The Supreme Court in Roe v Wade established that a 23 week
old fetus would not be viable outside the womb and therefore any fetus 23 weeks
or younger is subject to the mothers “right to choose” option. Simply stated,
the Court ruled that up to 23 weeks of age, to abort or not is the exclusive
Constitutional Right and decision of the mother.
Once again for the record: I am not in favor of using
abortion as a birth control method. I am for the private, exclusive and sole prerogative
of a woman to choose when and if to have an abortion. Now, the ridiculous state of Arkansas has passed a law over a veto of the Governor that defines 12 weeks as the threshold for personhood, and has thus criminalized all abortions over that fetal age. This is so clearly unconstitutional that one has to wonder what these CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS really think of the Constitution. They read it like they read their BIBLES: Cherry pick.
This MORONIC action of the Arkansas legislature will cost the state millions in litigation, and get nowhere. Not much makes me glad to be in Florida with the current political machine in charge, but OMG it is, as of now, a better choice than Arkansas.
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