Privileges and immunities

Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in case 410 U.S. 113, or as we commonly know it, Roe v. Wade.

The Court decided by a 7-2 margin that, according to the U.S. Constitution, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Meaning, for those of you who are particularly indignant about this, that no law can abridge my right to determine my future with regard to reproduction.

My RIGHT to decide is mine alone. It is not and should not be contingent on the "moral compass" of any other human being. The least of whom are the rabid fundamentalist protesters outside any given Planned Parenthood. You don't want an abortion? Fine. Don't have one. No one --NO ONE-- is forcing abortions on unwitting pregnant women. But just because your religion tells you it's morally reprehensible does not give you the right to impose that view on me.





Many blogs touched on this issue yesterday. (You may have noticed I chose not to include any anti-abortion diatribes.)

BTW, this quotation from our Constitution is the very same one that undermines any law banning gay marriage. After all, marriage is a privilege of citizens of the United States. All citizens.