Having One

EVERYBODY'S TALKING abortion nowadays, with good reason. And you know what they say about opinions; everybody has one. And, of course, such is our sacred right, enshrined in American freedom. The trimester system obliges reason. Suppose that during the third trimester, abortion is illegal, strictlly banned, execpt in emergency situations clearly defined and spelled out. Situations, for instance, in which doctors determine that there is no hope for the child being born alive, or for the mother surviving the birth. During the first trimester abortion would be legal, and whatever persuasion techniques any person or organization wants to use to dissuade the pregnent women from having an abortion would be legal - but regulated. The second trimester would be a middle ground, in which almost all abortions are prohibited, except in certain exceptional situations, such as incest or rape. The notion of having different laws pertaining to abortion in every United States state seems chaotic at first glance, but perhaps is the best possible solution. Rather than having an overbearing all powerful one size fits all central government regulate a woman's body, leave it to "the several states", as the framers put it. All American citizens have the option of mmoving to and living in whichever state they find best suited, politically and legally, to their own interests and point of view. The federal governmentexists partly to ensure that all American citizens have the freedom to travel from one U.S.A. state to another, and to return, without being persecuted while obeying the law. NO state may arrest, indict, and punish any citizen for leaving the state, going to another state, having a legal abortion, then returning home. The insane fascist Republicans who seek to enact such laws, in addition to the insane laws they have alread enacted, must to stopped, and, preferably, locked up. Or perhaps, leave it to the counties and parishes to enact their own abortion laws, and to regulate the procedure. Or to cities, towns, and communities. Or to neighborhoods. Or maybe just leave it to the family, or, better yet, to the pregnant woman.