Firstly, I would like to commend the author on the appropriate capitalization of the title of the article: it is actually done correctly, which is a rarity these days.
A main concern of Republicans in response to the recently passed Alabama anti-abortion bill is that of strategical fallacy. Even the most pro-life activists point out that the full-sway nature of the bill pushes moderates over to the pro-choice side of the issue. If the bill were to go to the Supreme Court, it is easy to see Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh siding with the liberals. Critics point out that it is far better to ease into a state of a complete lack of abortion - pushing the legal latest abortions more and more weeks farther back - because moderates are able to follow along, rather than react negatively to such a sudden change.
An equivalency can be drawn back to the Civil War, when activists such as William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown sought immediate change, while others, such as Abraham Lincoln, pushed for gradual abolition. It was not because Lincoln was any less anti-slavery than the other men, but he saw strategic value in gradual and effectual change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/us/politics/on-politics-alabama-abortion.html
I agree with you that they did overreach-and so did those in every other state that took a further restrictive measure towards abortion. The best way to prevent abortions is access to birth control and education, not an unconstitutional law.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, the stigmas around birth control and plan b need to be removed
DeleteWhoa whoa whoa. Where in the constitution does it say you can kill an unborn child? And secondly, why would you want to prevent abortions?
ReplyDeleteYoussef if I held a petri dish with a 6 week old fetus in one hand and a 3 month old baby in the other and I said pick one to drop, i guarantee you'd say drop the petri dish because you know there is a difference. Unless you truly see them as equal living beings you would make a choice.
DeleteI hate the above comment with such burning passion that if I could reach through this screen and slap you I would, but thanks for sharing. -kloe rhoden
ReplyDeleteAND I think that as a male who cannot give birth or get pregnant who are you to criticize what a woman does with her body, secondly did you really just as " why would you want to prevent abortions" I need twitter to back me up rn!! -kloe rhoden
ReplyDeleteI agree that men should not restrict a womans bodily autonomy
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