Call me a dreamer, but if only there were a safe and legal procedure available for a woman to terminate the unplanned parasite within her womb early on before it became a viable human being, perhaps this partial-birth abortion issue would be moot.

The Rethuglicans MUST be defeated at all costs, even if it means supporting victory by the Taliban. After all, the Islamic fascists aren’t concerned with some completely arbitrary distinction as to which side of the birth canal a fetus happens to be on. I’m certain they would be happy to arrange for a pre- or post-natal abortion for any American fetus (or “baby”, as the Right-to-tell-you-how-to-run-your-Lifers like to call it in their propaganda) of any age.

This was the first though I had this morning. I can’t for the life of me figure out why any government would have the right to ban any medical procedure between two consensual adults (patient and doctor). Obviously, the commerce clause argument is a bad one, meaning that the power to regulate medical practices falls to the state or the people. But there’s no reason for the state to get involved when both the patient and doctor consent. The only caveat I can find, is that in this particular situation a case can be made for intervention based on harm to an outside party (namely, the child). Any thoughts?