Carsin Ablon, 1st Period APUSH - Fed Judge: Texas Abortion Limits Unconstitutional

          Today, Lee Yeakel, a federal judge, ruled several abortion clinic related laws that would limit the number of clinics in Texas thus making receiving an abortion much more difficult, unconstitutional. The judge declared that the laws would place an "unconstitutional burden" on any women who chooses to receive an abortion. This ruling has stirred controversy for many residents of Texas such as Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot who argues that the unconstitutional laws would protect women and most importantly, the fetus, causing Abbot to file an appeal almost expediently. Although several other conservative states managed to pass laws limiting the amounts of clinics in their state, the fact that Texas's broad landmass would create vast distances between the limited clinics keeps the trial over the laws growing causing Abbot to say he has " no doubt that this case is going all the way to the United States Supreme Court". As conservatives continue to argue their case, Lee Yeakel made a concrete statement stating that the unconstitutional laws "do not bear a rational relationship to the legitimate right of the state in preserving and promoting fetal life or a woman's health and, in any event, places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion" thus creating a strong, impermeable counterargument favoring The Democratic argument. Meanwhile, other pharmaceutical related arguments related to contraceptive pills raise as conservatives fight to make pills such as birth control and the morning after pill more difficult to obtain. 

          Personally, I am discomforted that anybody, Democratic or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, would feel like they have the authority to stop any women from having the option to receive a safe medical procedure if desired. I believe that absolutely nobody should have the power to speak for an entire gender regardless of status. One of my favorite George Carlin quotes, “How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?” shows the comedic inhumanity behind many people's thoughts regarding abortion through a comedic analogy. However, if you disregard the humor, a very valid point is created, that the abortion of any human is equal to that of an chicken, yet humans eat eggs, veal, lamb, etc on a regular basis. I do not bring up this quotation as a plea for vegetarianism  but because it shows that the killing of infants or fetuses has existed in the human lifestyle for even less humane reasons of culinary pleasure. I find it to be un-American to limit the choice of any citizen as they should hold the power to make their own decisions and deal with any consequence if any surface.  

To read more, see: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fed-judge-texas-abortion-limits-unconstitutional-20706083