Samuel Alito: The world's most effective birth control.

[Vektor]

Forced that is...

I'm not telling you anything you didn't know, but this is a particularly chilling article.

Access to abortion could be curtailed in US with new Supreme Court justice

CHICAGO (AFP) - Access to abortion could be seriously curtailed in the United States with the confirmation of
Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, activists warn.

Alito recently supported a law which required women to notify their husbands that they intended to receive an abortion, and in an application to work for the Attorney General in 1985 wrote "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."


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"The most heartless one came a few years ago when they said Medicaid funds couldn't be used for abortion, so poor women got cut off," said Kim Gandy, president of the
National Organization for Women.

Women with physical and mental disabilities were also cut off from state aid when a law was passed prohibiting the use of Medicare funds for abortions.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060129/pl_afp/uspoliticsjusticeabortion

I wonder how many women, married included, who are holding off on having children for now, due to career, school, young age, etc., are going to forfeit that option altogether and get their tubes tied instead, rather than run the risk of accidentally conceiving and being forced to have the baby when they are not ready?

[muntrv]

1. PLENTY OF

them are. Alito is another one of those fundies who also oppose women's access to birth control pills and RU486 which would prevent the need for abortions in the first place.

[Vektor]

2. Welcome to DU, muntrv!

:hi:

Yup, Alito is one for the dark ages, alright. His bizarre claim that the birth control pill is an abortifacient is entirely false. It does not "prevent a fertilized egg from implanting". It prevents a woman from ovulating at ALL. There is no egg!

He's not only way out of line in wanting to dictate what women can and can't do with their bodies, he's TOTALLY WRONG in the information he is providing, as well.

[ProSense]

3. I liked what Kerry said about ideology

From Kerry's speech on Jan 25th:

“In the past, I, like many of my colleagues, have voted for federal court nominees despite the fact that I disagreed with them ideologically. In fact, I voted for Justice Scalia because, despite our ideological differences, in the confirmation process he promised an open-mindedness that we have not witnessed. So the words of the confirmation hearings do not erase ideology. And that ideology cannot be overlooked because a Justice’s decisions can—and will—have a profound impact on the rights we otherwise take for granted.

http://www.kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=250770

And I agree. I don't think this decision should be made based on an assumption. Why should anyone believe he'll uphold it? The RW has been itching to do this and they will pressure anyone to reverse it in the same way they pressured Frist and the Republicans on Schiavo.

Many individuals, groups and organizations opposed to Alito's confirmation have cited their reasons base on his record. It's too convenient for Alito to say he'll act otherwise. But to expect the country to take his word for it, when his decisions will impact all Americans for his lifetime, is asking too much. The confirmation should not go forward.