Right On The Right

If something is a right given by a court, not a legislature, and that right is constantly being contested, it's not debateable. That's one guy's view, and the video is telling. Idiot:

Allahpundit at Hot Air has posed a few questions that should be answered about this video. My exit question is simply this: "Is there any reason not to arrest or punish this man?"

I've been having a debate with a friend of mine about whether or not Justice Scalia's recent statements are Conservative or more moderate than we've known Scalia to be. First, in case you missed the comments, FOX News has a brief summary:

WASHINGTON — The Constitution doesn't prohibit abortion any more than it allows it, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says in a television news interview to be broadcast Sunday.

Scalia told CBS News' "60 Minutes" that he may be conservative, but he is not biased on issues that come before the court. "I mean, I confess to being a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases," Scalia said in excerpts released Thursday.

"On the abortion thing, for example, if indeed I were ... trying to impose my own views, I would not only be opposed to Roe versus Wade, I would be in favor of the opposite view, which the anti-abortion people would like to see adopted, which is to interpret the Constitution to mean that a state must prohibit abortion," Scalia told correspondent Lesley Stahl.

"And you're against that?" Stahl asked.

Scalia replied, "Of course. There's nothing" (in the Constitution to support that view).

My friend, in his debate, is saying that the General Welfare Clause of the Constitution gives the government power to ban abortion for society's general welfare (and theoretically levy taxes to pay for the enforcement of the ban). Unfortunately, he's relying on the old liberal argument that the clause grants government power, when in all honesty it's a descriptor that limits power. I think in this case, Scalia is right, and abortion will either need to be handled by individual states banning the practice after the overturning of Roe, or a Constitutional amendment. I'd take either.

Abortion claims the lives of over a million children a year, many the products of casual sex, and a disproportionate number of them within the minority community. A student-run magazine from UCLA did an undercover investigation to see if Planned Parenthood would accept racist money. Via Hot Air, some of the results are disgusting:

You have to ask yourself, why would a multi-million dollar industry that is built entirely on the premise of child death turn down racist money? Why would they turn down any money? The baby-killing lobby is a prime example of the evil in society.

I have this filed under Media Bias because YouTube is a form of media, and they're not afraid of executing their bias by banning videos. They've since rescinded their ban on this video. Hot Air has the story. Check out this great video:

Last Thursday, I received an e-mail from Congressman Boehner's office detailing how the Republican Minority is opposing efforts of the Majority to divert AIDS-prevention funds to abortion groups. They were urging the Democrats to send a clean bill to the President. Here was what the e-mail said:

PEPFAR was crafted in a wholly bipartisan way, demonstrating our shared commitment to fighting the global AIDS pandemic. Unfortunately, that bipartisan accord is in great danger because the Majority is attempting to shift critical PEPFAR funds away from valuable prevention programs and toward international organizations that promote and provide abortions. I will strongly oppose any effort to divert funds dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS abroad to programs that support abortions overseas.

I wanted a few more details before I wrote a post on the story, so I requested a list of organizations that would benefit from the funding. Boehner's folks responded with a list including Global Aids Alliance, Population Action International, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Advocates for Youth, and Interact Worldwide. Planned Parenthood is obviously the most liberal and pro-active when it comes to abortion. I support the Minority's push to stop money from going to these groups.