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This, seems worth pondering on the state of the US’s ongoing 4th generation civil war as a civilisation level issue:

A draft Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade has been leaked to the press in one of the greatest scandals to ever hit the nation’s highest court and a possible attempt to intimidate one or more justices to reverse their vote or to ignite a liberal brushfire to pack the Supreme Court before Democrats lose Congress in November.

“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” the possible draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito reads, making the case that where the Constitution is silent, the American people govern themselves through elections and elected leaders, not federal judges. It quotes the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who said, “The permissibility of abortion, and the limitations upon it, are to be resolved like most important questions in our democracy: by citizens trying to persuade one another and then voting.” It then adds, “That is what the Constitution and the rule of law demand.”

The document published by Politico that claims to be a draft opinion appears to be authentic, but it is not a binding decision of the court unless at least five justices sign it, and this looks like a transparent and unprecedented betrayal by one of the 45 or so people with access to a draft Supreme Court opinion to prevent this decision from becoming law by scaring off moderate justices and attempting to whip the political left into a frenzy.

Of course, the global pattern, with the US as a trend setter, has seen 800+ million [statistically 1.4+ billion] deliberately inflicted deaths on our living posterity in the womb. An associated picture is that in certain asian countries, devaluation of girls has led to widespread sex selection abortions and a preponderance of boys and now young men in population statistics.

To all of this, I make two self-evident assertions. 1: A human child is precisely that, human. 2: The first right is life, without which there are no rights.

Let’s add, 3: there can be no right to take innocent life at will.

Our civilisation is in the dock. END

U/D, Blaze TV discussion:

U/D, May 10, as Vivid has pointed it out, let us embed a video of testimony by a former abortionist regarding second trimester abortions:

F/N May 7: As tangential objections to the design inference have been taken up (in obvious subject switching) I pose p. 5 from Sir Francis Crick’s March 19, 1953 letter to his son:

Crick’s letter

And, here is the protein synthesis process in outline:

Protein Synthesis (HT: Wiki Media)

Together with a summary of the information communication system involved, as outlined by Yockey:

Yockey’s analysis of protein synthesis as a code-based communication process

F/N, May 8: As the tangent continues, it seems a further illustration is advisable:

It seems more is needed, so here is how this fits into protein synthesis and the metabolic network and how we see prong height coding:

In for a penny, in for a pound, here is a video:

Notice, we are actually dealing with a storage register. Say, each shaft with pins is set for five positions, four elevated, one on the ledge. This is directly comparable to GCAT, and as the video shows there are five digits:

| X1 | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 |

The key is encoded to the correct string of digits that in combination will open the lock, say 13213. The resting fully locked position is of course 00000.

