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| Brad Blog Jan 22, 2008 |
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| Monday, 21 January 2008 | |
   
Points on Abortion
Posted by Brad Hirschfield in recognition of the 35th anniversary of Roe vs Wade January 22 Pro-choice advocates are not really pro-choice, they are pro-abortion. If that were not the case, then they and the literature they provide would recommend that women keep their baby/fetus far more often than they do. Pro-life advocates are not really pro-life either; they are pro-unborn babies. How else to account for the high correlation between those who oppose abortion yet support the death penalty? Each side has a code or justice to which it appeals in such strident ways that their positions fail to represent the views of most Americans who consistently say that they are both in favor of allowing women to choose what happens to their own bodies but oppose abortion. That’s not an incoherent position; it simply reflects more nuance than either the right to life crowd or the Planned Parenthood folks can appreciate. Religious folks on each side of this issue thump the Bible to prove that they are right and the other side is wrong instead of admitting that each has a legitimate spiritual response to a very complex issue: one side focusing on the mother and the other side focusing on the baby. Neither side really believes in personal responsibility. Pro-lifers refuse to discuss quality of life as a part of the decision making process and pro-choice supporters are so intoxicated with the right to choose that they will not address the fact that many women make irresponsible choices. The fight is so bitter because both sides are deeply concerned about the sanctity of life and the dignity of every human being. They simply disagree about when the term “human being” applies. But when it does, each side will fight for those they see as most vulnerable: unborn children in case, and women with no place else to go in the other. |
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