tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4503376493079270367..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: North Shore Notes: AbortionNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76586834698091827892022-06-26T09:53:51.906-05:002022-06-26T09:53:51.906-05:00Sad and true. Thanks for commenting.Sad and true. Thanks for commenting.Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88523505047593324602022-06-26T09:53:29.292-05:002022-06-26T09:53:29.292-05:00Well said John.Well said John.Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52102128897012420222022-06-26T09:52:52.877-05:002022-06-26T09:52:52.877-05:00Agreed.Agreed.Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60383139416201488552022-06-25T11:44:26.118-05:002022-06-25T11:44:26.118-05:00"He was a monied ___________... she was a not..."He was a monied ___________... she was a nothing. He arranged for her abortion." Caren, it has always been thus.The rich and the powerful are routinely able to flout, ignore, defy, and circumvent the law, law enforcement, and the courts. <br /><br />That story is as old as time itself, especially in these Untied Snakes. The robber barons of the 19th and 20th centuries, gangsters like Capone, entertainers like Sinatra, monsters like Trump, and other various and assorted scumbags have always provided "emergency" abortion services and have routinely paid pregnant women to go away and to keep quiet. <br /><br />Abortions were...and are...just part of the cost of doing their business. And probably tax write-offs as well. Many of these folks have funds set aside for just such procedures. An account that can pay for a timely doctor visit or a convenient trip to Mexico. For the moderately affluent, the wealthy, and the influential, yesterday's decision changes nothing. It will continue to be business as usual, while poor and minority women either have unwanted children...or die.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48614019504678780742022-06-25T09:19:21.460-05:002022-06-25T09:19:21.460-05:00Interesting that Caren uses the passive voice, &qu...Interesting that Caren uses the passive voice, "she became impregnated" rather than the active, "he impregnated her." I think it's the proper choice stylistically, as it's unlikely (though conceivable) that Mr. Bigshot deliberately tried to get her pregnant, but it's clear that -- as always -- the monied few will be able to defy the law without risk, whereas now, in post Roe days, the needy many will either be forced to bear an unwanted child or endure risky homemade procedures. <br /><br />Personally, I believe that the government, at any level, has no business enforcing religious tenets, while recognizing the emotional appeal of the crusade to save babies' lives. They are lies, self deluding lies, that refuse to admit that most abortions involve tiny fetuses incapable of surviving outside the womb, neglecting to reckon with the dire consequences of raising unwanted children on the mother, the rest of the family, and society at large. <br /><br />john <br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40600042239958108802022-06-25T07:16:43.571-05:002022-06-25T07:16:43.571-05:00We all must conjure the will to care. We can’t sle...We all must conjure the will to care. We can’t sleep the SCOTUS decision off. If we do, there’s a chance a Republican Congress combined with a Republican President in 2024 will outlaw women’s choice throughout the nation, going against the vast majority of the population’s desires. I wonder what the climate is in the SCOTUS chambers now. Can the six look the three in the eyes?Lesnoreply@blogger.com