Today: Abortion. A complex subject now currently dividing our divided nation further.
To me it is a complex issue not easily summed up in my mind as “yes” or “no”. Over the course of several postings I will set out some of my thoughts … questions… opinions… and hope to hear from you.
To begin … I think the SCOTUS comitted an obscenity by acting based on the religious beliefs of “conservatives”. To me this is clearly what has happened and is a blatent violation of the seperation clause in the Constitution… and puts the lie to their stance that they are upholding the Constitution.
Second… I have always questioned the concept that the federal government can be in control of such personal and medical issues.
Then there are all the “arguments”.
Will address some over time … here’s one to start based on an article attemtping to cite the Bible as proof that God forbids abortion.
One of the passages cited is the ever-popular “Thou shall not kill” … more accurately translated as “Thou shall not murder”.
Wrongful taking of “life”.
So … is it?
Well… biologically the egg and sperm are
“alive”… obviously. And the developing embryo is alive.
So … what other “life” is there?
Spiritual? Well… that is a huge can of worms. No evidence… no proof… no criteria to reliably determine.
And if you are going to base your argument somewhere in the Judeo/Christian tradition… both state the life does not begin until the child draws it’s first breath. Yup… word of God and all that.
Hope to hear from you.
More to come… this and other.
Starry Wisdom 
I agree that any government, state or local, should not be making decisions about things such as abortion. I believe that the woman and her doctor should have the major role in deciding when and if abortion is appropriate. However, I also realize that there will be some doctors who do not play by the rules, per se, and could be swayed to the decision that the patient wants. Not sure of the right solution at this point, but I agree that the governments should not be the sole deciding authority. It is a challenging dilemma but there have to be legal options for certain situations. I don’t believe SCOTUS is the proper authority to decide the rules.
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Well said
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Personally, I think that it is not about religion at all and that religion is the excuse. The real plan here is to control a woman’s sexual freedom and everything related to that.
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Yup. A scam as old as religion itself…”God wills it!” “The Bible tells me so!” A classic. And just look at all the good things that have come of it throughout history…. pogroms… inquisition…. crusades. Same sort of control… “You can’t argue with god”.
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