A Russian Bot named Gene responded to the last entry as follows: "what does abortions do?" My response:

Gene, how does that fokking apply to the use of the work Fokk. In this context, which was having the right to call someone else a motherfokker, I first jumped into the pro-life movement in college and had devised a way for the Holy See to "adopt" all the unborn as Vatican citizens and then get Reagan to make an agreement recognizing that fact, thus allowing states to ban abortion. It was politely ignored with a letter from the Apostolic Delegate.

I also wrote an unfortunate article in my college paper calling women who had abortions sociopaths. Lucking, I was in DC at the time as an aid to pro-lifer Roger Jepsen, so I avoided being castrated by female classmates. My next trick was having Congress interpret the 14th Amendment to give citizenship rights to the unborn as per Section 5 of the Amendment. This would actually work. Indeed, Justice Thomas tried a similar approach to use judicial authority delegated to the Court by the Civil Rights Act of 1875 *not a typo). Four Republican justices were not buying it (Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia and Alito). I was told that protecting the unborn would be a long slog to change hearts and minds.

The pro-choicers seem to be winning that argument over time, as everyone who has ever gone to law school considers Roe to be settled law. I agree because Privacy is neither an eminassion or a penumbra. It is the bedrock behind the concept that there are some issues, particularly group class issues, where the moral minority (or majority) must leave individuals alone, thus prohibiting the tyranny of the majority against Latinos, Women, Gays and Catholics by the states. Strike one.

I have noticed that most of the action of the pro-life movement is in raising funds and volunteers for the Republican Party and its network of donors - with the only actions above that trying to look busy by getting actions before the Court, even though they have to know that Roe is not going anywhere. Strike Two.

When I was a doctoral student, I was reviewing films for a class I was leading a seminar in. It brought me to a Dateline special called "The Abortion Clinic." One of the doctors demonstrated why he does not like doing late term abortions, they showed one without being graphic, but felt he had to because the result in terms of female mortality would be unacceptable. He also made it clear that punishing doctors and not women would have the same effect. They also showed the result of a few first trimester abortions. No fetus to be found - they looked just like the results of a period - this is 90% of the cases. Strike Three, one out.

The reality is that any attempt to regulate first trimester abortions would require criminal investigation of not only perceived abortions but also miscarriages. Having been married and having to pick up the pieces after two miscarriages, the thought of that kind of power for the state sickens me. Pop (or pope) fly to center field. Two outs.

I have a radio show online, although I do not do any shows (the meds are working). I have had more than a few discussions on the show and on Facebook about ending abortion by increasing the child tax credit to living wage levels ($1000 per child per month, distributed with pay - an idea I still support). Ardent pro-life Republicans would have none of it, even though Pope's Leo XIII and Pius XI say that is exactly what must be done to stop abortion. It turns out that pro-life Republicans don't want to subsidize the sexuality of families - so the pro-choice movement is correct - the movement really is about controlling the sexual activity of women. Strike Three - swinging!

The inning is over, as is the game (and the inherent hellenistic misogyny infusing Catholic sexual teaching since the Church was given over to asexuals who think that their personal oddity is a sign of holiness gets the manager THROWN OUT.

So, after my mental journey over thirty five years I have the chops to say, go away Troll - and I did not even have to call you an ignorant....well, I won't risk getting this post thrown out, even if I only use the German vulgarity rather than the English equivalent. I will use the term on my own blog, however.