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No there are certain things that need to be set federally and the separation of church and state is becoming very muddy. Especially since it's very white Christian right conservatives. I have many friends of many faiths and they would say that the US is becoming a white christian country instead of accepting all religions and making politics separate from religion.
I'm not very religious but I'm terrified by what i see and read about the politics becoming christian. That the christian values and beliefs are the only ones that matter. For Kork, I have a friend who is mormon and she's taught her children they have a different bible than regular christian. They moved to texas recently and she hates it. She said that many people assume since they are white they are "christian" then they find out mormon and are judged quite a bit about their "bible". What happened to religious freedom?
Another friend is moving there but since they look and are muslim it's a different boat. They will live in the Houston so it's fine but outside it might a bit of an issue to be muslim.
Let's not get started on transgender rights or the poly relationship. Right now the government I think is moving way to far to the religious right of one type instead of accepting all religion. I don't know how it'll end.
And yes abortion is eugenics. You know what else is? Aborting because you were told you have down syndrome and other abnormalities. I have multiple friends who have aborted in the first trimester especially since you can not tell by CVT by 9 weeks. Personally? I would have as well. When we thought we were pregnant a third time accidentally and I was older, I wanted tested to immediately know and I told (not asked) my husband the line in the sand was X, Y, Z. We did not have a third it didn't stick but I was very firmly in the camp of not taking a chance. I had 2 kids and I did not want a handicap child. And I know MANY MANY more like myself, including multiple women who did have an abortion because of testing. I also know people who selectively picked "healthy" embroys from IVF because you can test before implantation for genetic mutations.
All of these women/families chose to have healthy children. They made a conscious decision. I know a woman who have close to 1/2 abortions/miscarriages because genetic testing revealed problems. She had two and finally accepted they weren't meant to have a large family. So no it's not an easy choice but at least it is a choice.
By pretty much tossing abortions back to the states - there will be women who are "rich" and will have early genetic testing and they will want to have an abortion because they are 40 years old and told they have a baby with down syndrome. What will once be hidden will no longer be. You know the rate of down syndrome now almost gone because of prenatal testing and parents choosing to terminate. There will be big financial implications since families can't terminate at will.
I'm not very religious but I'm terrified by what i see and read about the politics becoming christian. That the christian values and beliefs are the only ones that matter. For Kork, I have a friend who is mormon and she's taught her children they have a different bible than regular christian. They moved to texas recently and she hates it. She said that many people assume since they are white they are "christian" then they find out mormon and are judged quite a bit about their "bible". What happened to religious freedom?
Another friend is moving there but since they look and are muslim it's a different boat. They will live in the Houston so it's fine but outside it might a bit of an issue to be muslim.
Let's not get started on transgender rights or the poly relationship. Right now the government I think is moving way to far to the religious right of one type instead of accepting all religion. I don't know how it'll end.
And yes abortion is eugenics. You know what else is? Aborting because you were told you have down syndrome and other abnormalities. I have multiple friends who have aborted in the first trimester especially since you can not tell by CVT by 9 weeks. Personally? I would have as well. When we thought we were pregnant a third time accidentally and I was older, I wanted tested to immediately know and I told (not asked) my husband the line in the sand was X, Y, Z. We did not have a third it didn't stick but I was very firmly in the camp of not taking a chance. I had 2 kids and I did not want a handicap child. And I know MANY MANY more like myself, including multiple women who did have an abortion because of testing. I also know people who selectively picked "healthy" embroys from IVF because you can test before implantation for genetic mutations.
All of these women/families chose to have healthy children. They made a conscious decision. I know a woman who have close to 1/2 abortions/miscarriages because genetic testing revealed problems. She had two and finally accepted they weren't meant to have a large family. So no it's not an easy choice but at least it is a choice.
By pretty much tossing abortions back to the states - there will be women who are "rich" and will have early genetic testing and they will want to have an abortion because they are 40 years old and told they have a baby with down syndrome. What will once be hidden will no longer be. You know the rate of down syndrome now almost gone because of prenatal testing and parents choosing to terminate. There will be big financial implications since families can't terminate at will.
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