Posted by
grad_1986 on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:51:54 PM
In the 1970's women every where were claiming the right to control their own bodies. Roe-v-Wade seemed to cement the deal with liberals that a women's body (and any "thing" inside) was her "property" and therefore not controlled by the government. Every time a law is passed or proposed to set limits on those actions, women with coat-hangers-in-hand rush to the Capital building to protest claiming this very right.
But now a new case is raising eye-brows. Apparently the right to ones own body does not commute to 12 yea-old boys. A 12 year old GIRL can march into any Planned-Parenthood and claim this right and have an abortion without ANY parent being notified. But a 12 year-old boy who wants to have a tumor removed by natural medicines does not have the right to make that call. Instead a judge sitting in a court room can FORCE him to have medical treatment he does not want. Why is his body (and his tumor) not his property? If a fetus, which clearly is a separate human being (right down its DNA) is considered to be the "property" of the women, then why is the tumor (which is HIS tissue and HIS DNA) not considered to be his property as well?
If you listen to the Glenn Beck program you have probably also heard about the other Minnesota law that says the state does not need to destroy the DNA sample of blood they take from every baby that is born in Minnesota. These samples apparently become the property of the state and can be used for whatever purpose they so choose. Parents are not even allowed to "opt-out" of the program and have no choice in the matter. (Frankly speaking, Minnesota is the LAST place on earth I would every want to move to.... and I live in California!). What will these samples be used for?
Crime investigation or crime setups?
- How did your DNA get at the murder scene?
Disease prevention or Health-care prevention?
- Insurance company: We're sorry! We don't cover people who are predisposed to cancer.
Time and time again, parents and patients are losing their rights as citizens to live the life they choose. As our country becomes a nanny-state of epic proportions, more of these BASIC rights will be lost until we have none left. Just look at what happened to the Mormon group in Texas with one simple phone call from an anonymous person. Now I am not Mormon, and while I don't agree with their view of the Bible and other matters. I do respect their right to live their lives the way they choose no matter how strange they seem to us. Their right to raise their girls to wear long dresses and long hair and look like they came out of a "Little House on the Prairie" episode is their right. Just as much as its my right as a parent to raise my children as Lutheran's and to go to church every Sunday. We need to realize that we are all in this together.
My hope, as I have written before on this matter, is that this boy bites, kicks, punches every medical professional who gets within 10 feet of him with a needle. I don't care HOW "caring" or "compassionate" they may seem. They are violating his most prized possession.... HIS BODY.