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social safety net.
I'm not a legal scholar, but I think I have some common sense. The abortion issue, with it's emotional aspect, simply clouds the issue, and the real purpose of a nomination like Alito.
We should never forget that the Republican Party is the party of "big money", "big oil", and "big corporations". Do you really think that overturning Roe v Wade will stop abortion? It may prevent the middle class and the poor from being able to gain access to safe and reliable medical services, but the wealthy and the connected will ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GET AN ABORTION.
Do you really think that if Tom Delay's mistress wants or needs an abortion, she won't get one?
The abortion issue is about throwing some "red-meat" to the fundies, while they strip away every single social safety net that has been established in this country.
It's all about increased power in the hands of the few at the expense of the many. If Alito is confirmed, the Supreme Court may, and I repeat, MAY overturn Roe v Wade. We'll never know for sure until it comes up. But we do know for sure if he's confirmed that:
- worker's rights to organize will be gutted - workplace safety regulation will be gutted - government will gain increased power to invade the lives of Americans - minimum wage law will be overturned - campaign finance (such as it now exists) will be dead, and once again, the government will be bought and paid for - discrimination based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc will be allowed - environmental laws will be gutted
I really think that a majority of the neo-cons could give a rats-ass about abortion. It's why the pResident "calls-in" in support of the right to lifer's instead of actually grabbing a bull-horn and joining them in person.
Some people have very emotional and spiritual reasons to oppose abortion, and to those people, I say; "I too wish that we did not have one single abortion in this country, now let's do something to prevent them, but an outright ban is not the way to do that". If you really want to prevent abortion then support Democratic candidates that will;
- demand a living wage, because when people are financially secure, they are better equipped to raise a healthy child - demand comprehensive health and pre/post-natal care. - demand education to prevent unwanted pregnancies - demand that we not abandon the precious child after they are born - demand access to birth control and preventive care - demand better health care for woman, so that if pregnant, they have a better chance of not producing a deformed, or non-viable baby - demand an end to the War on Drugs, and stop locking up a disproportionate number of young males, so that they can become fathers to their children.
These people are "gutting" our Constitution, while we stare at the "gut" of our woman. Wake up America. This is not about abortion. It's about the corporate takeover of our country. Alito is one of the last pieces in their puzzle.
:rant off:
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