Common Sense - DOA?

Yesterday, I put up a post on my Turning Point in the abortion debate. Today I want to start discussion on two bills that are making their way through the Utah Legislature. The first, HB90 S1, makes performing an “illegal” abortion in Utah (an abortion performed after the 20^th week where the health of the mother was not at risk) a 2^nd degree felony. The second, HB222 (which is for another post) would require physiciansCommon performing abortions to inform women seeking abortions of anesthesia options for the fetus. To hear the “pro-choice” crowd tell it, the Utah House – by passing these bills – forced every woman in this state to permanent slavery – perpetually barefoot and pregnant or so they say…

Since when does the government have the right to make laws to what a person can do to their own body. Did Something happen to America?

The consequences of making abortion illegal affects more than just the mother or the fetus. It affects all of society. Society will have to take care of those unaborted babies. In a perfect world there would be no need for abortions. We don't live in one.

…wrote one commenter on the Salt Lake Tribune…

When are these abortion-obsessed politicians going to understand that countries that allow sex education and access to contraceptives have fewer abortions, fewer perverts and better mental health than the police states like the one they are trying to create in UT. Yes, abortion is a sad and upsetting moment in any woman's life, but nobody WANTS to have an abortion. Life's path is never certain, and a lack of options and direction cause many couples to end up in a situation where they have to face the terrible question of bringing a child into a world where they can't support it, or ending a life before it starts.
Education and privacy are the best solutions: not a scarlet letter and a back alley.

…wrote another. The problem is that what they are describing is simply not what either of the two bills are about. The legislature is not prohibiting ALL abortions – just those after the 20^th week of development – a time where babies can now survive outside of the womb! Women are still able to get abortions through the 20^th That is well through the second trimester giving the woman who wishes to get an abortion plenty of time to do so. week.

This is one of the problems of the “pro-choice” movement. As with all political people (and yes I do include myself in this), they pick and choose what facts to tell. The “pro-choice” movement loves to tell you that Roe v. Wade prohibits restrictions and that ANY common sense compromise on conditions (parental notifications to late term abortion bans) are expressly prohibited by Roe, but as I showed you yesterday, that is simply not the case! We have to get past the half truths and hyperbole of the debate so that we can get to a just and honest answers. One of those just and honest answers has to be the recognition that abortion, for what ever reason is the taking of a human life.