Paul Ryan's cultivated image is cheerful, smiling, outwardly the sort of person one might wish for as a neighbor; but his policies are deadly dangerous.
He is, for example, co-sponsor of the anti-woman legislation H.R. 212: the "Sanctity of Human Life Act", which gives "all the legal and constitutional attributes of personhood" -- to fertilized eggs.
Let us be specific here: a married woman may shed a fertilized egg as part of her monthly cycle. Essentially invisible, this non-implanted embryo passes from the body in a liquid state, and is disposed of; hardly worthy of polite conversation -- until now, when the contents of a sanitary napkin may be the focus of law.
Where does Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stand on this issue? Let us recall that he pledged to "absolutely" support a Constitutional amendment to impose personhood on the nation.
Enacted into law, a Romney/Ryan personhood plan could remove women's reproductive rights completely. It would ban abortion at any stage, block the In Vitro Fertility (IVF) procedure that presently helps so many couples achieve parenthood, end the embryonic stem cell research which offers the hope of cure to my paralyzed son -- and criminalize birth control pills.
Wherever personhood legislation has been brought to the ballot, it has been crushingly defeated. The citizens of Mississippi rejected the concept as too extreme. Coloradans voted it down twice. The Oklahoma Supreme Court found it unconstitutional.
Yet whom does Mitt Romney carefully select for his running mate, potentially a heartbeat away from the presidency?
The co-sponsor of a bill declaring: "The life of each human being begins with fertilization... at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood... " Robert Pear points out that, "Under this definition, abortion and some forms of birth control could be construed as murder. ..."
It is said that God in His wisdom made the crocodile ugly, so children would not play with it, and be eaten.
But what if there was a smiling crocodile?
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Average size for a nine-year-old girl is about 60 pounds and just about 4 feet tall. So picture in your mind a little girl right about that size. Imagine that you're a mother of this nine-year-old little girl, and now imagine that she has been raped over and over again for the past two years. You discover she's become pregnant with twins. Now try to imagine this little nine-year-old girl carrying twin babies in her tiny little belly for the next nine months; think about what that would do to her organs and her little body. And then after nine months if she survives she is to deliver these two babies.
So as a mother of this little nine-year-old girl you have to now decide, do you sacrifice your child's life or the lives of the fetuses, what would you do? This mother chose the life of her daughter and I would too. This is why I am pro-choice because sometimes the choice is made by a mother of a little nine-year-old girl to save her life.
And yet people like Paul Ryan, or the old guys in robes, who never had children of their own feel that they can
Of course, you didn't follow the rules of the game and give a date as to when Romney would announce his running mate but you sure were on the money with who Romney would pick!
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I have also thought that many times and just Happy You brought that fact up that thousands of children in America are Never Adopted.
Thank you for your comment; It is insightful, and brings up several good points!
I am including quotes and links for current adoption information in the US. But a few quick points before you take a look at the numbers.
1. Slavery was happening for a long time. Length of existence for a law does not make it valid.
2. I agree Sex Education should be improved!!! Please everyone do what you can to educate your children on sex. Abstinence is a great way to go, but if that is not going to happen, proper birth control should be given. Abortion should not be used as birth control!
As far as adoption goes, my mother-in-law was adopted. If her mother chose to abort her, my husband would never have been born, and thus my child. the light of my life, would not exist. I shudder to think of that.
The number of children waiting to be adopted as of 2006 was129,000.
http://www.govspot.com/know/adoption.htm.
"In 2010, there were somewhere between one and two million couples in the United States waiting to adopt a child. Each year there are approximately 50,000 children placed for adoption in the U.S., and about 20,000 international adoptions are completed each year. As a result, most families hoping to adopt will not get a child each year."
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful response. I definitely appreciate it! I know that abortion has been touted as a moral issue by many. I have no judgment towards women who find themselves in such a horrible situation that they feel they must terminate a pregnancy. I can't even imagine what they go through to get to the point of making this decision. I respect your opinion as well!
However, I argue that this is instead a human rights issue, not a personal choice. How can we say that one life is more valuable than another? We imprison mothers for leaving their newborns in the dumpster, and call her a murderer. Babies are viable at 24 weeks in the NICU, yet it is legal to abort babies at this age. Babies in the womb can feel pain, they respond to their mother's voice, they react to what the mother eats. To say that it is an acceptable personal choice to inflict incredible pain on this little life, to end it because it is not convenient for the mother, this thought process seems illogical to me. As far as no way to conclude what a fetus will become, the statistics are located here: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/main/statistics.html. I would need for you to clarify your point for this, not sure what you intended. Did you mean potential to have a safe and healthy birth, or potential as a member of society? Thank you for your insight.
2) The notion that ANYBODY would think that it's alright anywhere in the US to force a twelve year old child to have the child begotten by her rapist father and think that that is alright when she doesn't have to go through that trauma simply by taking the morning after pill and killing fifty or so cells that aren't even SKIN yet much less NEURONS, much less a LIVER or any organ or anything else is beyond understanding - especially when these same people continue to claim that they hold the moral high ground.
3) What do you think would happen if Ryan's bill passed & some states outlawed abortion? Who would get to have abortions & who wouldn't? (Clue - airplane ticket).
May I first of all say how much it hurts my heart that you have had miscarriages and and also lost a child. As the mother of one son, I cannot even begin to fathom losing him. I know I would grieve much more for him than if I were to miscarry a child, although having a miscarriage would be incredibly traumatic, I would not yet have the connection with that child that I do a son.
Secondly I would like to think you for your thoughtful comments, they really provide very valid points. I would never want to ask a 12 year old raped by her father to parent a child. That is cruel and unthinkable. As awful as that is to even consider, did you know that less than 1% of abortions are because of rape, and less than that are because of incest? I agree there are exceptions, but should that mean that in other cases abortion is still acceptable? What about when the baby does have a heart, and brain, feelings and functionality?? Here is a link to show exactly what the baby is developing at each week. http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/fetaldevelopment.html.
Paul Ryan is clearly not as intelligent as the people of Mississippi - OR he doesn't bother to investigate the consequences of what he votes for before he votes for it.
What you did not mention is that such a law would give rise to the need for criminal investigations for every miscarriage.
It would make termination of ectopic pregnancies an intentional homicide - therefore prescribing medications for this would be homicide, and, of course, any procedure that terminated such a fetus should the medication fail.
The despicable legislators who sponsor this bill, like Ryan, would intentionally subject the women (wives, daughters, granddaughters, girlfriends) in our lives to the criminal law system for failing to have a perfect pregnancy. Bringing a FAR bigger government presence into our lives. Subjecting our family members to criminal liability should some overzealous, ambitious prosecutor decide to pursue a criminal action against her. This law would lead to virtually unlimited totalitarian potential for government abuse and control.
Like the Irish going to England for their abortions.
Packaged vacation deals.
What a great business opportunity for Haiti!
They should set up clinics and hotels - set up plush vacation deals.
Get your ectopic pregnancy terminated and have a bit of a vacation while you're at it.
Maybe even a plastic surgery procedure!