"This argument is frightening for two reasons . First , it must reject the notion of parental responsibility in order to succeed . Second , in spite of that weakness , people in high places think it 's compelling . Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , writing in the North Carolina Law Review , has admitted that Roe v. Wade was deeply flawed , and instead quoted the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in support of abortion . Women get pregnant , she argued , men do n't . Abortion gives women a shot at equality . She then cited Thompson for support . The responsibility a mother has toward her child supersedes any claim she has to personal liberty . If it does n't , if Thompson 's and McDonagh 's arguments succeed , then release Susan Smith . Release the deadbeat Florida tourists . If parenthood is an act of heroism , if mothers have no moral obligation to the children they bear , if child-rearing is a burden `` above and beyond the call of duty , `` then no child is safe , in the womb or out ."
"Were this true , adoption would be outlawed . The counter arguments to the Violinist Argument do not apply , and in many cases what they assert is false . Very weak ."
"This argument is frightening for two reasons . First , it must reject the notion of parental responsibility in order to succeed . Second , in spite of that weakness , people in high places think it 's compelling . Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , writing in the North Carolina Law Review , has admitted that Roe v. Wade was deeply flawed , and instead quoted the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in support of abortion . Women get pregnant , she argued , men do n't . Abortion gives women a shot at equality . She then cited Thompson for support . The responsibility a mother has toward her child supersedes any claim she has to personal liberty . If it does n't , if Thompson 's and McDonagh 's arguments succeed , then release Susan Smith . Release the deadbeat Florida tourists . If parenthood is an act of heroism , if mothers have no moral obligation to the children they bear , if child-rearing is a burden `` above and beyond the call of duty , `` then no child is safe , in the womb or out ."
"Were this true , adoption would be outlawed . The counter arguments to the Violinist Argument do not apply , and in many cases what they assert is false . Very weak ."