Why should we reduce the need for abortion?
May 23, 2009 Five Non-Negotiable Issues, Obama Administration
It’s always a fascinating practice to take a look at the public relations job politicians do on the campaign trail. It’s always a challenge in a job where living in the gray might give you a chance on issues that are black and white, if only because it appears that you are both sides. When it comes to abortion it seems that there are two positions:
- Pro-life: mostly or completely against abortion. (I lump in mostly because there are politicians who want to make exceptions for rape/incest, which I believe is wrong, but they are otherwise on target.)
- Those that believe that abortion is a personal choice, but they want to reduce the need for abortion.
This begs the question: if there is nothing wrong with abortion, why would we waste our time and effort to reduce the need for it? Clearly the politician does find something wrong with abortion or they would simply throw the issue out with the trash. Next time you get the opportunity to confront one of these abortion reductionist politicians, ask them why they are even bothering. The answer could be quite interesting.
Welcome to True Hope, True Change
Jan 26, 2009 Site News
I welcome to you to a new incarnation of my political thoughts and rants. If you followed any of it or anything else over at my main blog, hangingontonothing.com/blog/, you know that these posts were lost in the shuffle of posts with Flames and Twins news, purely pro-life news (unrelated to politics), personal information, and my favorite web sites, software, or computer tricks.
In an effort to keep both trains of thought in a purer form, and easier to follow, I begin a new effort here at True Hope, True Change. Any of you who know me know that there are a few ideas built into this name:
1. We will never improve anything by marginalizing the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit.
2. We have very little true hope for positive change in this country if we continue to kill our own children, our own sick, and our own elderly.
Politics is only one small, unreliable vehicle for achieving the common good in this lifetime, the goal of which is to enable everyone free will to choose that which will lead them to eternal life or eternal damnation. This surely is not my own wisdom, but that which has been given to me by God, through my family (especially my parents and my wife), my friends, my priests, my books and other media, and even my children.
I thank you for stopping by — likely from my Facebook page or from my other blog — and I hope that you will offer feedback, subscribe to my RSS feed, and stop back often.
God bless you, and may God bless my efforts here at True Hope, True Change.
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