![]() ![]() These are widely divergent spiritual perspectives – at this moment in our national life, impossible to reconcile. Others see it as the expression of a woman's right to spiritual self-determination – and believe that any soul that God wills to be born will be given another suitable vehicle for birth. Some see abortion as murder, the termination of a child's single opportunity for life. The abortion issue is an intensely emotional one. Friction among the various States will become greater than at any time since the Civil War. Incendiary rhetoric condemning the differing views of pro-choice legislatures and electorates will spread through anti-abortion states like wildfires. Church and State will become entangled as never before. Individual liberty and privacy will be dramatically curtailed. Some states may even pass legislation requiring doctors to report all new pregnancies, in an attempt to enforce these kinds of travel restrictions. ![]() States that have outlawed abortion will eventually attempt, as they must if they truly believe that the procedure is tantamount to murder, to restrict the right of pregnant women to travel. Women who are unable to get an abortion in their home state will inevitably seek abortions elsewhere. Yes, it will be outlawed in many Red States, but it will remain safe and legal in most, if not all, Blue States. Wade is overturned by a future Supreme Court, abortion will not suddenly disappear. At a moment when America is already at war in Afghanistan and in Iraq, and still pursuing the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, will he choose to unite the American people in this hour of great peril? Or, will he instead choose to impose his subjective religious convictions on a spiritually diverse people, through choosing an ideologically extreme conservative nominee, regardless of the consequences? And make no mistake: if President Bush chooses unwisely, the consequences will be dire. In selecting Justice O'Connor's successor, President Bush will have an unique opportunity to demonstrate his ability to lead. O'Connor has long been one of the so-called “swing” Justices on the current Court, and one of four Republican appointees (the others are Souter, Stevens, and Kennedy) who have supported the position that Roe v. ![]() On July 01, 2005, a date that marks the 142nd anniversary of the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced that she was retiring from the Supreme Court. The Way of Politics attempted to explore the intersection of religion, spirituality, and politics from a contemporary Deistic or secular and spiritual perspective. A House Divided This column originally appeared as part of the Way of Politics series for the Democracy Cell Project, an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) created by former members of Kerry-Edwards 2004 blog team. ![]()
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