Federal Judge Lynn Winmill issued a ruling earlier this week in a lawsuit brought by St. Lukes\u2019 Dr. Stacy Seyb. The lawsuit seeks to find a federal constitutional right to perform health abortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Winmill once again ruled in favor of the Abortion Industry, finding that the lawsuit had merit. This must be about the 1000th<\/sup> time that Winmill has ruled in favor of abortion; his record over the past several decades remains hauntingly consistent. In his years on the bench, he has NEVER issued a ruling favoring preborn babies or mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this latest example of his gross bias, Winmill found that Dr. Seyb had a right to a civil trial, despite an astonishing admission by the doctor that he had never actually read the law he is challenging. Seyb also admitted, under oath, that St. Lukes does not provide training to medical staff on the Defense of Life Act or the application of that law provided by Idaho\u2019s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rumors are that Winmill wants to stage a show trial for later this year, in hopes of boosting the \u201cAbortion Always\u201d ballot measure that Planned Parenthood and friends are pushing to get before voters in this year\u2019s General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Winmill\u2019s obstinance goes beyond that. He is a highly educated and skilled jurist. Appointed by Bill Clinton, he is a product of Harvard Law School where he was radicalized into believing that the U.S. Constitution really did protect a woman\u2019s \u201cright\u201d to kill her own child. And he has been fighting for this dark principle throughout his time on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In glossing over the fact that a plaintiff was suing the State over a law he (Dr. Seyb) had not even bothered to read \u2026 Winmill went on to make a superficially reasonable claim about his personal belief that the 14th<\/sup> Amendment ensures a woman\u2019s right to kill her child if her health is threatened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIdaho could not make a mother undergo a bone marrow transplant to save her child,\u201d Winmill opines. \u201cCan it require a pregnant woman to give up her ovaries or her kidneys in the hopes of saving a fetus?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One must admit there is a shallow logic to his claim. Until one digs in a bit deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Undoubtedly, the State of Idaho could not<\/em> compel a mother to participate in a bone marrow donation \u2013 even though it would save the life of her 10 year old son. And even if the procedure represents virtually no threat to the mother\u2019s life or even health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a civilized society, however, one hopes that a mother would gladly undergo such inconvenience and momentary discomfort to save her own child. But one cannot compel love by force of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But then notice the subtle shift in Winmill\u2019s analogy: He claims, by way of analogy, that the State must<\/em> therefore allow the death of this child if Dr. Seyb subjectively believes it is necessary to save the woman\u2019s ovaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, all parties to Winmill\u2019s thought experiment are not equal. In fact, the only way Winmill\u2019s analogy is even to be entertained in polite society is to assume that the \u201cfetus\u201d in jeopardy is of little or no value. Certainly not a human being. And not even of value equal to a woman\u2019s ovaries or kidney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Consider this rephrasing of Winmill\u2019s statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan Idaho require the sacrifice of a ten year old girl in the hopes of saving her mother\u2019s ovaries?\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Such a claim would leave most reasonable aghast at the notion of sacrificing a living, healthy child to accommodate the health needs of another person. (This is the same source of outrage most people experience when reading about the Chinese trade in forced organ harvesting<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n It would seem obvious that the State of Idaho has no legal or moral authority to condemn an innocent child to death for the benefit of another. And certainly, Judge Winmill has no such legitimate power, delusions of grandeur notwithstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is further plain that Judge Winmill does not have the ability to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Dobbs<\/em> \u2013 that abortion is a matter for the states to decide; and that there is no \u201cright\u201d to an abortion under the unambiguous language of the Constitution. Nevertheless, Winmill\u2019s radical ideology drives him to defy the Supreme Court once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, this 73 year old will actually go away. And when he does, it would be a travesty if Planned Parenthood does not fete him with a grand banquet and bestow upon him a lifetime achievement award. Beyond doubt, he continues to earn it. Perhaps the plaque will provide solace when he is held to account by his Creator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Federal Judge Lynn Winmill issued a ruling earlier this week in a lawsuit brought by St. Lukes\u2019 Dr. Stacy Seyb. The lawsuit seeks to find a federal constitutional right to perform health abortions. Judge Winmill once again ruled in favor of the Abortion Industry, finding that the lawsuit had merit. 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