Well the Supreme Court has struck again. As happens way too often, they are absolutely and totally wrong. In this case, they have ruled that you have a Constitutional right to fuel, taxpayer money, and the labor of others. So much for freedom.

At issue here are the rights of a prisoner -- convicted of a crime by a jury of her peers and sentenced to jail time. This woman, who is so confident of her rights that she refused to allow her name to be used in the lawsuit, got pregnant. She then decided that she wanted an abortion -- but she was in prison.

The State of Missouri has decided that they do not want to pay for abortions with taxpayer money. Despite being a prisoner, where one has already violated the laws and rules of society where one loses some rights, a federal judge decided that this woman still had, somehow, a Constitutional right to an abortion.

But that's not all. This is not just about abortion. You see, the prison did not have the ability to give her an abortion. Therefore, the federal judge decided that this woman also had the right to gasoline to provide her a ride to the abortion clinic. AND she had a right to the labor of guards to provide her that transport and security on the trip.

That's just wrong in so many ways. I'd love to see a little more civil disobedience when people are ordered to provide their labor for the "rights" of others. Sorry, people, your rights do not supersede my rights -- and I won't let you take them from me while I still live.

If this ruling is applied across the board, I could demand the taxpayers buy me a printing press. I have a right to freedom of speech, right? Therefore, logically, if the taxpayers do not provide me with a printing press and a staff to run my newspaper, my right to freedom of speech is being violated. That is what this judge and the Supreme Court have ruled.

Damn, where's my country?

Posted by: Ogre at 01:06 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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