I often get quite exercised when folks want to protect me or my family by legislation. I our government is far too intrusive and not only have removed the fun out of a better part of our lives - but also have managed to remove a great deal of our freedom.
That's why I was a little surprised to read about the reaction of Virginia liberals to a new state law to make abortion clinics safer. The article is linked here.
The law requires abortion clinics to meet the same safety standards as hospitals.
That sounds pretty reasonable.
Democrats and pro-abortion groups are all up in arms because they say that the bill will result in the closure of some 17 of the state's 21 clinics.
Does that mean that 17 of the states 21 abortion clinics are operating under less than safe conditions?
I thought that was the big motivation behind "abortion rights": to end "back alley" abortions and other unsafe abortive practices supposedly suffered during the "archaic" days before Roe v. Wade.
Shouldn't these Republicans (and a couple of Democrats) be hailed as great crusaders of the public good for demanding that abortions be safe?
I contend that there is little regard for patient safety in this industry - and the liberals who present such public posturing supposedly in support of this "right" care very little for the people involved.
It is why I believe that there are at least two victims to every abortion: the baby and the mother. It seems to me that abortion rights are such a sacred cow for liberal politicians that they are willing to throw away the very protections they claim to espouse.
They cannot have it both ways: either the abortion industry is in great need of regulation (implying that there has been a dereliction of duty for a number of decades now), or the myriad of regulations that currently ensnare the rest of the health care industry are just to restricting.
I find it quite refreshing that lawmakers can expose hypocrisy, point out the destructive economical effects of government regulations, expose the true motivation of liberals and strike a blow against an industry of death - all with a single piece of legislation.
How about the rest of the Union ... are you listening?
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