On the issue of abortion there couldn't be more of
a contrast between the Democrat and the Republican
parties. On the question of when life begins, the
Democrats won't even say while the Republicans
have been all too happy to share their belief that
life begins at conception. Their belief is the
intersection of faith, values, and science. The
Dems may admonish everyone to "follow the
science" but are strangely mum on the beginning
of life.
Science has demonstrated that unborn babies can feel
pain quite early. After six weeks a baby's heartbeat can
be heard in the womb. Sonograms have shown unborn
babies smiling, yawning, sucking their thumbs, and
mothers and midwives attest to a phenomenon called
the quickening, in which the mother feels the baby
kicking against the inner wall of the womb, well
before its birth. Science has, therefore, demonstrated
that an unborn baby is a human being, and most voters
agree with and therefore follow the science.
According to a recent poll conducted by the
National Republican Senatorial Committee, 73% of
voters agree that this is so.
Although the leak of the draft opinion in the case of
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization has
caused a furor on both sides of the abortion issue,
with Republicans outraged over such a sneaky
act and the Democrats thinking that somehow
this will influence the SCOTUS to rule against
Dobbs and to also preserve Roe v. Wade, once again
the latter have shown themselves to be the extremists
on abortion by staking out a position that is outside
the mainstream of where average American voters
dwell. Some Democrat governors and senators
support legalizing abortion right up to the moment
of birth. A few even support letting the baby be born,
followed by the mother and her doctor discussing
and deciding whether or not to kill the newborn child
(Virginia's ex-Gov. Ralph Northam comes to mind).
And it isn't very likely that the SCOTUS majority
in Dobbs will back down and switch their vote,
despite the unprecedented leak of the draft of the
majority opinion of the Court, which was published
in a left-wing online news site, Vox.
Quickly regrouping to cover their bets, the Dems in
the U.S. Senate will move forward on yet another vote
on the Women's Health Protection Act, which would
forever enshrine legal abortion throughout the entire
country up until the very moment of birth. The Dems
are now working furiously to bring the dreadful
measure to a vote, even though they realize that they
won't have the necessary votes to pass it --- two
Democrat Senators have voiced their intention to vote
against the bill, Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia
and Kristen Sinema of Arizona, and the usually pro-
abortion GOP senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
and Susan Collins of Maine have expressed concerns
that the legislation was too extreme, even for them (!).
They just want to have a campaign issue to use in this
autumn's elections. Let them! They will learn the hard
way that they do not speak for the American people,
male or female, on abortion; especially when they
advocate such frightfully extreme laws to ensure a
woman's right to an abortion. They are only making a
bad situation worse.
In this blog post you have seen the Republican's answer
to the question of when life begins, and how they fashioned
their stand on abortion with it. You also have seen that the
Democrats have not given an answer to the question, but
we know what they are after, and it's doubtful to say the
least that they care about when life begins. And their silence
speaks volumes, loud and clear.
MEM
NOTE: I apologize for my error in stating that Sen. Kristen
Sinema voted against the Women's Health Protection Act
bill. Sinema had voted for its advance, not its defeat. My
information on her decision whether or not to vote for
this legislation proved to be faulty. Thank you all for
your understanding. 5/14/22 MEM
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