Yesterday, the South Dakota legislature passed a law that will bring the state back to pre-1973 limits on reproductive rights, banning all abortion except when a threat to a woman's health. That is, if the law is not struck down by the supreme court as it should be. Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion clinic in South Dakota, is already planning a lawsuit if Governor Michael Rounds doesn't veto the bill.
In reality, vis-a-vis state laws, getting an abortion has become more difficult in many "red" states such as Mississippi. Many states have made incremenetal changes curbing a woman's right to choose. Given our new supreme court justices, this step is clearly a challenge to the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe V. Wade. Could this be the beginning of the end? Irregardless of how you feel about abortion, we cannot move backwards. Even my passionately pro-life mother knows that we cannot set back the clock on women's rights.
So I heard this piece of news this week and just now found the time to check this out. In fact, John Bolton and Kenneth Timmeran (author of "Countdown to Crisis:The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran") have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Does anyone else think its odd that the man who wants to destroy the UN was nominated for a nobel peace prize?
This may sound crude or crass, but what the hell were the Bush's doing at Coretta's Scott King's funeral? Does anybody think they care about racism, poverty or stopping war? Of course not, yet these were the very issues which defined the King family. I felt the same way, when Bush spoke on MLK's birthday. I mean come on, anyone can see its a PR move. The republican party is attempting to reach out to the black vote, which has no reason to vote republican. Only 10% of African-Americans voted for Bush in the last election.
And then republicans have the nerve to call Joseph Lowery's comments innapropriate and disrespectful. Apparently, it was inpolite to remember the politics of a VERY political family, and one that stood in stark contrast to the politics of the Bush Administration. Its fine if the Bush family wants to make an appearance, its just ridiculous that the republicans are complaining that the president was made to feel uncomfortable. After all, it was SOMEBODY ELSE'S service, and that somebody had a social conscience and a sense of compassion--something the president has yet to develop.
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