Volume II No. 37
 03-29-04
 Taking Away A Woman's Right To Choose
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2004

 There are several hot-button political issues that drive Conservatives to distraction.
 Easily accessible pornography on the internet, the so-called Gay rights movement, 
 the banning of { coerced } prayer in public schools, and legalized abortion are 
 at the forefront of these cultural disagreements. Add in arguments over "the 
 separation of church and state" and how much religion can be allowed to intrude 
 into those areas that are under the control of the state, such as government-owned 
 and operated office and residential structures, educational facilities from grade 
 school to the university level, court houses and jails, and publicly-owned land.

 In the last couple of weeks an important criminal case in Utah, and the passage
 of a new law in the United States Senate, has demonstrated the means and methods 
 that Conservatives are using to re-establish the state's authority over a woman's 
 body when she is pregnant. Control that was greatly diminished the moment 
 abortion was legalized in this country with the landmark Supreme Court decision
 in Roe Vs. Wade.

 The developing criminal prosecution up in Salt Lake City is an example of how the
 rights of the unborn are being used to restrict and hinder the rights of the mother 
 over control of her own body. Mellisa Ann Rowland is by all definition a pathetic
 figure. She is allegedly a dope addict, mentally unstable, and a bad mother. In the 
 incident that has landed her in so much legal difficulty, she refused to have a Caesarian
 performed, after repeated warnings from medical personnel that her unborn twins 
 were in danger if she did not agree to the complex procedure.

 The c-section was not performed, and one of the twins expired in the womb. Thus,
 openning the door for an overzealous prosector to file serious criminal charges against
 Rowland. This is a remarkable set of circumstances because this prosecutor is in 
 effect trying to establish the precedent that if medical professional believes the 
 life of an unborn child is at stake, the state can coerce a mother to submit to a 
 hazardous surgical procedure that she does not want to undertake.

 This kind of criminal prosecution is far different than for example, filing charges 
 against a woman for recklessly abusing alcohol or drugs during her pregnancy.
 After being warned that such actions could seriously endanger the unborn child. 
 This prosecutor is trying to establish legal precedent far-afield of the above example. 

 What if the mother refuses medical attention because of religious objections? 

 What if she wants a second opinion? 

 What if the two medical staffs, disagree?

 Is the state's attorney going to cast the deciding vote?

 This is an Orwellian nightmare in the making.-- And the political tide in this country
 is rising to the side of the unborn fetus, against the rights of the mother to decide
 what is most correct for her situation. 

 But is there any doubt that in all of these far-reaching prosecutions that the real
 political target is Roe Vs. Wade? And that these cases are being used to diminish 
 the rights of women established under that Supreme Court decision.

 If the Rowland case isn't alarming enough, the Unborn Victims Of Violence Act has
 just won approval in the Senate. Next it goes to the desk of abortion rights hater
 George W. Bush. The bill establishes that violence against a pregnant woman can be 
 construed as two cimes. One crime - that of violence inflicted directly upon the mother. 
 And the secondary crime is the resulting harm to the fetus done upon injury to the 
 mother.

 Therefore, the fetus - at any stage of development - can be considered a victim 
 of a crime. There is no limit to the potential abuses of this act once it is signed into law.
 The mother and fetus are treated as equals, when they are in effect not equals.

 An unborn child is NOT a living, breathing, independent, human being. And it is 
 statutes such as the Unborn Victims of Violence Act that while well-intentioned on 
 some level, are just backdoor methods to establashing under principle of law, that unborn 
 fetuses are real persons and therefore cannot be aborted.

 The bell is tolling upon Roe Vs. Wade. -- Loud and clear.
 

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