Min's Essay #2 - Abortion

From: Daniel Joseph Min (Real.Min_at_Colorado.USA)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:44:14 -0600

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ABORTION

—by Daniel Joseph Min

 (word count 665)

 

ABORTION IS the willful killing of an unborn human child. The Laci Peterson law has made sure that everyone in America—including defendant Scott Peterson—is well-aware of this. Conversely, if a woman, be she rich or poor, free or bond, legal citizen or illegal alien, or whatever, if she really wants to have an abortion for whatever reason of her own choosing, then, depending upon individual circumstances, giving her the abortion that she wants is only fair and equitable, as long as it is performed by a board-certified medical professional. I know this is a difficult subject for the right-wing extremists, you know, the ones who think that they’re taking the bible “literally”. But rather than go into verbose detail as to why the Law does in fact permit one and only one abortion per pregnant woman, I’ll not waste space trying to debate this with gentile “fundies”. I just want to be fair and equitable. That’s all.

   While it is certainly the woman’s prerogative to choose to have an abortion during her first trimester of pregnancy, the second or third trimester should be illegal, unless her doctors can show a judge that her life and health is in serious danger if the pregnancy is carried full-term. That way, if a woman is thinking about having an abortion, then she’ll be well-motivated to have it done within her first trimester, since anytime after that will take a court hearing with doctors present.

   In cases where a teenage girl has good reason to fear her parents if they get wind she’s going to have an abortion, as with parents or step-parents who have a police record of domestic violence or other violent crimes, or are otherwise emotionally cruel to their children, then that pregnant girl should be able to make her own decision under the guidance and counseling of the abortion clinic, her friends, her priest, or anyone else who can help her to make an informed decision. Otherwise, the pregnant teenager must have parental consent in writing, signed and notarized in order to proceed with her abortion.

   Ay, there ’s the rub. Any woman who has an abortion must be sterilized right then and there (or within a reasonably short time to be determined by national consensus of medical experts). And this should be done regardless of money, fame or power. In other words, if a daughter of the President of the United States gets an abortion, she getting sterilized for life. She can never get unsterilized, not for any reason, and not for any amount of money. Not matter how rich, no matter how poor. One abortion is all a pregnant woman gets, and only if she wants it. She’ll never have another abortion because she can never get pregnant again—to state the obvious.

   This should make the moderate Democrats & moderate Republicans happy, but is bound to enrage the extremist fringes on both sides of the aisle. But the issue will become far less contentious if this ”one-strike and you’re out” abortion policy should become federal law. We’re allowing one abortion while preventing future pregnancies and therefore future abortions simultaneously. This seems most fair and equitable, and will discourage women from having an abortion, since women who have abortions most often feel that they may want to mother a child later in life, “just not now”.

   This puts the ball squarely into the pregnant woman’s court: “Should I, or Shouldn’t I?” You see, the majority of women have always wanted to have their pro-choice abortion policy made into federal law. I think we can use this “carrot and the stick” to settle this issue permanently.

   Remember, that if she decides to do the right thing, and goes full-term to have the child, then, unless she or else the baby's father is fairly wealthy, that baby will be sterilized at birth (see Min's Essay #1), and the mother is free two more children after this one, also to be sterilized at birth.

   

   

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