Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Opinion

John Aloysius Farrell

Abortion, Obama, and Schindler's List

October 17, 2008 05:46 PM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

Hey. I guess I should have waited until after John McCain and Barack Obama had a provocative exchange on abortion in their last debate before writing my post about Catholics and the Democrats.

Who knew their debate would be so revealing? Aside from making the "health" of a mother of parenthetical importance, McCain (and subsequent McCain campaign robocalls) tried to paint Obama as a baby killer.

But here's a column from a conservative Catholic legal scholar, who backs up Obama's argument that the Democratic presidential contender is offering a new approach that might actually lead to fewer abortions.

And to the Catholics who objected to my post the other day and labeled me a handmaiden of evil for suggesting that improving access to birth control and other imperfect solutions are better than taking no action at all, let me ask you this:

Because Oskar Schindler could save only 1,200 Jews by bribing and working with the Nazis during the Holocaust, should he have declined to save any?

Tags: abortion | presidential election 2008 | Barack Obama

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abortion is not matter of choice, or opinion

came on, abortion will be murder no matter in which circumstances is commited any person who promotes it is a murder too.

Interesting Information

I found lots of interesting information on www.usnews.com. The post was professionally written and I feel like the author has extensive knowledge in the subject. www.usnews.com keep it that way.

Post-Abortion Syndrome

These people who claim to be concerned about the health of the mother are frauds, or they have not worked with women who have had abortions and are now suffering mentally, emotionally, and/or physically. There are people in Crisis pregnancy centers who work with these women after they have had abortions due to false information given to them by Planned Parenthood or some other pro-choice organization. Some of these women believe that they had no choice at the time except to have an abortion. Later they often regret that decision. Some can never become pregnant again. Some do get pregnant again, and that is when they realize what they have done and regret it. If you are one of these women, there are loving people who will help you through this crisis, and they are not the pro-choice "counsellors." However, there are Christian counsellors who will help you to find forgiveness and healing.

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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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