's ban

Interesting and odd that a place that brought us the "badlands" of lore and the decimation of countless native American people (Indians)and others, would now find themselves pretending to protect life.
South Dakota has just brought forth a bill destined to ban ALL abortions EXCEPT to protect the life of the mother The measure would make no exception in cases of rape or incest. The government admits that its likely that the law will be suspended pending a final ruling by the Supreme Court, but still feels now is the time to get started since it will probably be several years at least before it gets to the highest court. Doctors could get up to five years in prison for performing an illegal abortion, similar to what a rapist gets. Is that fair?
Some opponents of the bill said abortion should at least be allowed in cases of rape or incest, or where the woman's health is threatened. This is where I weigh in. I cant believe there will be no provisions for rape, incest, or health issues other than potential death. Imagine for a moment if you can, the victim of a rapist not only being forced to carry his baby to term, but also for the rapist to then also have parental rights! Disgusting thought to me. Sure the woman can put the child up for adoption, but why should she and her body and her mind have to go through all that trauma for 9 months? And what of the child itself? Would you want to be the product of violence, hatred, & misery? Or would you rather be the product of love, want, need or at the very least the product of a neutrality? This is a tough enough world to live in without the added burden of being unwanted, unloved or even hated. And how can the child itself feel about having the same genes as rapist, a violent criminal? And what if that sick rapist wants to exercise his parental rights? Could the child even be put up for adoption and into a potentially loving home if the "father" doesn't agree?

What makes this law seem even more necessary are the number of abortions performed each year in the United States, estimated to be about a million. Why is this? Is it possible that all these women either had their "circumstances" change or changed their minds about wanting to be pregnant? I doubt it. Unfortunately I believe abortion has just become another form of "birth control," no different from any other in the minds of some. THAT is where abortion becomes wrong, perhaps even criminal, a misused procedure which ought to be reserved for extreme, last resort, dire circumstances. But NO, this is America, land of the lazy, the conniving, the self righteous who can do no wrong, at least in their own minds. Yes in their minds, whatever decision they make is the right one and more importantly their right to make. And while I do support this right to make decisions concerning ones own body and life for themselves I also see the need for more responsibility. Many mistakes in this life do not simply go away by putting a bandaid on it. Mistakes routinely cause people to get fired, go to jail or die, among other things.
So lets keep abortion legal, but demand more responsibility from the women AND men who are literally "creating" this problem. They are not fully and solely responsible for this situation however. Certain organized religions ought to also accept culpability. The ones who "prohibit" (under penalty of eternal damnation), their followers from using ANY form of birth control are also responsible, or perhaps irresponsible might be a better word. I mean what is easier, sin on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis, or to NOT sin on those occasions and take your chance with an occasional bigger sin? Such are the ridiculous choices that religion forces people to make.

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