{"id":729,"date":"2004-03-26T06:38:49","date_gmt":"2004-03-26T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/03\/26\/the-unborn-victims-of-violence-act\/"},"modified":"2004-03-26T06:38:49","modified_gmt":"2004-03-26T14:38:49","slug":"the-unborn-victims-of-violence-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"The Unborn Victims of Violence Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not too concerned that The Unborn Victims of Violence Act has passed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most of the pro-life arguments for this bill are nonsense; it would have been perfectly easy to pass a bill that punished criminals for harming fetuses without taking a stand on the abortion issue one way or the other. (Senator Feinstein offered an amendment to do just that, which was shot down 51-49). Instead, the Republicans chose to make fetal protection – something that both parties support – needlessly controversial by sticking in unnecessary pro-life language.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there’s no need to panic. This is a pro-life victory, but it’s not one that matters much. And pro-choicers are probably better off having this faux-issue taken off the table.<\/p>\n

Of course, not all feminists agree. Kate Michaelman of NARAL says <\/a>“this is preparing for the day the Supreme Court has a majority that will overrule Roe v. Wade.” Similarly, Tena at Eschaton writes <\/a>that “it takes another huge bite out of the right to choose, and is a set-up for the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade.”<\/p>\n

Really, though, this bill doesn’t directly effect anyone’s right to choose. And if the Supreme Court does get a pro-life majority (something I discussed in this post<\/a>), I’m sure they will use this law to help justify overturning Roe<\/i>. But if this law hadn’t been passed, that same hypothetical pro-life Court would still <\/i>overturn Roe – they’d just find some other justification.<\/p>\n

Roe <\/i>will live or die based on who is on the Supreme Court, not based on this bill..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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