Classical Spin

Rantings and ravings on politics, philosophy, and things that fall into the ether of 'none of the above'.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Uh-huh.

Supreme court:

But never until Wednesday had the court held that an abortion procedure could be prohibited because the procedure itself, not the pregnancy, threatened a woman’s health — mental health, in this case, and moral health as well. In his majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy suggested that a pregnant woman who chooses abortion falls away from true womanhood.

“Respect for human life finds an ultimate expression in the bond of love the mother has for her child,” he said.

Justice Kennedy conceded that “we find no reliable data” on whether abortion in general, or the procedure prohibited by the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, causes women emotional harm. But he said it was nonetheless “self-evident” and “unexceptional to conclude” that “some women” who choose to terminate their pregnancies suffer “regret,” “severe depression,” “loss of esteem” and other ills.

SHUT UP, you idiotic jackass. I'm sure plenty of men have regrets after vasectomies, should we outlaw them? What about boob jobs? Cosmetic dentistry?

It's a personal choice, and the Supreme Court (which, with one exception, is populated by men, all but one of them white, all of them no doubt rich) would do well to get it's hands the hell away from my uterus, thank you very much.

Christ, the elective eye surgery I had when I was a child probably left me with "emotional harm". Should we ban that?

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1 Comments:

At 11:21, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The sole flaw in your argument of course being the fact that your eye, teeth or spermatic cords (well, not YOURS specifically) will probably not, if left alone, develop into a singular consciousness that could one day write its own blog, and thus you will likely never have an emotional moral crisis about destroying said eye, teeth or spermatic cords.

And it's true. You don't hear about it much, but from time to time women do go into severe depression following abortions, not because of the procedure, but because of the moral ramifications of the procedure.

 

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