Regarding ‘The womb on trial’

Against their will? The woman made the decision to have sex. Abortion is not birth control. A soul is created at conception. You are an evil and mentally deranged person.

LittleFoot, If you really believed that a soul is created at conception, it would be much more worth your while to be campaigning against in vitro fertilisation. Do you have any idea how many fertilized embryos are destroyed as part of this process? Instead, you reveal that your real motivation is to punish women for the crime of having sex. Which includes, by the by, children who are raped.

You are so right, Westy! I think it has a lot to do with sex hang-ups and that you shouldn't be able to enjoy something as sinful (!) as that without severe penalties! Easy escape both for women with twisted views, and "men" without much luck with women, - if you know what I mean.

Jorg, Yes, exactly. The next step in this insane crusade is to ban contraception methods. They have been working very hard on this. Also, their efforts to ban medical abortions and force people into more risky procedures. People are already suffering severe medical consequences,including death, as a result of this insane crusade.

Here we have the cacophony of Chicken-little Jorg and Westy. Do you guys have nothing else to worry about? Now that Putin has endorsed Biden, perhaps you need a reset in your lives and your diatribes?

Good morning, Jorg and Kel

Jorg's point that abortion should not be reduced to political bickering is well taken, and Westy is correct about the insanity surrounding the abortion issue. But there is plenty of blame to go around... the right side of the aisle uses its leverage to block common sense legislation, however, over the past 30 years, the left side of the aisle has controlled seven different congressional sessions and did not use its leverage to introduce legislation that would reflect Americans' prevailing belief that abortion should be legal. Most of the insanity on the subject of abortion IMO comes from the extreme left that wants abortion upon request without limitations and the extreme right that wants to ban all abortions.

A large majority of Americans belief that abortion should be legal, and a large majority of Americans also belief that late term abortions should not be legal. Meeting in the middle will not satisfy the extremists... nothing short of fully adopting their point of view will satisfy them. Meeting in the middle is not a compromise solution as most Americans already support a rational approach to abortion.

Interestingly, an item appeared in the NYT today. There is talk from the right side of the aisle about a 16-week national abortion ban, with exceptions in cases of rape, incest or risk to a mother's life. Such a plan is less restrictive than abortion legislation typically found in the EU. It would not satisfy the extremists on either side, but it could make abortion more of a health care issue instead of a political one.

Dirk: Did you swallow blindly Putin's trick to "endorse" Biden? Are you really that naive? Think again!

Dirk: I realize it must be difficult for someone like you to grasp what both Westy and I and the vast majority of caring people are concerned about, namely women's obvious right to be in charge of their own body, - instead of leaving that to some guys I suspect try to retaliate because they have had trouble getting lucky with women, - for very obvious reasons, I might add..