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Abortion

Another lawsuit to block bans on abortion has been filed. This on is from Kentucky. Religion News Service reports:

3 Jewish women file suit against Kentucky abortion bans on religious grounds

It's the third such suit brought by Jewish organizations or individuals since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, claiming the state is imposing a Christian understanding of when life begins.

Three Jewish women in Kentucky have filed a lawsuit arguing that their religious rights are being violated by a set of state laws that ban most abortions.

The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, is the third such suit brought by Jewish organizations or individuals since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In all three suits — the first in Florida, the second in Indiana — the Jewish plaintiffs claim their state is infringing on their religious freedom by imposing a Christian understanding of when life begins.

Under current Kentucky laws, life begins at the moment of fertilization. Another law bans abortion after six weeks when cardiac activity is first detected.  

Abortion will be on the ballot next month when Kentuckians decide the fate of a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to abortion in the state.

A map of states' sentiments (below) about abortion complied by the New York Times indicates that if the 2022 election in Kentucky has not been subverted by authoritarian Republican election haters, the proposed abortion ban would fail by about 3%.

From the shameless hypocrisy files (or not?)

The Independent writes:

Biden slams ‘socialist Republicans’ for hypocrisy after they asked for money they voted against

‘I didn't know there were that many socialist Republicans’

President Joe Biden on Friday hit out at Republican members of Congress for repeatedly requesting federal funds for projects in their districts when they’d voted against the very bills which had made the funds available to them.

The question is, in light of yesterday's unsettling inquiry here under the heading 'A sobering thought or two', whether one can call this Republican politician's behavior hypocrisy, or is it merely pragmatism in the face of changed circumstances? It seems to be hypocrisy no matter how one analyzes it. And most tellingly from a reason and logic point of view, it looks, walks and quacks like hypocrisy.

Is there a philosopher in the house?