The Daily Show's Samantha Bee can't quite find the right word, and neither can delegates to the GOP convention. If they can't say it, it's fair to suggest they won't uphold it.
Government should generally stay out of people's lives. But, aside from anarchists, just about everyone, on all sides of the political divide, agrees that one role of government is to enact and enforce laws, one of the most basic of which is the prohibition against killing innocent people.
The issue therefore is whether an unborn child is a person.
That "something" that "religious bigots don't want them to do" is the killing of an innocent baby human being.
Submitted by Aakash on September 23, 2008 - 1:59am.
Which, is, of course, your personal opinion and choice. But what if government made it illegal to eat meat based on the fact that an animal died?
In both cases, no matter what government says, it's still going to happen. And instead of women risking their lives with clothes hangers, let them live their life as they choose to do so. That is what freedom and liberty is about, isn't it? Not fascism telling us what and where our morals should me
Submitted by Anonymous on September 27, 2008 - 8:26pm.
It's in response to Bill O'Reilly claiming that he is NOT a hypocritite for supporting Palin family's preganancy, while condemning the Spears family for Jaime Lynne.
My earlier post, all the same info is here. It also gives Bill some credit for challenging one of his critics (when I say "credit", I mean that they asked a question she was clearly trying to avoid, and I think she failed in that regard. However, this is not to say Bill is right. read my posts for the answers!)
Have fun reading me!....
Submitted by Harry834 on September 11, 2008 - 4:32pm.
I guess heavy editing makes these types of videos funnier than they should be. But nevertheless, the point is well taken, which is that in general, the right does have difficulty talking about the "C" word. I guess they are just so conditioned to not use it!
Submitted by Andy Credit on September 27, 2008 - 4:42pm.
The Stupak furor has obscured the shocking fertility and family control provisions in current health care legislation. The House bill actually authorizes a plan to monitor the childbearing decisions and family lives of low-income women.
Revisions in Peru's Penal Code may lead to decriminalizing abortion in cases of rape or severe disability of the fetus. But conservative political and religious forces are, predictably, opposing these changes.
Rights advocates can forget that there is an entire world of potential allies out there we may be missing because we are not effectively communicating with them.
Muslim women in India are caught between the strictures of family and personal law and persistent discrimination against them as women from both the Indian government and society writ large.
Opponents and supporters of women's choices in childbearing agreed early on, in theory, to maintain the “status quo” with "abortion neutral" health care legislation. The Senate bill achieves this goal; the House bill does not.
An epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. disproportionately affects blacks, youth, gays and the poor. Talking openly about sex is the first step in prevention.
Bethany Cajúne, pregnant and in a substance abuse recovery program, was jailed for 19 days for traffic violations. But officials repeatedly denied her a drug necessary to her recovery, putting her health and the life of her fetus at risk.
No one reading this has forgotten that the House passed a healthcare “reform” bill that includes the Stupak Amendment. Here's a speech Congressman Stupak needs to hear.
In a strange twist, Nevada anti-choice groups, complaining that the wording of a "personhood" amendment to establish civil rights for fertilized eggs is too vague, are on the same side as Planned Parenthood and ACLU.
I'm a transgendered sex worker, and I want to not get killed for who I am or what I do. As our death count rises, I beg that you consider your prejudices around gender, and let us live in peace. I'm literally begging for my life.
In examining rooms, we see women in terrible pain, but their suffering doesn’t count in Stupak/Pitts world. By banishing abortion from the reform bill, the amendment punishes women who need to end unwanted or unhealthy pregnancies.
With the Stupak amendment literally and symbolically stripping women of equal status, the movie "Precious" presents, in grim detail, the way race, class and bias render a woman's body simultaneously invisible and subject to abuse.
Form-based ethics teach the Christian to ask the question “Am I allowed to do this?” Content-based ethics teach the Christian to ask “Am I truly loving the person or persons with whom I am doing this, including myself?”
I agree with Jim Wallis that the truth has become a casualty in this war--because both Jim and the Catholic Bishops have twisted it. And if Jim Wallis and his conservative allies have their way, women will become another casualty.
Two new studies show what many have already argued: Implementation of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment would likely result in the almost total loss of coverage for abortion care, including in situations where life and health are at risk.
In the Weekly Pulse, Lindsay Beyerstein reports on this week's developments on health care reform, the public option, and new recommendations on mammogram screening for breast cancer detection.
A broad group of advocacy organizations from the progressive and women’s health communities has formed a coalition to ensure that health care reform is passed and does not restrict women’s ability to purchase private health insurance that provides comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion.
Cong. Stupak takes issue with the GWU analysis which found that his anti-abortion amendment to House health care legislation would have "industry-wide effects" and ultimately cause insurance companies to stop covering abortions altogether. Republican activists seek to impose "purity test" on candidates for office.
