So what should a Catholic reaction to the Alabama abortion ban be?

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I’m pro-life and accept Catholic teaching on abortion.

In addition, I think abortion is inherently evil under any circumstances. (Of course, this says nothing about personal culpability. And this doesn’t mean abortion can’t be a difficult and complicated decision for some people. That an act is evil doesn’t mean it’s always easy to avoid.)

All that said, I almost have a hard time being excited about the new Alabama bill, because I’m seeing so much criticism about it. I don’t know how to sort through the good and the bad. Abortion is an evil, yes. But there will always be women who want abortion. How do we limit abortion? Is the best solution simply to ban all abortion all at once?

Is there a better Catholic response to this law?

I don’t want to sound like I don’t know what I’m talking about — like on social media and so on. For example, I keep seeing things about rape and so on. But are most abortions even due to rape? Maybe there should be a rape exception. I don’t know.
 
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No exceptions. Its shameful that there are people who call themselves Catholic and are reticent on supporting this bill. If the world hates it it’s an indicator that it’s a good thing.
 
Abortion is evil under all circumstances.

But that is different from saying the best way to stop abortion is simply to ban them all.

Catholics don’t argue for outlawing every single thing deemed inherently evil by the Church.
 
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We are talking about taking the life of another human being here, not banning contraception or pornography. Why does this always devolve into the “But we don’t want to have a theocracy in the U.S” argument?
 
I personally fully support and am excited about the ban. I think my position is that abortion simply is not the solution to the problem even in cases of rape. Abortion is an antique solution. Pro-Choice advocates need to support life and find a 21st century solution to the problem rather than continuing to support an archaic one that was discovered well before modern medicine. They need to actually be progressive. Killing children is not progress.
 
We should shout from the rooftops and give glory to God.

Who cares how many people are complaining about it? It’s an amazing thing, working to put an end to the single greatest evil of our age.

Of course the people who are of the world are going to throw a hissy fit. Remember, to those people who live in darkness, the light is unbearable.

Ignore the complainers, pray for them, and give glory to God!
 
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It allows one to be humble and realize maybe one doesn’t have all the answers.

I am a man, after all, and I don’t personally encounter abortion in my life.
 
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It allows one to be humble and realize maybe one doesn’t have all the answers.
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When the question is “should abortion be illegal?” there is only once conceivable answer any faithful Christian can give.

YES!

Don’t listen to the idiots who say you being a man means you don’t get an opinion. We’re dealing with the fundamental right to life. Men and women are both dying in these trenches.
 
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For the girl in the picture, I would tell her that that that child is also her child and that giving the child a future does not prevent her from having one.
 
What if it was your child?

The point is: the answer in the abstract is much different in specific circumstances in life, and so I find it really hard to try to ban all abortions in all circumstances whatsoever. I have no idea what goes on in the lives of every single person alive.

If I had a little girl who was raped like that, I would find it really hard and struggle in my conscience for sure. As I’m sure any decent father would struggle. That doesn’t make abortion any less evil. But it does illustrate the complexity of the issue. Abortion is traumatic. But I could also see it as traumatic if my little girl was forced to go through with a pregnancy because she was beaten and raped.
 
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In your defense, OP, what you’re feeling is the reaction from years and years of persuasive propaganda from powerful organizations…
 
Still the same answer. That would be my grandchild. I don’t give a sh*t who the father was or what he did. That’s my baby’s baby.
 
I’m pro-life. Abortion is inherently evil in every case.

But:

I just don’t fully know as of now I can accept the Alabama law as the best way to proceed. Are they going to help women in poverty? Is the GOP in particular going to fight for alternative methods like adoption and women’s health care? Are they willing to concede to contraception as a lesser evil, considering not every person is going to adhere to traditional Catholics ethics on sex? And so on.
 
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How is contraception an issue? I don’t see Republicans trying to ban it. They just insist that they pay for it yourself.
 
That’s interesting and perhaps courageous and strong of you.

I don’t know if most people would be able to do this, though.
 
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