Just a week ago, I wrote about Lights Going Out In America.* Now I have become aware of a case of an immigrant from Mexico, a 17 yr-old girl, is being refused an abortion by herr custodian - the American government.** The article cited is by The Economist and is very good. I urge you to read it in entirely. It is not long.
The young girl is not asking the U.S. government to pay for her abortion, drive her to the facility, etc, but she is still being refused to have it, even though a Court Of Appeals has said she should be allowed to have it. The government may take it to the Supreme court. They want to stall until the girl is 20 wks pregnant so she cannot have an abortion because of Texas Law. She is currently 16 wks pregnant.
But an additional feature of the article mentions other cases where someone agrees that someone else should not have their rights. When we now talk about religious freedom, we need to ask, "Freedom For Whom?" It is usually a freedom to discriminate against someone else, supposedly because of religious beliefs.
Also mentioned is the Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters Of The Poor cases where an employer refuses to even let the government pay for what the organizations say are abortifactients. and the Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a Gay couple,
The article ends with:
Federal agencies are not bearers of religious-liberty interests. By the same token, the Department of Defence cannot suddenly decide to pull out of wars it deems unjust. Nor can the Social Security Administration close up shop because its personnel adopt the Amish belief that insurance is an insult to God. The rule of law governs in America: an arm of the federal government cannot go rogue in the hopes of avoiding “complicity” in lawful endeavours.**
Nice words but yes, the lights ARE going out in America.
I got word this morning (October 26) from NARAL, that the 17 yr old girl was able to get an abortion after all.
* http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/10/lights-going-out-in-america.html
** https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/10/testing-limits
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