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Simple vs. complicated is a red herring.
@redbetta and @goout see simplicity in the association of abortion with sexual liberty. While it is true that chastity and continence would in principle eliminate the need for birth control and abortion, this is not likely to be a successful approach in today’s world. Something more is needed. What could that be?
@HarryStotle, @GiftofMercy, and others see life as the essential issue, and I am much closer to that way of thinking. More precisely, the primary good is love/charity, and respect for life stems from that.
@HarryStotle was the first in this thread to use the word complicated. I took care not to use that word, since I agree that abortion is not inherently complicated.
I wrote about understanding. Why do so many people support the institution of abortion? It’s not because they want babies to die. It’s not because they fail to see that life is a good thing. They support abortion because they desire some other good. Understanding the good that they seek is a first step toward convincing them that life is a greater good.
In my previous post, I listed a few of the goods that people sometimes seek in preference to the life of a baby. Many of these are very powerful and compelling goods, like education, career, financial security, and respect. In todays culture, liberty also counts as a great good.
So the challenge, as I see it, is to win hearts, that is, to end abortion by convincing people that the baby in the womb is loved and that its life is worth more than all these other things. I think the best, most promising pro-life efforts today work along these lines, often at the local community and person-to-person level.
@redbetta and @goout see simplicity in the association of abortion with sexual liberty. While it is true that chastity and continence would in principle eliminate the need for birth control and abortion, this is not likely to be a successful approach in today’s world. Something more is needed. What could that be?
@HarryStotle, @GiftofMercy, and others see life as the essential issue, and I am much closer to that way of thinking. More precisely, the primary good is love/charity, and respect for life stems from that.
@HarryStotle was the first in this thread to use the word complicated. I took care not to use that word, since I agree that abortion is not inherently complicated.
I wrote about understanding. Why do so many people support the institution of abortion? It’s not because they want babies to die. It’s not because they fail to see that life is a good thing. They support abortion because they desire some other good. Understanding the good that they seek is a first step toward convincing them that life is a greater good.
In my previous post, I listed a few of the goods that people sometimes seek in preference to the life of a baby. Many of these are very powerful and compelling goods, like education, career, financial security, and respect. In todays culture, liberty also counts as a great good.
So the challenge, as I see it, is to win hearts, that is, to end abortion by convincing people that the baby in the womb is loved and that its life is worth more than all these other things. I think the best, most promising pro-life efforts today work along these lines, often at the local community and person-to-person level.
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