If voting republican doesn't change Abortion laws, then why vote Republican?

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This is for single issue voters.

If voting republican doesn’t change Abortion laws, then why vote Republican?

Why vote for a candidate simply because he is pro-life when doing so doesn’t change anything?
 
They’re mostly talk, but at least they don’t push for more abortion and other sinful things the Dems by and large do. So I would say it’s better to have people who talk but don’t do anything than people who talk about pushing sin and then actually follow through with it. But as an off topic aside, I’ve been wanting the Conservative Christian States to secede for a while now. Think about it. The South had abortion illegal and it was forced on us. Same sex “marriage” illegal and it was forced on us. It’s never going to stop.
 
The Democratic Agenda is in many ways the Satanic Agenda.
 
IWantGod said:
This is for single issue voters.

If voting republican doesn’t change Abortion laws, then why vote Republican?

Why vote for a candidate simply because he is pro-life when doing so doesn’t change anything?
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What would you consider doing something to change it?
 
What makes you think it doesn’t change the laws? Who do you think helps pass the bills that are pro-life friendly? Bills that make late term abortions illegal, or bills that require parents of minors be notified; I doubt it’'s the majority of democrats who help pass pro-life bills, and I doubt it’s the majority of republicans that help to defeat pro-life bills.
 
I was most certainly a single issue voter. Things have changed. Clinics are closing, PP has been run out of areas they were in before. Babies have been saved.
 
i am largely a single issue voter

i abandoned the republican party long ago for a variety of reasons

the hypocritical lip-service they give to the pro-life agenda being the biggest reason…

the only reason to vote republican is because (at least) they largely favor a pro-life Supreme Court
 
IWantGod said:
This is for single issue voters.

If voting republican doesn’t change Abortion laws, then why vote Republican?

Why vote for a candidate simply because he is pro-life when doing so doesn’t change anything?
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Certainly, there are Republicans out there who pay lip service to pro-life issues but don’t follow through.

However, a mistake I see often made in these discussions is ignoring the myriads of incremental laws. There is lots of legislation that cuts both ways on the abortion issue beyond the larger “abortion is legal for all 9 months of pregnancy for whatever reason and by any means” vs. “abortion is illegal for all 9 months of pregnancy for whatever reason and by any means.”

Pro-choice advocates often seek to undermine crisis pregnancy centers. Pro-life advocates seek legislation in regards to parental consent, mandatory ultrasounds prior to abortions, insisting that abortion facilities live up to the codes required of other medical facilities, banning certain types of abortion procedures, and on and on.

So, it’s generally not helpful to make blanket and hyperbolic statements like “Republicans never do anything to stop abortion, therefore I don’t even need to consider a candidate’s stance on abortion in making my voting decisions.” It’s not that black and white. You have to look at each individual candidate and see what types of legislation they support that will help or hurt in regards to abortion.

Yes, abortion is still legal, but access can be more or less restricted. And that comes down to the politicians. The Republicans (as a whole) don’t always have the best track record on the issue. But it is undeniably better than the record of the Democrats (as a whole). Individual politicians will vary.
 
brian_custer said:
i am largely a single issue voter

i abandoned the republican party long ago for a variety of reasons

the hypocritical lip-service they give to the pro-life agenda being the biggest reason…

the only reason to vote republican is because (at least) they largely favor a pro-life Supreme Court
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I have found that most democrats who support their party of death do so because of single issue important to them.

Unfortunately most seem to adopt and defend all of the other pro death parties agenda in the process.
 
dmelosi said:
I have found that most democrats who support their party of death do so because of single issue important to them.

Unfortunately most seem to adopt and defend all of the other pro death parties agenda in the process.
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The GOP is the pro-death party: no respect for life once the baby’s born.
 
Because we have a moral obligation to limit evil as best we can. And usually the Republican candidate has a more moral platform than the Democratic one.

Even a pro-life candidate who doesn’t do what they say they will is better than a pro-choice one who will do exactly as they say they will.

But I am greatly annoyed with all those who use the pro-life stance just to get elected and are pro-life in name only. That is not right.
 
EmeraldOak said:
Because we have a moral obligation to limit evil as best we can. And usually the Republican candidate has a more moral platform than the Democratic one.

Even a pro-life candidate who doesn’t do what they say they will is better than a pro-choice one who will do exactly as they say they will.

But I am greatly annoyed with all those who use the pro-life stance just to get elected and are pro-life in name only. That is not right.
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I agree, but not sure who this would specifically apply to.
 
Because, realistically, a third party can’t win, and the democrats actively promote abortion.
 
dmelosi said:
Instead of saying such a blanket statement that means little, do you have a specific thing to talk about?
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Self-explanatory: no safety net for families choosing life.

Pro-death penalty
Pro-war
Pro-“death panels”
Pro-“white national”

So much death and killing in the GOP.
Tired of hearing the GOP held up as the “pro-life” Gold Standard.
 
randomuser said:
Self-explanatory: no safety net for families choosing life.

Pro-death penalty
Pro-war
Pro-“death panels”
Pro-“white national”

So much death and killing in the GOP.
Tired of hearing the GOP held up as the “pro-life” Gold Standard.
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You are letting your hate get in the way of your judgement.

The only one in the list with any truth is the pro-death penalty. I happen to believe what the church teaches about that.

The pro-death panel is something the democrats are pushing, as evident with the recent England infant.

The other two comments are simply silly.
 
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