The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by abortion opponents to get a “personhood” amendment on the Oklahoma ballot. Therefore the April ruling of the Oklahoma Supreme Court stands: The proposed amendment is “clearly unconstitutional.” The amendment would have defined a “person” as “any human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being to natural death.”
Oooh, this is such a hard one for me. I am not against abortion but…
“This is not a difficult concept.”
Hahaha, I know. I get it, but it is difficult! That’s the thing. For some of us, it is. I would never want to dictate to another woman what she does with her body, but I can’t help but wonder about that zygote. (I am a lactose-intolerant vegetarian who can’t stand the thought of eating unfertilized eggs because I know what they *can* become.) Weird, I know. But there it is.
That’s all any of us can ask — simply that others not try to dictate to us about something that is none of their business.
Then can I use all my little eggs as tax deductions? Wait… then if a man gets himself off, wouldn’t that be murder?
Not in Oklahoma. Not yet. But they keep trying …
I’m really happy to be “from” Oklahoma… but I’m in Kansas; from the frying pan into the fire… :-(( but I love the land and the weather, it’s just most of the people….
Good hard working people. Just too conservative for my tastes.
I sometimes wonder, if all women were born with the innate ability to detect if they are pregnant and spontaneously abort any fertilized embryos at will, how would Conservatives institute mind control over women to prevent them from doing so?
Perhaps they’ll just charge them with murder?
I’m afraid that they already have mind control… why else would a woman ever vote republican?
Heh, true.
Shows once again how important this election is. The winner probably will have one or two appointments that will decide the balance of thinking on the Supreme Court.
It’s enough to keep me up nights. The consequences of those appointments will last far longer than the few years of a presidency.
The images and the caption are perfect: This is not a difficult concept. An acorn is not an oak tree, it is squirrel food.
I’ve used it before, but it’s still the best image I’ve seen for this particular issue. Definitely worth repeating.