Weird of me to answer an old thread but felt I had to comment: I wrote on 3/14:
> >I frankly do not understand all the concern over the loss of reproductive > >rights. They are protected by the highest law of the land and I cannot > >conceive how any group can overturn that law. Fred wrote: > I know this isn't what you meant, but there is one group who can, and one day > just might, overturn that law: the Supreme Court. I know that's a common perception but I'm not sure that is legally accurate. I recently came across a legal analysis of the issue (which I cannot now locate) which explained and ultimately concluded that it was nearly impossible to overturn it. I wish I could find it - I think it would be helpful for all sides to consider. I have to quote from memory on this but I think it concluded that only a president, if anyone, could overturn it on the Federal level, but the States would retain their power to decide the issue. In the meantime, the Democrats are refusing to confirm the majority of Federal judicial appointments - I think in part to show their constituents that they are not going to let any conservative justices take away reproductive rights. If shown that the reproductive rights issue is moot vis a vis the Supreme Court, do you suppose the Democrats would they then allow some conservative judges to be confirmed? >Whatever their constituency, it really peeves me that the anti-reproductive > rights contingent has appropriated the concept of "pro-life" to legitimize > their agenda, with the insulting implication that those who favor > reproductive rights are "anti-life" (not to mention the equally insulting > implication that those who are against choice, even when the life of the > mother is in danger, are "pro-life.") Bullshit. The proper appellation for > the two sides of this issue are "choice" and "anti-choice." Everyone is in > favor of life. I did not mean to offend anyone by using the term pro-life. I have never been involved in any movement regarding reproductive rights and had no agenda in using the term That is just the term I usually hear generically used in the media. Kakki
