abortion would be unavailable in 5 states if this group is successful

[niyad]

Abortion Would Be Unavailable In 5 States If This Group Is Successful
by Robin Marty

North Dakota. South Dakota. Wyoming. Arkansas. Mississippi. If Operation Save America has its way, all five states will be completely without access to an abortion clinic by the end of 2012.

God Discussions reports that beginning on January 22nd, the 39th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the anti-choice group founded by Flip Benham will begin a targeted campaign to attempt to shut down clinics in states with only one abortion provider, effectively making them “abortion free states.”

According to cofounder, Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas, “Let the liberation of America begin and let the church of the living God lead the way, one state at a time. Operation: First Abortion Free State seeks to apply the axe of God’s truth to the root of this idolatrous tree (abortion) in the hopes that our Lord will hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our broken, wounded land.”

Benham, a well-known anti-choice zealot, has been charged twice with “criminal stalking” of providers, as he and Operation Save America post “WANTED” posters both at providers offices and in their home neighborhoods.



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[secondwind]

1. I can tell you this.... they are insidious and determined..

I'm a clinic escort in Boston, twice a month. These asshats bring cameras and take photos of your license plate number (if you are not careful).

They photograph window cleaners -- especially if they are wearing t-shirts with the company logo and phone number. They are vicious and relentless.

[RKP5637]

2. I often think these types are more bonded by their

common hatred than by lofty ideals. If abortion went away, they would find new targets for their hatred. Basically, they are hate clubs.

[HockeyMom]

5. They already have

Birth control. Bombing drug stores that sell contraceptives?

[niyad]

14. "first they fight abortion, birth control is next, then goes sex if you're not married,

finally out goes sex"

kristin lems "days of the theocracy"

[jody]

3. IMO both sides are determined. Such divisive, polarizing issues are prime targets for those who

manage political campaigns.

I see no grounds for compromise and voters tear each other apart while those who finance candidates push forward their corporatist views masquerading as bipartisan laws but in reality tighten their choke hold on We the People.

[niyad]

7. so do you think that those who believe in women's rights should just shut up?

do you really equate the tactics of the woman-hating anti-choicers and those who believe in women's rights?

[jody]

9. You misinterpret my post. I point out the difficulty of reaching a compromise on divisive,

polarizing political issues using abortion as an example.

If an issue involves an inalienable/unalienable right, SCOTUS is supposed to interpret the Bill of Rights and protect a right exercised by a minority against the tyranny of a majority.

If an issue involves a privilege granted by elected representatives of We the People, then those who exercise that privilege are always at the mercy of a simple majority protected minimally by the filibuster and presidential veto,

[slackmaster]

4. Forward into the past

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. may their efforts be unsuccessful. Thanks for posting this

[jody]

10. Exactly, "they're getting what they voted for"

and privileges granted by a simple majority can be reversed with each election.

Government is supposed to protect inalienable/unalienable rights of a minority against the tyranny of a simple majority.

One might expect the issue of abortion and other divisive, polarizing issues to remain contentious until SCOTUS reclassifies them as rights and not privileges.

[niyad]

12. it isn't just repukes who vote these woman-hating bills. don't forget bart stupak and co

there are quite a number of anti-choice dems as well

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. A Personhood bill was introduced in Kansas this week

[niyad]

13. in CO--on the third attempt to get one on the ballot

[nobodyspecial]

15. Safe abortion will always be available

to those with the money and connections to afford it. The rest can just die in a back alley and then get blamed for it.

[RKP5637]

16. If one has money in the US they do what they damn well please, laws are

not made for them, sadly true in many other countries too. As a species, we are F'ed for much of a future as populations soar out of control.