Not only is this political suicide for Republicans, in Newt Gingrich’s case he will invite the most salacious stand-up comedy imaginable. Go read Vanity Fair or CQ articles on Newt which include comments from his 2d wife. I’ll give you a hint–Newt and Bill Clinton share odd views aout sex in pursuit of their promiscuity.
I came to be firmly in the pro-choice column because of Gene Burns, best-ever talk show host I used to hear years ago listenting to Boston-based radio. A Libertarian (also I believe a Catholic), Burns argued that anti-abortion legislation was unacceptable because it is unenforceable without untenable infingements on people’s privacy. Roe-Wade is one of few laws we have that IMO is just about RIGHT in this diverse country. Leave it alone!
How much more unenforceable would be the personhood standard for existence of human life? We’d have to be like China, with a female Gauleiter in every neighborhood to make sure women’s sex lives were free of birth control measures deemed to be equal to abortion [In China of course they're there to enforce single-child law.]
There’s another angle to this Catholics and other religious groups promoting personhood law should consider. 25 years from now you may be horrified at what you’ve wrought. As Moslem population grows, if you-all can put YOUR religious beliefs into law, why would not a fair Supreme Court rule that Moslem sharia laws can be enacted if enough people vote for them??
I know, I know — you’ll say, but WE’RE BASED ON SCIENTIFIC FACT. No–a few cells is NOT a human life anymore than a corporation is a person as some say. Potential? yes, but take that to its ridiculous limits and you could say that women and men who choose NOT to have sex are denying life to those cells just waiting to be conjoined and born.
