"You Down with A.C.B.? Yeah, you know me..."

 Who's Down with A.C.B?  (apologies to Naughty by Nature, but the cultural shift has begun...)

It's long past time for the cultural re-balancing with more respect for sexual intercourse and the primary reproductive process for life.  Ladies, we're not living in your Grandma or Boomer mother's days, when being caught "pregnant" was something that Bad Girls were stigmatized for.

All of us with mandatory sexual education in public schools have been taught where babies come from, and how to prevent unplanned pregnancies.  AIDS in the 1980s changed the idea that sex could be without consequences for both parties, just for "fun".

We also must accept, in some States in our union, that the third party -- the growing baby in the womb that indeed develops into a life of its own if not interferred with -- will have rights recognized under the law too.  Society in some places is like that:  they will outlaw medical procedures that take the life of a growing citizen.

Choice begins BEFORE conception.  And yes, I understand too, some women do not want to bear an imperfect, potentially disabled child.  Then you really can't conceive, or you must travel to places that would permit you to take the life of an innocent, if you find yourself in such a situation and refuse to bear an imperfect child, give it up -- after birth -- for legal adoption, or decide you don't want to bear the consequences of your actions.

P in V sex, with ejaculation inside the woman, can create a new life.  This isn't a woman's choice... after conception, there are three parties who have stakes under the law:  the man who seeded the child, the woman who is incubating it, and the child growing and developing inside the woman.

Culturally, Hollywood has told us, "Sex is for fun.  Sex is free!  Sex is consequence-less!"  Look around and tell me if you think that is true... The results are in.  Societies that respect life, even the most vulnerable in our elderly and unborn, disabled and imperfect -- still exist.  We never all bought into what Hollywood and the entertainment businesses were selling...

States have the duty, under the Constitution to protect the health and safety and welfare of their own.  Some will outlaw medical procedures that take the life of another, some will not. 

We won't be returning to the days of back alley, coat hangar abortions, done out of shame and secrecy.  That's the danger of having 87-year-old Justices imposing their outdated remembrances and fearful views on the country.

But... we will see many more Downs' Syndrome citizens, especially if older mothers continue to have sexual intercourse without contraceptive protection.  More adoptions of these children, more disability paid to care for them.  Not in every State, but in many.

Fear not.  Benjamin Coney Barrett, like Trig Palin, won't be hidden away in institutions.  They will be accepted as full and equal members of the American family in many places.  Whether you like that idea or not, the cultural re-balancing has already begun...

"Who's Down with A.C.B.?"