Ken's Comments

The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on what one news outlet called a "potentially blockbuster abortion case."*1  The key issue in this case, according to SCOTUSBlog,*2 is "Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional."   This grows out of a Louisiana case decided in 2020 where the US Supreme Court struck down a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital.  In a 5-4 ruling, the Court said this is an unconstitutional restriction on pre-viability abortions.  Typically, objections from pro-choice advocates is that few abortion providers have admitting privileges and, in some places, they are a considerable distance apart. In the Mississippi case, the State has banned abortions after 15 weeks, the second week of the second trimester.  Mississippi points out that a woman can have an abortion prior to the 15 week mark without restriction, where in the Louisiana case if a woman co...

I'd substituted the words "Liberal" and "Progressive" for "Democratic" but I like this quote, it is so true: “I vote [Liberal/Progressive], because I’m pro-choice … except on schools, guns, trade, health care, energy, smoking, union membership, light bulbs, plastic bags, Walmart, what kinds of food you can eat. …” Think about it.  Liberals oppose school choice.  They want to take away guns.  They want single payer health coverage - no choice for you.  Energy - limit the choices available for power supply.  Smoking - don't let people do it.  Unions - you must belong, no right to work laws.  And the same is true for all the other items on the list. The quote is from an article dated Feb. 3, by Walt Williams on the Human Events site (humanevents.com).