Apparently There is Another Constitution Out There That I Haven't Read

Yesterday was the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most ignorant decisions ever issued by the United States Supreme Court. Why we celebrate the anniversary of a decision that allows the prophylactic ending of a life because the person carrying it was irresponsible (yes, I'm aware of health, rape and incest issues, but it is most often used as a form of birth control, only 1.5% of abortions are atributable to rape and incest according to that bastion of conservatism TIME magazine) is not beyond me, but it is disturbing at best. President Obama released a statement supporting the "constitutional right" to terminate an "unintended pregnancy" (whoops, excuse me ma'am, but I seem to have fallen on you and my penis slipped in and ejaculated, I feel so clumsy) which basically affirms that he's cool with using abortion as birth control despite the fact that during his campaign he refused to comment on the issue, saying it was "above my pay grade." I note that Jane Roe, plaintiff, born Norma McCovey, is now an anti-abortion activist.

In a feat of irony only sustainable by a liar, President Obama also noted that Roe v. Wade affirmed a "fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on family matters." Apparently, then, he's in favor of repealing the health care bill.

So if you didn't kill a child yesterday in celebration of Roe v. Wade, you'll have to wait until next year, at least if it made it out of someone's womb already (it's not that hard to connect President Obama to Peter Singer, who feels killing a newborn isn't like killing a real person). Funny, I don't remember people celebrating the anniversary of women getting the right to vote or the granting of citizenship to former slaves and their children. I've read the Constitution numerous times and, as an attorney, am pretty familiar with the law having succesfully argued at the Federal 5th Circuit (shameless plug), and I don't remember ever seeing a right to an abortion. At best, that decision should have been left to the states (which it had been) and the Supreme Court should have vacated lower decisions.

Luckily, we have such upstanding individuals as President Obama so that women can be left sterile and nearly dead in squallid conditions (wait, wasn't that the argument for legalizing abortion, i.e. no more coathangers and alleys?), their babies "aborted" post-delivery and doing just fine until the facility took a pair of scissors to their spines and stored their feet in jars for kicks, according to prosecutors. So happy Roe v. Wade Day, everyone!