![]() ![]() Humanity is being propelled at warp speed into a whole new frontier when it comes to privacy, bodily autonomy, and what it means to be a human being. Nor will it help us navigate the moral, ethical and scientific minefields that await us as technology and humanity move ever closer to a point of singularity. Moreover, no matter how many political band-aids get thrown at abortion by either side, it will not resolve the problem of a culture that values life based on a sliding scale. If we continue to wait for the government to restore our freedoms, respect our rights, rein in its abuses and restrain its agents from riding roughshod over our lives, our liberty and our happiness, then we will be waiting forever. ![]() Unfortunately, we have been dancing with this particular devil for quite some time now. To do so would be to anoint the government with god-like powers and elevate it above the citizenry. Yet those who founded this country believed that what we conceive of as our rights were given to us by God - we are created equal, according to the nation’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence - and that government cannot create, nor can it extinguish our God-given rights. It’s a slippery slope that justifies all manner of violations in the name of national security, the interest of the state and the so-called greater good. If the government - be it the president, Congress, the courts or any federal, state or local agent or agency - can decide that any person has no rights, then that person becomes less than a citizen, less than human, less than deserving of respect, dignity, civility and bodily integrity. Wade has pushed abortion politics front and center at the state level, it has not resolved the larger problem that plagues us today: namely, that all along the spectrum of life - from the unborn child to the aged - the government continues to play fast and loose with the lives of the citizenry. Unfortunately, while the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to overturn Roe v.
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