As an elderly and somewhat befuddled Brit, I find America exceedingly confusing. For a start, it's so damned big! And because of its enormous size, its constituent parts are all so different. One senses that the whole thing is held together by the thinnest of strings. Such a situation, of course, encourages what I call the 'centrifugalists' to indulge their various forms of extreme fascism. Take Kalifornia, ooops, sorry, I mean California, as an example. Apparently, the pro-abortionist industry in California - and, yes, it is an industry with 'yuuuuge' profits - is pursuing the pro-life movement through the courts to insist that in any of their premises in which they dispense advice to pregnant women on alternatives to abortion, they must - they WILL! - also display adverts for abortion clinics even when, as is frequently the case, this goes against their deepest religious convictions. In other words, the abortionists may not be able - for the moment! - to insist on what people think but they will use the full weight of the law to insist on what people say!
As Mr. David French explains in his article for the National Review:
In California, this took the form of a law called the Reproductive FACT Act, and its target was crystal clear. Declaring it unfortunate that California hosts more than 200 crisis-pregnancy centers, the state claims that these centers “often confuse [and] misinform” women. Thus, it requires centers to prominently post or distribute a notice that reads as follows:
"California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services (including all FDA-approved methods of contraception), prenatal care, and abortion for eligible women. To determine whether you qualify, contact the county social services office at [phone number]."
I assume that similar notices pointing pregnant women to pro-life centres will not be posted inside the abortion factories! This attempt to interfere with fundamental American liberties is being opposed through the courts and it is at this point that Donald Trump enters the scene. Not, I suspect, that he gives a flying fig one way or the other, but it is he who chooses some of those 'worthies' who lower their bottoms on to the well-padded chairs in the Supreme Court. So far he has only been able to choose one but, according to reports, the judge is in the traditional camp that uses the Constitution as his guide to decision-making. Whatever else we may think, or suspect, concerning 'The Donald', the fact that he will choose any replacement Justices during his presidency rather than 'Crooked Hillary' is a blessing for which all Americans should offer thanks!
As I offer my thanks to the National Review for once again educating me!
It's only logical that the abortion lobby should behave like that. If you have no respect for human life, then you will have no respect for people's opinions.
Still, seeing the implications of other people's depravity is still an eye-opener, isn't it!
Posted by: Whyaxye | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 11:16
While the media has been drooling over the aspect of uncovering a Russian collusion story, little notice has been given to the amount of Judges appointed to the Federal court system. When President Trump took office he had approximately 108 Federal Court vacancies to fill. He has filled over sixty judges of the same caliber as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Amy Coney Barrett, a 45-year-old law professor at the University of Notre Dame, is the latest one to be confirmed to a lifetime post on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, a court one level below the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 12:10
Looks like Planned Parenthood might be investigated by the F.B.I. for possible illegal selling of aborted baby parts.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 12:38
Whyaxye is right in the sweet spot when it comes to lack of respect for human life, and here it is innocent human life. Abortion is profitable and a Sacrament for the Left. Abortion on demand is every bit an evil as slavery was in the past. Both are moral scars which may never heal. Both were and are profitable. Enslaving people can never build a lasting healthy society. Aborting the unwanted...eventually to become the not needed...will not build a healthy society.
Judges can only go so far. The mind and heart must change for this to begin to heal.
Posted by: whitewall | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 13:48
'Uppers', that's very good news and long overdue.
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 15:05
Yes it is, David, on both counts.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 15:34
There is this also, the next few months could be interesting. (CNN) US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked senior federal prosecutors to "evaluate certain issues" presented by House Republicans, including alleged ties between the Clinton Foundation and the sale of Uranium One.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 15:45
The US is big and diverse, but the reasons for the extreme partisanship that's been developing since the 1970's has nothing to do with it. Abortion is now a wedge issue for all sides. It was not always thus:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-abortion-clergy-group-met-20170519-story.html
http://www.bpnews.net/15063/southern-baptists-transformed-as-us-grappled-with-roe-v-wade
Politics ain't beanbag.
Posted by: Bob | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 16:23