Reply #15: I think Ms. Stanek is missing the point entirely....

[TalkingDog]

Either willfully or because she is quite stupid.

Indian Reservations are havens for all kinds of activites that the majority of the people actually want, but paternalistic lawmakers are loathe to give them. Like: legalized gambling, use of psychotropic drugs, cheap tobacco and now abortion on demand.

Years ago, when lawmakers saw how much money the tribes were making from casino gambling (and how much money, influence and power they were giving up) they quickly started introducing state run "educational" lotteries and casino boat gambling.

People want to gamble, people are going to gamble and that activity and the subsequent profits should be taxed. Those taxes then support infrastructure, education, gambling addiction and so on.

People want to have sex, people are going to have sex and no matter how safe they are, unplanned, unwanted pregnancies are going to happen. Abortions are going to happen too. The intial argument for legalizing abortion is still the strongest one. No matter your feelings on the morality of the matter; it is better for everyone...let me repeat that EVERYONE, if we have safe, legal, clinical abortions.

You might suggest that it is not better for the "child". But I will argue that, if it is indeed a child, then it is better for it to be euthanized quickly and fairly painlessly, rather than risk merely mutilating it and letting it suffer for a few days in a botched abortion attempt to only find its end in a hospital operating room anyway.

You might find this a little cold and calculating, but when you are faced with the REALITIES of life, you need to be prepared to accept the cruel and ugly truth of what can happen.

And in case Ms. Stanek still doesn't get it, let me spell it out for her in small simple words and in plain English: The abortions are not just for the people on the Indian Reservation. They are for all the women in South Dakota who want safe and legal abortions. You may not like it, but abortions will happen...always.


http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2006/03/new_stanek_colu.html

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