The idea that the Supreme Court is the key to stopping abortion is one of the fundamental flaws in the strategy the pro-life movement has taken. It absolves the executive and legislative branches of their responsiblities.
You do realize that your view is in opposition to the view of respected and learned leaders of the pro-life movement? Americans United For Life senior counsel Clarke Forsythe put it quite simply:
***“There’s no legal or political alternative to overturning Roe V Wade. It must be done. There can be no legal prohibition of abortion without overturning Roe V Wade.” ***
With all due respect, I will trust his view of the political/legal situation over someone posting on an internet thread.
Overturning Roe wouldn’t end legalized abortion anyway…it was legal in many circumstances and in many places before Roe which many people are ignorant of or forget.
Overtuning Roe would be good, but it’s not the endgame many people seem to think it is.
Pax
Seriously, the “
you think overturning Roe V Wade will end all abortions in the country” strawman is getting tiresome. It would be as if I said, "
you Ron Paul folks think a simple thumbs up vote in congress and voila! abortion will end in the country." Unfair right? Once again, overturning Roe V Wade puts the issue to the states where I think we’ll have an easier time dealing with legislatures to outlaw abortion than we would dealing with the federal government. Of course, your narrative about the Sanctity of Life Act is a convenient way to say Ron Paul is the authentic pro-life candidate while questioning others’ as ineffective at best, fraudulent at worst.
You seem to be misunderstanding me. I’ve never said we only need perfect candidates. And I’ve never suggested telling anyone to go to Planned Parenthood.
As far as evangelization goes, I think the reality of Hell needs to emphasized much more both when we speak within the Church and to those currently outside it. If you’re friend was drunk and about to stagger out into the highway would you try to warn/stop him? Or would you bite your tongue because you don’t want to hurt his feelings? Which is the loving thing to do?
Hell exists whether we want to believe in it or not. That reality is part of why I don’t agree with using evils to fight other evils. Murdering the body is a great wrong. Murdering the soul is a greater one.
Pax
Yes, I would make every effort, physically if possible, to keep my friend safe. But I would not say to a teenager, " if you drink and get drunk you’ll kill yourself." That teenager would blow me off, and rightly so. Once again, do we want to be effective? Save lives (and souls) ? Saying “you’re gonna go ta hell, I tell ya!” might make you feel good that you didn’t compromise and are telling it like it is, but your message will fall on deaf ears.
Getting back to my question, if the head of Planned Parenthood came to you and said, Dan, I am not quite where you’re at with wanting to ban
all abortions, but I do think Roe V Wade was the wrong decision and I am ready to speak out against Planned Parenthood and all the evil they do." Would you accept her, in spite of her not being in line with the fullness of the catholic moral teaching on abortion, contraceptives, etc. ?
Ishii
