Stemming the Tide?

Last night the Texas Senate passed the so-called Omnibus Abortion bill and sent it to the governor for signature. It took two called special sessions but it looks like the most restrictive laws on abortion will soon go into effect. The pro choice side has promised to fight this legislation in court and I am sure they will. The courts gave us legal abortions and I have no doubt they feel they have an ally in the folks that wear the black robes.

Before any of you get your hackles up and want to rip me about staying out of your womb, keep the government out of your business, etc. let me say I get it. I don't want the government involved in this matter anymore than you do but it is a fact that "your right" to have an abortion was granted by the Supreme Court in 1973 so, whether we like it or not, the government is involved. Move on!

Those that bothered to read the legislation know that it makes abortions after 20 weeks of life illegal. Exceptions are made for the when the mother's life is in danger but for the most part the law is 20 weeks. That is close to 4 months on my calendars. That's a lot of time for a woman to decide whether she wants to have a baby or not. Meanwhile that little guy or girl is doing what nature requires of it, thriving to survive, grow and develop, oblivious to what the adults breathing air are considering. This limit is ostensibly when the baby will experience pain so the logic follows that we don't want to kill it if it is going to hurt?

I saw a graphic last night that indicated that almost 1 million abortions had been performed in Texas since 2001, resulting only in 5 deaths. Of course they are talking about the mothers. Because, had the abortions not been performed, most of those 1 million zygotes would have become living, breathing human beings. Would they all have been perfect, brought into perfect lives? Absolutely not. But we will never know what those tiny Texans might have contributed. They were not given the opportunity!

So if this legislation makes it harder for irresponsible women to get abortions, I am okay with that. I have seen the faces of women hell bent on aborting their baby when they see the ultrasound of it. That makes it more than a D&C. That makes it real. It needs to be real! And it shouldn't be done cavalierly as a means of birth control.

Listen, we could debate the issue for the next 100 years and no mind will be changed by the debate. So don't throw that liberal crap at me because I will, until the day I die, believe that life begins at CONCEPTION, and that we as a civilized society, governed by laws, have a responsibility to those defenseless souls that cannot defend themselves. I don't march, protest, throw feces at people that I don't agree with, or any of the other behaviors exhibited by some. Laws are subject to change and, as a citizen I have the right to participate in that process.

Will this law be upheld by the courts? Who knows! But this is too important an issue to lay down and give up on.