Tea at Trianon: On the “Blueprint for Maryland” and the “Reproductive Freedom Amendment”

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

On the “Blueprint for Maryland” and the “Reproductive Freedom Amendment”

From The Easton Gazette:

Delegate Tom Hutchinson and Laura Bogley of Maryland Right to Life spoke of the Leftist agenda in the Maryland House and Senate and how fixated the Democrats are on keeping abortion as an option until the moment the child is born. Incorporating abortion into the Maryland Constitution through the Reproductive Freedom Amendment will make it impossible for lawmakers to attempt to limit abortion or even to speak against it. The new Amendment may also keep parents from making medical decisions for their children, especially in the case of transgender surgery. Parents and all concerned citizens are urged to spread the word about the dangers of such an Amendment, dangers which go beyond political party to attack our families. According to the Maryland Right to Life website:
The Maryland General Assembly has passed a bill that seeks to amend the Maryland Constitution and create a state fundamental right to ‘reproductive freedom’. The state will ask voters to approve the amendment language on the fall 2024 general election ballot. While the term ‘reproductive freedom’ is yet undefined, there is no question that the amendment would be used to create a fundamental right to late-term abortion for any reason and to suppress pro-life speech and action across Maryland…Contrary to the fear mongering often heard from abortion proponents, women in Maryland are not being threatened with prosecution for seeking abortion nor are they being denied medical intervention for miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. But the state has long forsaken its promise of ‘safe, legal and rare’ abortion, offering women and girls nothing more than unlimited access to abortion. The legislature has gone to such extremes to deregulate the abortion industry that they have removed abortion from the spectrum of healthcare in all ways except funding.
Democrat lawmakers have repealed criminal penalties and statutory restrictions on abortionists and abortion practices. Regulations on abortion clinics and practices are not routinely enforced, including mandatory reporter requirements in suspected cases of rape or sex trafficking. Physicians now serve only a tangential role on paper if at all, either as remote medical directors for abortion clinics or as remote prescribers of abortion drugs. It is important to note that while the term “reproductive freedom” is not defined in Maryland law, the bill sponsors say it would include new rights broader than abortion rights. Some of these new rights may include commercial uses of human embryos and the use of puberty blocking drugs and surgical mutilation of reproductive anatomy- even among children without their parents' consent.
Please stay informed, educate friends and family, and vote against the new Amendment.

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