tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post4275488274561873945..comments2023-09-11T08:30:08.843-07:00Comments on Life Training Institute Blog: Hadley Arkes on the good and the bad. [Jay]SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-58028931467609825072007-05-01T07:28:00.000-07:002007-05-01T07:28:00.000-07:00Please review this link and let me know your thoug...Please review this link and let me know your thoughts;<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37080Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-36580527813560169812007-04-26T09:50:00.000-07:002007-04-26T09:50:00.000-07:00The PBA Opinion: Keeping it all inside.During the ...The PBA Opinion: Keeping it all inside.<BR/><BR/>During the Carhart oral arguments, Justice Ginsburg observed that the PBA Act accomplishes nothing in terms of actually stopping abortion:<BR/><BR/><I>"The only question you are raising is whether Congress can ban a certain method of performing an abortion. So anything about infanticide, babies, all that, is just beside the point because what this bans is a method of abortion. It doesn't preserve any fetus because you do it inside the womb instead of outside." (Gonzales v Carhart 05-380; p16)</I><BR/><BR/>To paraphrase her - the Act bans a procedure, it doesn't matter where the fetus is killed, because it's supposed to die - by choice. Despite her attempts at skirting the obvious language, she can't escape the reality that's been unacknowledged for so long: that a human being is killed during abortions. Yet the method - the process itself, and the way we discuss it truly matters.<BR/><BR/>Practically all surgical abortion procedures kill by dismemberment during the process of evacuation - partial birth abortion evacuated the skull prior to the "intact" extraction of the body. In effect, the brain was dismembered from the body as the method of killing. Through the PBA Act an indelible image has been drawn before the eyes of the nation - brutal dismemberment of a living being.<BR/><BR/>This has radically changed the perception of abortion - what was seen as one complete process has now been divided into two, if not in actual practice, at least in public perceptions, and this opens possibilities for legislators.<BR/><BR/>Kennedy's opinion, while still allowing for abortion, has clearly defined the killing floor - inside the woman's womb. The child can no longer protrude in "one piece" outside the womb for the abortionist's purposes. While death through dismemberment was often the rule rather than the exception when attempting an intact D&X, groundwork has been laid for genuinely discussing the psychological effects of killing the child beforehand, then dismembering a later-term fetus inside a woman's womb, with all the associated risks and consquences.<BR/><BR/>The idea that abortion is a single smooth continuous process where the "pregnancy" is removed has now been broken. By focusing on the technical aspects of the procedure rather than abstract legalities, Congress has set a precedent for strong legislative discussions about the realities of what happens within a womans' womb, the medical and psychological effects of abortion and ultimately a woman's right to know what the medical profession is doing in there <I><B> and to whom.</I></B><BR/><BR/>The PBA Act has been educational to say the least, but there is a method to this process that Justice Ginsburg fails to grasp. With the ruling, it's clear - abortion methods can be banned, and those methods are the islands we need to target.Chris Arsenaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773858656968422745noreply@blogger.com