Abortion
The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary dramatically across the world. Some of the most common reasons are to postpone childbearing to a more suitable time or to focus energies and resources on existing children. Others include being unable to afford a child either in terms of the direct costs of raising a child or the loss of income while she is caring for the child, lack of support from the father, inability to afford additional children, desire to provide schooling for existing children, disruption of one's own education, relationship problems with their partner, a perception of being too young to have a child, unemployment, and not being willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incest, among others. An additional factor is risk to maternal or fetal health, which was cited as the primary reason for abortion in over a third of cases in some countries and as a significant factor in only a single-digit percentage of abortions in other countries. An American study in 2002 concluded that about half of women having abortions were using a form of contraception at the time of becoming pregnant. Inconsistent use was reported by half of those using condoms and three-quarters of those using the birth-control pill; 42% of those using condoms reported failure through slipping or breakage. The Guttmacher Institute estimated that "most abortions in the United States are obtained by minority women" because minority women "have much higher rates of unintended pregnancy. Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. 10 Abortion Arguments: 10 Arguments For Abortion, 10 Arguments Against Abortion. A majority of people in the United States believe abortion should be legal and regulated. These facts fly in the face of both sides of the argument. The left wants abortion to be free and easy to obtain. The right wants abortion outlawed. There is an obvious solution to this problem if the leadership of both parties would just step forward. But they don't.
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Constitution wins two days in a row

6/25/22
from The Gray Area:
6/25/22:

In the past two days, The Supreme Court has issued two opinions that are strictly Constitution decisions. Not hampered by political debate or desire, strictly adhering to what the letter and intent of the Constitution requires. That is always good for America. If you are an anti-gun or pro-abortion person, you do not like these decisions. Political narratives are flying to indicate how erroneous both decisions are. The truth is, the narratives are all false. The most obvious false narratives are, one for each decision: -crime and murder will increase in NY after the gun law was said to be unconstitutional because it required a 'government official' to approve your reason to buy a gun, and self defense was not good enough. Duh. -abortion is now illegal. No, it is still legal in states that say it is. In some, abortion did become illegal because of trigger laws. Since SCOTUS returned responsibility to the states where the Constitution says such issues reside, that can change in any myriad of ways the local citizens determine. Speaker Pelosi said yesterday in a press conference that these two decisions were 'completely contradictory' and therefore this court was illegitimate. That again is a political narrative. They are absolutely consistent as noted above. Explaining clearly what states can do and what states cannot do, according to the constitution. A couple of thoughts on the decision:

Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not a fan of Roe v Wade. She said it was 'the wrong case and it would have been better to take a more incremental approach to legalizing abortion, rather than the nationwide ruling'. She wanted a 'gradual relaxation of abortion bans on a state-by-state basis'. For those who are saying the Court overturned a 'right' in changing the Roe v Wade 1973 decision, it has been done many times before.  For example, the Jim Crow, separate but equal, decision was overturned some 60 years later by the Supreme Court.  Why? Because it too was a bad legal decision. For those on the left who are shouting about defying the Court or expanding the Court, remember, when the left had majority control of the Supreme Court, decisions made by those Courts satisfied the left and the right was incensed. That is both good and bad.  Good, because to protect our freedom, the founders created such a balance of power that can change.  Moderation over extremes.  Bad, because one of the three primary institutions created to do that was never supposed to end up being politically driven.  They were supposed to always be constitutionally driven.  It is very bad that that has changed.


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