Obviously you are not on the same side of the political spectrum as the unborn. Most of us who are do indeed consider ourselves to be true believers. Your post is meant to degrade a certain segment of society, but I consider it a priviledge to be pro-life and on the same side as Sarah, the unborn, the elderly, and pro-lifers.
Who is we? Sarah got enough issues within her own party BTW. Like I said before though, she is a great spokesperson, but thats about it.
I recently discontinued financial support for a well-know world-wide organization that I had great respect for, until I found out that it supports abortion on demand, as a “women’s rights” issue.
What’s the point? Let see. As Estesbob pointed out, On George W. Bush’s first day in office he reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally put in place by Ronald Reagan and struck down by Clinton. The Mexico City Policy blocked tax dollars from going to international family planning groups that offer abortion or abortion counseling. This was struck down again by Obama in his first week as president.
Bush was a pro-death president by all accounts, he had little to no actual control on abortions other then grandstanding things like the Partial birth bill, he also embarked on a papal declared unjust war. In fact there are statistics showing that abortions were on the rise in the middle of his terms.
The role of the president in controlling abortion is very restricted. Given the Supreme Court rulings the limitations that can be placed on abortions are minor - which is not to say they aren’t important nonetheless. Take the partial birth abortion controversy. Most people are appalled by the procedure and those who supported the procedure lost ground over their dogged support of it. It is perhaps true that it had a negligible effect on the number of abortions but that’s not all that’s involoved. There is the “hearts and minds” battle going on as well and, in that battle, the fight over the legality of partial birth abortion was damaging to the pro-abortion side.
I agree. As you probably know, the pro-Democrat argument made by some prolife folks is that Democratic policies will cause there to be fewer abortions, while Republican policies lead to more abortions. I’m not sure this is true, myself. But it’s certainly true that expecting a President to end abortion by fiat is naive. I have no reason to doubt Bush’s sincerity in the pro-unborn-life cause. I doubt his commitment to a “culture of life” across the board. But if I had been voting in 2004, I would have voted for Bush (with immense reluctance), and if I had been voting last year, I would have voted for McCain. In both cases almost entirely because of abortion.
I agree.
I don’t follow this at all. I don’t doubt Palin’s sincerity, but it seems to me that her prolife stance has been a very profitable political calculation for her. It was certainly the reason I was favorably disposed toward her at first, until I realized that nearly everything else about her (viewing her simply as a public figure and possible President of the country in which I live–this is not a personal judgment) was repellent.
The unborn are not on the political spectrum.
Exactly. The unborn do not have any say so in anything. That is why we must support anyone who gives us the best chance of saving any of the babies.
But in reality they diont stick their heads in the sand. they use the alleged evil those who support life as an excuse to vote for pro-abortion canidates. For a non-Catholic this is more understandable(but still not acceptable) as they do not have the advantage of the guidance of the Church
If you don’t doubt her sincerity then how can you at the same time say that her pro-life stance is a “political calculation?” Dislike her how you will but this charge is without any merit. What evidence is there that this is merely a clever political maneuver? Her decision not to abort her Down Syndrome child? Her teenage daughter’s decision not to abort her illegitimate child? Most politicians talk about this issue as it affects others. Palin faced the choices other women faced; her choices and her position were not theoretical. If you know of another politician who better exemplifies “walking the walk” than Palin, point him out. I’m sure there are many other reasons for disliking her but don’t denigrate her anti-abortion stance; that is undeserved.
In some Asian cultures both women and baby are killed if pregnancy occurs outside of marriage, for example in the case of honour killing. By picking on the weakest, abortion puts women at risk and could lead to more killing of women aswell as the killing of the disabled.