That is precisely the problem; our definitions. A heart beat is life and seeing how my wife is currently pregnant with our first child I know what an amazing feeling it is to hear the first heart beat.
How about to ensure everyone is paying their share of taxes before they bleed the social systems dry, to check criminal backgrounds before they gain access to the country, to ensure they aren't smuggling illegal items or people across the border, to reduce the cost of translators throughout government agencies by mandating English as the language of the country,... I could go on and on.
And to say many of us came from illegal backgrounds is a bit of a farce. Most of our ancestors immigrated here before there were strict immigration laws.
The problem Mr Kaznec is the definition of the term "living being". I will bet dollars to doughnuts that ours are different. Do we really want a court defining what is a "living being"? A myriad of legal issues surrounding that one.
However, many if not most of us, come from a background of illegal immigration. From the Irish & Polish and on up. And pray tell, what IS the "good reason" ? Overpopulation of the US has already been proven to be a misnomer.
Big difference between legal immigration and illegal immigration. The one responsibility the federal government is actually documented to have and they can't even handle that. If we didn't have laws on immigration there wouldn't be an issue but we do and for very good reason.
I very much agree that laws grow like a bad case of herpes but I do want to point something out.
I'm a firm believer in personal liberty, responsibility, and choice however there is a catch.
I'm sure this will ring a bell.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
This is my favorite quote from the Declaration of Independence. This is where it becomes more of a pro-life, pro-choice issue as my point has to do with impeding with the unalienable rights of a living being.
Sure a woman has every right to harm herself but has no right in my opinion to strip the living unborn child of their unalienable rights. Is it wrong to think those unalienable rights apply so long as you don't impede the unalienable rights of someone else? Just my two cents.
As much as I detest all the named hurtful things above it comes down to a Personal Choice and like lynx wrote "Do we really want to IMPRISON pregnant woman? Or worse?"do I agree with the choice no can we stop it..no that is taking away a persons choice and isn't that what America about..freedom of choice.
While I agree with Ms Newwton's sentiment, laws tend to grow a life of their own, and get out of hand. Do we reallly want to IMPRISON pregnant woman? Or worse? I agree possibly something needs to be done, but remember how laws are perverted and used to benefit for the wrong reasons, and become political and or personal. i.e. Enemies who used to be friends call police on each other. What a policing nightmare.
And to say many of us came from illegal backgrounds is a bit of a farce. Most of our ancestors immigrated here before there were strict immigration laws.
I'm a firm believer in personal liberty, responsibility, and choice however there is a catch.
I'm sure this will ring a bell.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
This is my favorite quote from the Declaration of Independence. This is where it becomes more of a pro-life, pro-choice issue as my point has to do with impeding with the unalienable rights of a living being.
Sure a woman has every right to harm herself but has no right in my opinion to strip the living unborn child of their unalienable rights. Is it wrong to think those unalienable rights apply so long as you don't impede the unalienable rights of someone else? Just my two cents.