At heartbeat, it is a baby

The New York Times is aghast, writing, "The Alabama Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, setting up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the case that recognized a woman's constitutional right to end a pregnancy."

Buried in the story was the reason: Once a baby's heart beats in the womb, it is indeed a human being residing inside another human being.



Of course there is no constitutional right to an abortion. The word does not appear in the original or in any of the amendments.

The Roe v. Wade decision was a lie based on a lie. Neither plaintiff was gang raped. They were not raped.

Dividing the right into trimesters was based on bad science. The court recognized that after the sixth month, a baby was viable outside the womb and did not protect abortion.

But fifth month babies are now viable.

And ultrasound has shown even before that, the woman is carrying a baby with arms and legs, and feelings. Babies smile and laugh in the womb.

How phony of a court that worries that a cold-blooded murderer may feel a little pain during execution has no problem with executing babies for being inconvenient to the mother.

Alabamians already passed a constitutional amendment which declares the “public policy of this state is to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life.”

If the Supreme Court does not recognize this right, then Alabama should declare itself a sanctuary state that refuses to allow doctors to kill babies in the womb.

The rule is simple: if you do not want to be a mother, take birth control or abstain.

The Washington Post reported, "Contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday sharply criticized the Alabama Senate's passage of the country's strictest abortion ban, casting it as a severe blow to women's rights."

The last time Democrats were this worked up, they all supported the right to own slaves. I suspect the same outcome electorally 160 years later on this issue.