McCain/Palin on Roe Vs. Wade…

It seems 9/10 scare tactics on the McCain/Palin ticket deal with Roe vs. Wade. Writer after writer says that a McCain/Palin administration will overturn Roe vs. Wade by appointing Judges to the Supreme Court who do not support R vs. W, and this will in turn lead to women all over the country performing back-alley abortions with Coat-Hangers.

Ok folks; let’s clear the air on that one.

McCain/Palin do indeed oppose Roe vs. Wade, however they oppose it from a constitutional perspective of the Supreme Court legislating for the states. In their opinion, Roe vs. Wade ought to be overturned so that each state can decide whether abortion is legal or illegal within its borders. This is nothing but true federalism at its best, with the legislature in each state deciding what happens to citizens who choose to reside within its borders.

Overturning Roe vs. Wade is one thing, declaring that abortion is illegal within the borders of the United States is another. McCain/Palin have to the best of my knowledge not proposed anything remotely similar to the latter, though they support the former.

Incidentally, even if Roe vs. Wade was overturned this evening, I am hard pressed to see how all 50 states would declare abortion illegal within their borders. In fact, I would be willing to bet that most states (25 +1 being most), would probably legislate that a state-wide interpretation of Roe vs. Wade would be in concord with what we currently have on the federal level.

Furthermore, I am hard pressed to see how a Congress with a Democratic majority would approve someone who is against Roe Vs. Wade to the Supreme Court, so those of us who are pro-choice (and I am definitely one) have nothing to fear in that regard.

I personally think that murdering babies who are still alive after they prematurely and forcefully ejected from their mother’s womb is immoral to say the least. This is obviously a position that Obama disagrees with.

Incidentally, being pro-choice is as valid an opinion as being pro-life, so if McCain/Palin fall in the latter category, thankfully, our constitution still permits people to have whatever opinion they deem fit.

So enough with the McCain/Palin fear mongering based on the Roe vs. Wade bogey…

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