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Assuming the reason most of you think abortion is wrong is because it's murder and therefore violates one of the ten commandments. And, no doubt, a lot of other Biblical injunctions. That's not really my question. Whatever the reason you think abortion is wrong how does that reason affect your view on armed conflict, i.e. was the the war in Vietnam wrong or evil? The invasion of Iraq in 2003? The UN intervention in Korea in the 1950s? I think it's perfectly reasonable to judge those (and other conflicts) on a different standard; I'm just trying to figure out when 'murder' is wrong or evil. Or, indeed, what is murder. It's easy enough to see self-defence as something different than murder but what about a person who kills their spouse for having cheated on them? Is there a place for mercy killing, i.e. helping someone end their life on their terms when it's clear their days are numbered? Is there a case for an abortion when it's clear that the foetus has a genetic defect which will probably kill it soon after it is born if not before? I'm not trying to 'shame' anyone; if you answer is all abortion is wrong, period, that's fine. I'm just curious as to why you think so.JVL
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If this is true it will just be a return to back-ally abortions and the unnecessary deaths of thousands of women.
I make a comment about knee jerk clichés and on cue the next comment is one. All this decision will do if enacted is send it to the states some of which have extremely liberal abortion laws. As I said this is not about abortion. The commenter just showed he is ignorant about what is going on.jerry
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This should not be about politics. Today, the 'rights' of the woman are presented. Is the man not partly responsible? The woman did not get pregnant by herself.marker
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That this rough draft was leaked shows just how diseased our body politic has become here in the U.S. Leftism is a disease. It is a cancer upon our society, culture and political system. Just like cancer it corrupts everything it touches. But it is also a psychological illness. It is an OCD. It obsesses about every little thing it perceives as an "injustice" and DEMANDS that something be done about it. And it does this over, and over, and over again. Liberalism is a variant of Leftism. This shameless degradation of the Supreme Court is just the latest corruption the Left has spawned. We need a cure!!! Fast!!!PaV
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FH, sadly predictable. You should have read the linked before commenting dismissively. Here is how the draft ruling begins, "JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court." My bet is 6:3 or possibly 5:4, thus the majority. Where, the actual ruling is that this should be settled by the states and their voters; which is itself a restoration of status quo 1972. I note that all the opinion polls tell me if they are sound, is that we have become benumbed and caught up in crooked yardstick misanthropic thinking. KFkairosfocus
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Your only concern is that the child has the right to live and the unwilling mother should just “suck it up”?
Children are dependent on their parents up through teenage years. So yes, I don't agree with murdering children just because they're inconvenient to parents. But I can envision a society where there are death-chambers for 12 year olds because the parents don't want to "suck it up" and care for them any more. We've got people already proposing that children can (or even should) be killed after birth. In a godless society, the public can take away the right to life, and establish the maximum age when children can be legally killed.Silver Asiatic
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If this is true it will just be a return to back-ally abortions and the unnecessary deaths of thousands of women.JHolo
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The comments here reveal the reaction to the abortion decision has nothing to do with abortion. Just as race has nothing to do with race or gender with gender. Just as being against ID has nothing to do with ID. All are means to an end for those in control of one of the political parties. And we get the knee jerked clichés. So those who support abortion on demand actually care less about it or the women. They are just advocating for a political position, one they most likely don't understand the consequences of. Thus we get all the dribble from the usual suspects who would turn on the dime if the political winds changed. In other words they have no inner logic/ethic for the position they publicly take.jerry
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Andrew Would you pay more taxes or otherwise financially support women, even poor black women who can't afford to raise a child? Would you contribute to better education, freely available (free even) contraception or other practical ways to reduce unwanted pregnancies?Fred Hickson
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Ah. Either you didn't understand my answer or it wasn't the one you wanted. I have no problem with early abortion. The so-called morning after pill is a safe and simple procedure. I don't know(and thankfully my opinion counts for nothing) where I would place a limit on late abortion but prior to foetal viability where there are supporting reasons seems reasonable to me.Fred Hickson
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All leaks have a purpose. This leak is probably designed to pressure weak-willed Roberts toward maintaining the "consensus".polistra
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FH, "Do you think the developing child in her womb has the right to live or not?" Yes or No. Andrewasauber
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Then ask again.Fred Hickson
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"My personal view is a woman has an absolute right to choose whether or not to continue with a pregnancy and deserves support for whichever choice she makes." FH, This doesn't exactly address the question I asked. Andrewasauber
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Sev @ 18 You didn't comprehend what I wrote, apparently. Andrewasauber
