Roe, roe, roe your wade....

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1973 was the year the Mets made it to their second world series, the year of the Yom Kippur war and my year at Livingston College. 1973 was also the year Roe vs Wade became the law of the land, and was the first year I could vote. I remember being excited over the prospect of voting, but I don't recall whom I voted for.

At the time, I had fallen for the lines about saving women's lives by making abortion clean, surgical, and relatively safe compared to back alley abortions or wire hangers. I never gave much thought to the unborn children.

Fast forward a few years. My Mom worked for the Department of Social Services (Welfare) and as part of her job, she chauffeured clients to Planned Parenthood. She wasn't allowed (even if she hadn't supported abortion on demand) to give the young mothers any other advise on what to do to deal with their pregnancy besides abortion (one of her co-workers tried and was reprimanded).

Fast Forward again to 2016. Donald Trump had just won the election (I, like the good liberal that I was, had voted for Hillary, despite misgivings about her position on Israel and the Middle East in general). I was talking with my Mom about how upset I was over Trump's victory. She gave me the same advice she gave me when Obama won (and I was unhappy) "You're stuck with him for 4 years anyway. Why not give him a chance?" So I did and he won me over.

So now I'm in an unusual position. I've gone conservative (or was I already there without knowing it?) because for the most part the conservatives seem to hold the same values as I do (albeit with a different religion, though they, as I, put G-d, fear of G-d and a G-dly life at the center of our world.) And, as an Orthodox Jew, I know that the Jewish view of abortion is not the same as, say, the Catholic view. So I want to make certain that Jewish law would be honored in a case where Jewish law and Catholic law diverge.

But by the same token, I do not consider the "pro-choice" position a viable option (especially since they don't give mothers a choice. How can you call yourself "pro-choice" if you don't give a choice?)

The Party of "Depopulation" is choosing the planet, a piece of rock with water, over the people who live here. Nature's goal is to keep the species alive. Democrats are interested in saving the planet (and their fiefdoms) while sacrificing the serfs (and the next generation). As long as Roe vs. Wade represents that way of looking at Earth and the people thereof, I am glad to see it go. Abortion won't be outlawed. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade only kicks the issue back to the states, as it should be based on the 10th Amendment of the constitution. Many states will remain unchanged on this issue (probably NY and California, for example). But others might do what Texas did -- outlaw late term "abortions". Abortion is such a nice clean term for violently murdering an unborn baby.

Don't make this your only issue. Make your decision based on truth, not rumors.