Another Reason to Oust Senator Cornyn

I wrote earlier this week about the duplicity of republican candidates who claim the “pro-life” position and I made the argument that this was nothing more than a cheap trick to consolidate political power. Sure enough these old tricks are being redeployed over and over again in order to further their political power. This time Sen. Allard introduced abortion politics into a congressional budget resolution.

Our very own Texas Senator John Cornyn was chomping at the bit to vote in favor of this repeatedly abusive and moronic legislative amendment (ex: giving SCHIP health insurance coverage to embryos and fetuses, whilst all the while excluding pregnant women).

Senator Cornyn voted party line with his republican party to attach abortion politics into this congressional budget resolution. Thankfully, the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected this kind of legislation.

Are we ever going to wise up and vote out senators like John Cornyn who exploit these socially and morally divisive issues for political gain? Heaven’s to Betsy, I sure hope so.

Well, the criminal who is executed has forfeited his right to life. The innocent fetus has not commited any crime to merit death, hardly duplicitous.

The issue is not simply about the quality (innocent or guilty) of the life taken but it’s also about the act of making that judgment in the first place. As a society we have already make judgments about who lives and who dies (and we are not always right).

Also, I am suggesting that if you say you are morally opposed to abortion and are “pro-life” for nothing more than consolidating political power - then that is duplicitous.