I find the notion of "throwing it back to the states' elected officials" to be troubling. Gerrymandering (I live in NC - we have had some pretty funky districts!) and crazy primaries often lead to minoritarian rule. Many state legislatures are overwhelmingly white, male, and of a certain socio-economic class. I'm not sure why these dis…
I find the notion of "throwing it back to the states' elected officials" to be troubling. Gerrymandering (I live in NC - we have had some pretty funky districts!) and crazy primaries often lead to minoritarian rule. Many state legislatures are overwhelmingly white, male, and of a certain socio-economic class. I'm not sure why these district-rigged elected officials would be the proper authorities to force a pregnancy to term with no medical knowledge or personal understanding of the situation at hand. I guess they just have it on faith that an egg that has been breached by a spermatozoa is a "life" in exactly the same sense as themselves. God help the woman who has a miscarriage in the days ahead. I do hope we don't criminalize tragic situations.
I find the notion of "throwing it back to the states' elected officials" to be troubling. Gerrymandering (I live in NC - we have had some pretty funky districts!) and crazy primaries often lead to minoritarian rule. Many state legislatures are overwhelmingly white, male, and of a certain socio-economic class. I'm not sure why these district-rigged elected officials would be the proper authorities to force a pregnancy to term with no medical knowledge or personal understanding of the situation at hand. I guess they just have it on faith that an egg that has been breached by a spermatozoa is a "life" in exactly the same sense as themselves. God help the woman who has a miscarriage in the days ahead. I do hope we don't criminalize tragic situations.