Comments on: The Life Of The Mother http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 27 May 2026 04:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/#comment-211702 Kick Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:03:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25539#comment-211702 Mezzomamma 2 All that would be really great. <i>And not getting shot at school.</i> I actually saw a whole lot of the zygote worshipping ammosexuals get downright irate over a fat old man playing golf who didn't even get shot at by a deranged supporter of Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy who had a gun... so maybe there's hope. :) Mezzomamma
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All that would be really great.

And not getting shot at school.

I actually saw a whole lot of the zygote worshipping ammosexuals get downright irate over a fat old man playing golf who didn't even get shot at by a deranged supporter of Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy who had a gun... so maybe there's hope. :)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/#comment-211701 nypoet22 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:01:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25539#comment-211701 dobbs is plessy 2.0 dobbs is plessy 2.0

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/#comment-211700 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:35:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25539#comment-211700 This is precisely why Democrats should not be focusing the debate on the three exceptions. For starters, it completely misses the point. Which is that when it comes to reproductive rights and freedom, the legislatures (state and federal) and the courts (all of them - civil to criminal, lower to Supreme) should have no standing in the decisions concerning abortions that are made between a woman and her doctor. This is the argument that gets to the heart of the matter with the exceptions and attached horrific circumstances comprising just one element of it. This is precisely why Democrats should not be focusing the debate on the three exceptions.

For starters, it completely misses the point. Which is that when it comes to reproductive rights and freedom, the legislatures (state and federal) and the courts (all of them - civil to criminal, lower to Supreme) should have no standing in the decisions concerning abortions that are made between a woman and her doctor.

This is the argument that gets to the heart of the matter with the exceptions and attached horrific circumstances comprising just one element of it.

]]> By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/#comment-211699 Mezzomamma Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:28:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25539#comment-211699 Wouldn't it be good if even <i>some</i> of these people who are so pro-embryo and so certain that biological children, and only biological childeren, gives you an interest in the future actually showed an interest in children alive now and in future generations? You know, that ungodly stuff like clean air, clean water, and not contributing more to climate change or even slowing it; and living children having enough healthy food to eat, good schools and decent homes to live in. And not getting shot at school. Wouldn't it be good if even some of these people who are so pro-embryo and so certain that biological children, and only biological childeren, gives you an interest in the future actually showed an interest in children alive now and in future generations? You know, that ungodly stuff like clean air, clean water, and not contributing more to climate change or even slowing it; and living children having enough healthy food to eat, good schools and decent homes to live in. And not getting shot at school.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/09/17/the-life-of-the-mother-2/#comment-211698 Kick Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:58:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25539#comment-211698 <i>In the struggle for Civil Rights, the cry of "states' rights" was used to thwart federal legislation from guaranteeing all people in this country equal human rights. If some states decided that certain people didn't deserve basic human rights, well that was just fine with some folks. </i> To tie the right of an American to seek reproductive medical care and control their own body to the borders of the state in which they reside is to create a plethora of potentially unresolvable legal disputes over basic rights because forced birth/anti-choice legislation cannot be enforced without violating a person's fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If individual states have ultimate control over the uteruses within their state borders, American voters eager to relinquish their reproductive freedoms would be wise to question what other rights they'll essentially/potentially be forfeiting in favor of big government. Medical decisions belong to people and their doctors and not a bunch of unqualified uneducated politicians. <blockquote>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. ~ Ninth Amendment, United States Constitution </blockquote> The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution specifically sets forth that Americans have rights that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution; how many of those fundamental freedoms will be diminished or relinquished when we allow state governments to mandate forced gestation upon American citizens based solely upon our zip codes? Vote. :) In the struggle for Civil Rights, the cry of "states' rights" was used to thwart federal legislation from guaranteeing all people in this country equal human rights. If some states decided that certain people didn't deserve basic human rights, well that was just fine with some folks.

To tie the right of an American to seek reproductive medical care and control their own body to the borders of the state in which they reside is to create a plethora of potentially unresolvable legal disputes over basic rights because forced birth/anti-choice legislation cannot be enforced without violating a person's fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If individual states have ultimate control over the uteruses within their state borders, American voters eager to relinquish their reproductive freedoms would be wise to question what other rights they'll essentially/potentially be forfeiting in favor of big government. Medical decisions belong to people and their doctors and not a bunch of unqualified uneducated politicians.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

~ Ninth Amendment, United States Constitution

The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution specifically sets forth that Americans have rights that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution; how many of those fundamental freedoms will be diminished or relinquished when we allow state governments to mandate forced gestation upon American citizens based solely upon our zip codes?

Vote. :)

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