Reply #30: The Republicans rejected the compromise offer and voted to ban late term abortions, NO EXCEPTIONS... [View All]

and it passed.

Kagan only advised Clinton on offering a compromise to safeguard the mother's health,
....and yes, I would have caved too....
considering that the Republican had such a large majority, and as such rejected
the compromise and went on to pass a ban on late term abortion WITHOUT regards
to the health of the mother.

But I'm curious, what other reason other than the mother's health would someone have
to abort a 6 month old or older fetus? I realize the slippery slope argument,
but still, I do believe that most, even those who support abortion rights, kind of slow down
on that one. Which is precisely why Roe v. Wade left the third trimester issue up to the states to decide. The Republicans were trying to do what they have always wanted to do, leave it up to the Fed, and to leave NO EXCEPTION. Kagan did what she could to keep that from happening, by conceding
that their was a majority to get this passed, and so she advised Clinton to offer up a compromise....
which was turned down anyways, and the only thing that saved Late Term was a veto....which nearly was overidden. You can choose to take chances with such laws....while it appears that Kagan was
advising to do what could be done to save such rights, even if she couldn't get 100%. You in effect are assigning her powers that she did not have, and the sad thing is; you know this by now....
even if you didn't know it initially, because you didn't bother to read the article, just go with the smear.