Activating The First Amendment

When do rebels overstep their boundaries? Is it when a group of anti-abortion activist believe that they must end abortion by any means necessary, including bombs, guns, knives, arson and kidnapping. What many activist do not understand is that, if a woman arrives to the decision to have an abortion, there is not much that will change her mind. Therefore, the option of a legal abortion should be available to her as it eliminates the chance of an illegal means of discarding her unborn child. Backyard abortions can be extremely dangerous. The high risk of illegal abortions would not be a problem if legal abortions, carried out by professional doctors, were available. Anti-abortionist always refer to abortion as murder, which is not not correct because murder is the act of taking away a life, and abortion doesn't deal with a complete human life, but rather with a fetus. Therefore, no body's life is being taken away as life, since life begins at birth. It is unfair to condemn those who are in favor of abortion because nobody has the right to judge another's choice regarding the issue. For a person to enforce their personal views upon another on the topic and to either force them into agreeing with their viewpoint for or against abortion is an infringement of one's individual rights.

Consequently the first amendment allows a person to the freedom of speech, giving rebels the right to protest whatever they like. But the fact that anti-abortionist think they have the right to use any means necessary to get there point across, even if that means taking away an actual life is sad. Other than the logic behind the fact that they would take away a life to protect a life that is not even in existence is wrong and illegal, it also goes against what they are trying to protect, life. Just because America give its citizens does not mean a person should go around and take away others rights for their own selfish reasons. The Constitution protects factions, but it does not protect felons. For example, Tiller was shot through the eye at close range and killed on May 31, 2009, during worship services at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, where he was serving as an usher and handing out church bulletins. The gunman escaped after threatening to shoot two people who pursued him at first, and fled in a car. Three hours after the shooting, the anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was arrested about 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City. On June 2, 2009, Roeder was charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with the shooting, subsequently convicted in January 2010 on those charges, and sentenced to life without parole for 50 years on April 1st, 2010, the maximum sentence available in Kansas. According to statistics gathered by the National Abortion Federation, since 1977 in the United States, there have been 17 attempted murders, 383 death threats, 153 incidents of assault or battery, and 3 kidnappings committed against abortion providers. Violence directed toward abortion providers has killed at least eight people, including four doctors, two clinic employees, a security guard, and a clinic escort. Property crimes committed against abortion providers have included 41 bombings, 173 arsons, 91 attempted bombings or arsons, 619 bomb threats, 1630 incidents of trespassing, 1264 incidents of vandalism, and 100 attacks with butyric acid ("stink bombs"). The majority of anti-abortion violence has been committed in the United States of America.

Sources

"Anti-abortion Violence - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia." Main Page - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 12 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence.

"Anti-abortion Activists Hold Vigil in Hackensack «." Passaic – Bergen Jewish News. 10 Aug. 2009. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://passaicnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/anti-abortion-activists-hold-vigil-in-hackensack/.