Can Obama Work to Reduce Abortion Demand Without Judging Morality of Abortion?
By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country
As it has met with dozens of abortion-rights supporters and opponents in recent weeks to collect ideas for a "common ground" approach on abortion and related reproductive issues, the Obama administration has emphasized that it intends to avoid influencing women's decisions about whether or not to have an abortion.
According to the groups involved, the White House is looking for ways to help pregnant women who want to carry their pregnancies to term without pressuring women to make that choice. This is what Obama aides mean when they insist that they're working to "reduce the need for abortion," as opposed to reducing abortions per se. The approach absolves the White House of having to make a judgment about the propriety of abortion. It leaves that decision to individual women.
But in articulating a goal of reducing the need for abortion, hasn't the White House already made a judgment about its undesirability? "Let us work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions," Obama said in his recent speech at the University of Notre Dame. Why reduce the number of women seeking abortions if there's nothing wrong with the procedure?
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Can Obama Work to Reduce Abortion Demand Without Judging Morality of Abortion?
Your question belies the misunderstanding that too many pro-life people have about the pro-choice position. Most pro-choice advocates I know are NOT abortion advocates. Many see abortion as something they would not do, based on their morals. Nonetheless, they still see another moral imperative is leaving that difficult moral decision to the people closest to the situation, not to the government. After following the Barack Obama's words and actions for several years, It appears clear to me that he recognizes the moral implications of abortion and that he is not IN FAVOR of abortion, but he is in favor of women and those around them making that decision.
Again, the pro-choice position is not usually for the promotion of abortion. Many people who are pro-choice are also against abortion. Some times moral issues are decided between two evils or between two virtues.
Let us work together to reduce.....
"Let us work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions," Obama said in his recent speech at the University of Notre Dame.
That is a step in the right direction.
An unborn child is the least of our people. They are weak, poor, innocent, defenseless, and fragile. They are completely dependent upon our love and mercy. They are the least of our people in American.
At more than 1.3 Million American abortions a year this is an important topic. Deaths from abortion is greater than all other deaths in America (reference Center for Desease Control and Prevention counts). Simply put more Americans die each year from Abortion than from Aids, Heart Disease, Cancer, Accidents, and all other causes of death.
At more than 45 Million American abortions in 36 years since 1973 this topic is an important topic of respect for every human life.
These unborn children are being ignored. When was the last time the the news media, politician, or anyone told you the count for how many babies were aborted today in American. We talk about all the other news (health care, aids, cancer, economy, 911, murders, deaths in Iraq, and etc... You know all the news and stats for these events.This is not to reduce the importannce of that news but we should stop hiding the Truth about abortion.
In America we averages more than 3800 unborn American babies that die to abortion a day.
Did you know, In just one year there are more unborn American babies (more than 1.3 Million) that die than all the Americans that have died in all our wars (less than 1.2 million).
Did you know, In just 35 years that America has killed more unborn babies in American than Hitler killed in all his concentration camps.
All Human Life is equally important.
Please promote respect for every human life.
Please don't promote violence against the unborn defenseless children of America.
Please protect the least of God's people.
Abortion is war against Life and Love.
Please help encourage Human Life and Love.
Quote: What you do to the least of my people you do to me.
May the Love, Peace, Mercy, and Grace of God be with each of you.
May God Have Mercy on America!
Nice purse Dennis of FL!
Dennis of FL, you wrote "Why not let the people who abortion affects the most vote on the law." That would be the unborn babies. If you choose to buy into the lie that the abortion debate is about choice then your argument makes some sense. But it is not about choice. I get no choice in funding overseas abortions. I get no choice in my taxes going to Planned Parenthood. The pro-choicers would like to see to it that physicians are not allowed to choose to refuse to do an abortion. No this debate comes down to the inherant worth of human life and we all have a stake in that. Apparently your another man who has been so emasculated by modern feminism that feel you are not even allowed an opinion about this fundamental issue.
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