- 17 Dec 2021 14:06
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So the Bishops have an opinion..
So what?
From a legal viewpoint, there can be no definitive analysis. Meaning nothing that will give anyone a slam dunk...
Any decision is going to be arbitrary, unless it also exceeds the limits of what is acceptable in a court of law.
When a foetus is accorded the rights of citizenship is a cultural thing. We used to confer those rights when a child reached adulthood. Ahhh, the 'good old days'. For about a thousand years, the Catholic church said the quickening, which would allow abortion. They stopped when abortion was developed. They wanted cannon fodder for their wars. So much for moral high ground..
This won't end with a decision to kill Roe. In fact, things will get interesting. Religious nuts want to make all contraception illegal, condoms, morning after pill, all of it. They will keep pushing. Killing Roe will piss off most women, the 2 sides will drown the courts in suits, challenges to new laws, and more.
If anyone wants more, find a book by a medical ethicist on abortion. Let me give you a short summary, it's tricky and sticky. What can I tell you, life is inherently messy.
Facts have a well known liberal bias