Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Huh?
Guess who said it:
(1) "In all we do, we must remember that the best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors."
(2) "[T]he attending physician, in consultation with his patient, is free to determine, without regulation by the State, that, in his medical judgment, the patient's pregnancy should be terminated."
ANSWERS:
(1) Pres. George W. Bush (State of the Union Address, 2007)
(2) Justice Harry A. Blackmun (Roe v. Wade, 1973)
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2007/01/huh.html
Comments
Really? Then why does he think abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest?
Posted by: Caitlin Borgmann | Jan 26, 2007 2:07:14 PM
He might think that rape or incest cases qualify for some sort of Thomson-McDonagh evicting-a-trespasser rationale, but other abortions don't. Or maybe he's confused and has an inconsistent position. But surely simply supporting a rape exception doesn't amount to thinking that other abortions are merely health-care decisions.
Posted by: Chris | Jan 29, 2007 10:19:35 AM
The President surely doesn't think abortion is merely a "health care decision"; he thinks there is an unborn person involved.
Posted by: Chris | Jan 25, 2007 4:00:17 PM