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| Bridget Gamble |
On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the list of constitutional rights to include the right to have an abortion. [interesting admission]continue at Marquette Tribune(bring a barf bag)
Thirty nine years later, every Republican presidential candidate is working to reverse the outcome of Roe v. Wade.
Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have all signed a Personhood USA pledge declaring that life begins at conception and, therefore, that abortion is wrong even in cases of rape or incest. Each candidate’s economic platform proposes to eliminate Title X family planning programs, like Planned Parenthood.
Furthermore, if elected, these men would block federal FDA approval for almost any new contraceptive, terminate insurance coverage for existing contraception and appoint Supreme Court justices who support the overturning of Roe v. Wade, among other things.
This year, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed several consequential bills restricting reproductive rights. If America’s next president is a Republican, these bills will likely become laws.
State legislatures are also taking action against reproductive rights, but they are doing so at a much more rapid pace.
According to Kate Sheppard, political staff reporter for Mother Jones’ Washington bureau, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is close to unraveling the state’s progressive and comprehensive sex education program, the Healthy Youth Act, which teaches students “‘the health benefits, side effects and proper use of contraceptives and barrier methods’ in discussion of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.” In place of the Healthy Youth Act, Walker hopes to institute an abstinence-only sex education program.
I didn't see a corresponding article with the Catholic position - but hey, it's Marquette. What would it take to start a Catholic college in this state? Let's face it, there's no fixing these places.
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