Erika Bachiochi's erudite-sounding defense of a ban on abortion, as the protection of a separate, vulnerable person dependent on the care of its host, fails to consider all the ramifications of unintended pregnancy.
For one, pregnancy may be the result of rape, a brutal tactic often employed in war to dishearten and impair an enemy population. These pregnancies are war crimes akin to the random planting of landmines and the notion that a rape victim has some moral or legal obligation to nurture and complete the intended crime is simply unconscionable.
The originalist argument, that the drafters of the 14th Amendment intended to protect unborn life, is equally flawed. Even if true, and that is disputable, the drafters were all 19th century men, hardly exemplars of those who would protect women's rights.
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