"Fight For Your Right"

As expected, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed into effect a law today that is specifically designed to challenge the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion — that, of course, being Roe v. Wade...though I doubt there are many unaware of the landmark case (probably far fewer than could describe Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, I'll bet).

The bill, which bans pretty much all abortions (except those in which the life of the mother is at stake) is most definitely going to be challenged in court — the question is just who's going to step up and when?

Until Connor came along, I maintained a fairly laid back view about abortion. Although I've always held a personal belief that the "procedure" was wrong, I felt that the government better have a damn good reason to tell someone what to do with their body — Pro Choice by default, I guess.

But, once Connor dove headfirst into our lives (literally, although it was more of a gooey, slow-motion Pete Rose-style slide into home plate), I became much less resigned to the quadrillions of abortions that happen every second...well, I think that's what I heard Rush Limbaugh say, at least. I couldn't imagine loving anything or anyone more than I love my son, and I have equal difficulty imagining a scenario in which someone wouldn't welcome that love into their life with open arms.
But, we have the distinct misfortune of living in a world where no issue is ever cut and dry, and no situation is ever the same for two different people. Babies are born every day into lives that no one could ever hope to endure or to parents that didn't want them in the first place. Trying to come up with a resonable argument against abortion in cases such as these — other than, "uh, God says it's wrong, mmm'kay?" — seems awfully difficult to me.

I suppose I don't have any real point with this missive other than to generally piss people off, since I took no clear stand on perhaps the most divisive issue of our day; I just hope that we can fix some of the other problems within our society (poverty, welfare, a general lack of compassion for others, a severe lack of recognition for the genius that is the film Army of Darkness, poor funding for schools, et cetera) so that abortion ultimately appears to be the unthinkable alternative to allowing a human being to enter a wonderful world full of opportunity and love.