Domestic terrorism to halt abortions?
Political terrorism is defined by prominent political scientists as the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives. This is mainly applied to the violent acts of ‘jihad’ and predominately associated with anti-American sentiment stemming from the Middle East.
However, in recent years ‘domestic terrorism’ has resurged (it had been a popular method of protesting during the morally pious Reagan years); ‘soldiers’ of the morality war in America have rearmed themselves in the wake of an Obama Administration and have begun to assemble in opposition to the impending liberality.
The American population has been mired in economic woes and inundated with troubling news from a two-front war aboard for the better part of a decade now, yet the social and political crusaders continue to wage battle for America’s propriety. The death of American doctors, nurses, health care practitioners, etc, is a wholly unacceptable concept when defending the ‘right to life’ issue.
It should not have to be said that Roe vs. Wade was not simply a symbolic court decision; but it gave every woman the right to choose for herself the path that suits her life. This decision has been diluted and basically rendered meaningless over the past three decades thanks to conservatism in state legislatures who have systematically worked to create obstacles that prevent women in their states from obtaining clinically safe abortions or become at risk for targeted violence due to legislators’ open opposition to the practice of abortion.
This vitriolic passion toward abortion-seekers and providers violates not only the very essential decision of Roe, but also a woman’s basic right to quality of life. Keep in mind, most of these congressional usurpations of judicial/constitutional rights is decided upon by men. And the majority of those who become active domestic terrorists for the cause of abortion have predominately been men, including the most recent attacker of Dr. Tiller (the Fox News proclaimed “baby killer”).
It is time that Americans make up their own minds about what is right and what is wrong instead of attempting to legislate, regulate and enforce morality upon masses that are living in the present ….. Not the past. Americans should know better to fight for life with death; it is an embarrassment to the cause they are advocating for and to the nation in general. When we attempt to control our women and their minds, we become no better than those we find repugnant in other nations who dominate their women via national laws.