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To: Elroy who wrote (255144)	10/13/2005 12:17:46 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573096

Roe is not going to be over-turned. It would start a revolution amongst women (and others). It's not really about abortion, it's about women being allowed to decide what they do with their bodies, womens sexuality, women being treated like full citizens. It's also about the religious right trying to make people ashamed for having sex which they themselves are ashamed of because they too are human with human sexual desires. Any woman supporting the religious right on this has been duped. But fortunately, the overwhelming majority are not buying into the so-called "life" movement. Also, if you're against abortions, support RU-486 which makes them unnecessary. Also adoipt AIDS babies from Africa. Or shut up.

To: Elroy who wrote (255144)	10/13/2005 12:22:18 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1573096

51% of the voters The tyranny of the majority leads to civil unrest. Always has. Things can always get a lot worse when a motivated few impose their will on those who are content enough that they stay out of the process for the most part. One only needs to study how prohibition led to the great crime syndicates that still rule the drug and vice trades to understand the results of rules imposed by a slim majority of those who happened to be fanatic enough to vote on a given day. A republican government works when there are checks and balance. Nobody has the power to rule absolutely, and that includes slim majorities of voters. TP

To: Elroy who wrote (255144)	10/13/2005 2:52:28 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573096

"Womens reproductive rights need to be protected. Two thirds of Americans agree so I seriously doubt any state will ever be unanimously against it." The problem with that is that only 50% of the potential voters are directly affected by any law regarding the subject. In a way, it's as if we passed laws that just applied to blacks or asians, but let everyone vote on the issue. A lot of southern male troglodytes would probably favor a woman being bound to bear a child whether she wanted to or not, to preseve the fruit of their precious jism squirting.