Explosive sentence

In a state with such a morally conservative ideology, it is almost surprising that more women's clinics aren't attacked or seriously threatened; in fact, it seems shocking that this state actually has facilities that perform abortions. However, we do have abortion clinics (at least for the time being) despite some people's varied attempts to shut them down (or blow them up).

Paul Ross Evans plead guilty to an attempted bombing of the Women's Clinic on I-35 around Oltorf. People like Paul make me sick. First of all, his bomb would have killed or at least injured entirely innocent people. How can you even justify that? Secondly, they don't seem to even really understand the fact that our state's foster care is saturated with so many unadopted children, the lower income families are making less money compared to school costs and health care is getting more expensive by the day. In some ways, the abortion clinics are doing a service by preventing these fetuses from ever being born. I don't think it is fair for someone to, with a bomb, make decisions for other people. What is "freedom" or "right" for one person may actually be "slavery" or "wrong" for another. Additionally, killing the physicians and staff because they are murderers is just foolish; taking an eye for an eye only ends with a room full of blind people.

This issue really seems to be a religious argument. Most people who oppose abortions seem to do so based on the Christian faith. The First Amendment gives people the right to practice their religion without fear of persecution, but does not give them the right to force their religion onto others. By killing abortion clinic patients, staff or physicians (not to mention innocent bystanders just passing by), I believe you are forcing your religious views on others.

The sentence Mr. Evans received, in my mind, is reasonable. He won't be released into public until he is of retirement age; that should give him plenty of time to reflect on his concept of justice while he experiences federal prison justice. The Austin American Statesman has more here.