kalm wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:28 pm
GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:33 pm
Like I said, they could stand outside of every church every day and harass people coming in and going out and that would be perfectly fair game. Did I not say that? They want to protest at parishioners homes, hey, have at it. That's fine too. Going into the house of worship, well, that crosses the line. I think anti-abortion folks going into Planned Parenthood crosses a line too, no?
As for the judges, I believe there's at least a federal law that bars protests at judges homes, especially when done to intimidate or to attempt to persuade them to rule in a particular direction with a decision pending. I think that makes sense. Heck, we have more than enough examples of disgruntled claimants going to judges houses and shooting people. No need to add to that tragic ledger.
It’s almost like you’re saying they have a right to privacy or something.
Who? And privacy is fine when it doesn't involve another human being. I know, hate to bring science into it, but science is pretty clear. Life is life. And I'm already on record that I would be fine with abortion continuing as is until science can provide us a way to have the fetus be viable outside of the woman's womb as early as possible. As for the judges, again, we've made it a point we don't want opinions of judges, at any level, being impacted by threats or other outside persuasions. Heck, we've even made a law saying that.
Another thing about this abortion debate is that it never gets into the nuance. On both sides, the loudest voices win. But there are plenty of cases where abortion needs to continue - babies that are already dead in the womb, pregnancies where the fetus implants outside of the uterus, babies that are so medically compromised in the womb they have no hope of survival, etc. Even when abortion is restricted or banned, we're going to still need to have the procedure of an abortion taught to physicians and still practiced in those cases where we should. But that's a nuance neither side likes to talk about when they're yelling at the other side.