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Yes. But now that she is pregnant there are more people to consider. Do you think the developing child in her womb has the right to live or not? It’s a pretty straightforward question.
So you think that society is entitled compound the trauma of a woman or girl made pregnant through rape or incest by forcing them to carry the child to term? Your only concern is that the child has the right to live and the unwilling mother should just "suck it up"? Is that what you think?Seversky
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My personal view is a woman has an absolute right to choose whether or not to continue with a pregnancy and deserves support for whichever choice she makes. With proper education, contraception availability, a supportive community, proper provision for childcare, financial support for poor women who cannot afford to care for a child, abortion would hardly be an issue. There is the issue of viability. Before a foetus is capable of independent existence, a woman's right to choose is paramount.Fred Hickson
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I bet you're all salivating at the prospect of the first execution of a woman and doctor convicted of procuring an illegal abortion. Anyone who thinks the morals of the past were all sweetness and light should look here
America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral Under the 'American Plan,' women could be detained for sitting in a restaurant alone, changing jobs—or, often, for no reason at all.
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How Ireland Turned 'Fallen Women' Into Slaves Until 1996, pregnant or promiscuous women could be incarcerated for life in Magdalene Laundries.
or here
Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home
There are reports of women in 19th century Ireland who turned to their doctors for abortion because they were afraid they would die if they were forced to bear their 14th or 15th child. At that time, any form of birth control was banned and a woman could not deny her husband his "conjugal rights". All the doctor could do was beg the man to stop or his wife could die. If abortion is to be penalized so severely then it's high time the churches are held to account and made to pay for the literal atrocities committed in the name of their so-called morality in the past. I think it's high time women are encouraged to stand up and fight - literally if necessary - to overturn a society dominated by smug, arrogant old white men.Seversky
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"Yes. But the consequence is that a woman whose is pregnant through no fault of her own, violence, incest, poverty, ignorance, must be forced to remain pregnant against her will." FH, Yes. But now that she is pregnant there are more people to consider. Do you think the developing child in her womb has the right to live or not? It's a pretty straightforward question. Andrewasauber
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A child has the right to live, whatever the behavior of the parents is.
Yes. But the consequence is that a woman whose is pregnant through no fault of her own, violence, incest, poverty, ignorance, must be forced to remain pregnant against her will.Fred Hickson
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I’m seeing figures of 69/31% against abolishing Roe vs Wade.
If this is true, then it should not be hard to elect people who agree. It will not affect local laws. I’m sure the Democrats are ecstatic because this could become an election issue. They have nothing positive now.jerry
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It may turn out to be a good thing for Democrats in the mid-terms. Never seen such a galvanising reaction from women across the board.Fred Hickson
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Alito has penned an initial draft for the majority.
Really? I'm seeing figures of 69/31% against abolishing Roe vs Wade.Fred Hickson
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My comments/positions for many years. Abortion is clearly unconstitutional. https://ayearningforpublius.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/presumption-of-innocence-vs-assertion-of-ownership/ayearningforpublius
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Jerry says
My mother once told us that when she was growing up, there were plenty of hormones everywhere, but no birth control, no pregnancies and no abortions. It was the norm.
Amazing the population continued to grow! In some places, there's a darker history to teenage girls and unwanted pregnancies. I'm thinking of Tuam in Eire.Fred Hickson
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I suspect this was a timed leak to ramp up emotions leading up to a SCOTUS decision this summer. I don't think it was intended strictly for the political left, but just to stir the big pot. Andrewasauber
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Jerry, knees together and zippers up, not hard to do. KFkairosfocus
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Jerry, on search: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.
Text https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21835435/scotus-initial-draft.pdf Alito has penned an initial draft for the majority. Of course, the lawless and ruthless -- who are already enabling killing by the dozens of millions -- have acted to intimidate. I trust that the justices will have the gumption to defy such tactics rather than surrender to them. KFkairosfocus
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If men could control themselves and behave
My mother once told us that when she was growing up, there were plenty of hormones everywhere, but no birth control, no pregnancies and no abortions. It was the norm. She said something like it takes “Two to Tango.”         Amazing! Aside: I sat through a presentation about 7 years ago on an abstinence program given to poor girls. The program reduced teen sexual conduct by over 90% but was buried because it didn’t fit the Democratic governor’s agenda.jerry
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FH @ 3 And women, too. Abortions are procured even within the context of marriage. A child has the right to live, whatever the behavior of the parents is. Andrewasauber
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