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

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And you made a comparison to war, which is not a male body issue. War impacts both genders. Combatant or not.
 
A) For one thing, “soon” could be next second or next era for all we know.
B) How does it practically apply? We are already supposed to be prepared. Christ did not intend to let us know with any margin at all when He is coming. We must do as much good as we can in the present, which includes stopping abortion. If we do that, we may hope that He will be pleased with us at His coming.
 
However only women can carry children… and only the women are legally alive to be impacted.
 
The state. Those are the two conditions that The Summa uses to say which vices should be prohibited by the state.
 
Aquinas11 said:
According to this logic:

Murder is an evil. But there will always be people who want to murder. Is the best solution to ban all murder at once?

Rape is an evil. But there will always be people who want to rape. Is
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Heresy is intrinsically evil, but there will always be people who are heretics. Is the best solution to outlaw heresy once for all?

Apostasy is evil, but there will always be people who are apostates. Is the best solution to outlaw apostasy?

You see, unless you believe that all intrinsic evils must be outlawed, you necessarily agree that there is a qualification attached to the principle that intrinsic evils must be outlawed. What is that qualification?
 
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From a Catholic standpoint, if it saves some babies, that’s good.

From a legal standpoint, I always thought this issue should have been left to the states in the first place.
 
Disagree. If people would stay out of each other’s business to the extent it doesn’t impact them the world would would be a better place.
 
The church teaches that BOTH are taken care of to the best of the ability of medical science. The baby may have to be delivered early, but can be delivered safely.
 
Sin is social - so staying out of others business to the extent it doesn’t impact them - well actually it does impact them.
CCC#1869 "Thus sin makes men accomplices of one another and causes concupiscence, violence, and injustice to reign among them. Sins give rise to social situations and institutions that are contrary to the divine goodness. “Structures of sin” are the expression and effect of personal sins. They lead their victims to do evil in their turn. In an analogous sense, they constitute a “social sin.”

and in POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION RECONCILIATION AND PENANCE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON RECONCILIATION AND PENANCE IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH TODAY
"The mystery of sin is composed of this twofold wound which the sinner opens in himself and in his relationship with his neighbor. Therefore one can speak of personal and social sin: From one point of view, every sin is personal; from another point of view, every sin is social insofar as and because it also has social repercussions. " plus a whole section on personal and social sin beginning at #16
 
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only the women are legally alive to be impacted.
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That is cold. My daughter was very much alive at 7 weeks when we heard her heart beat the first time.

At one time slaves were not legally people. So I guess that justified the hardships and deaths they endured.
 
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Ana_v said:
You see, unless you believe that all intrinsic evils must be outlawed, you necessarily agree that there is a qualification attached to the principle that intrinsic evils must be outlawed. What is that qualification?
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Those evils should be outlawed which are binding not just on Catholics but on all humans.
 
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