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Well said, Professor!
Thank you so much for making this point.
May we all continue learning how to more effectively urge pro-abortion-choice individuals to simply value human life, even as we respect the sacrifices that must be made by mothers (and fathers) to allow their sons and daughters to be born instead of killed.
Everything comes into focus when we grasp the concept that each human being has a right to life from conception to natural death.
Reducing the number of abortions is good of course, but our goal lies beyond that. Thanks for reminding us.
Bravo, Frank! As long as the unborn lack legal protection, every reduction in the number of abortions is essentially adventitious–a real gain in lives saved, but not something that can be built upon, and vulnerable to sudden reversal as “choices” dictate. And of the advocates of “safe, legal, and rare” abortions, one wants to ask, if it’s a matter of moral indifference, why does it need to be rare?
Excellent argument with a true premises and a sound conclusion. “’Reducing the number of abortions’ could occur in a regime of law in which this principle of justice is denied…” There are two options. Either a person can pay attention to the quantity of embryos destroyed (too many) or to the substance of the embryo (human). I prefer the second option.
“while the culture drifts further away from the prolife perspective and the law becomes increasingly unjust” is kind taking the wind out our sails or making us mindlessly get with his pro-abortion program and drop our guard.
The lie is so subtle and the compromise requested appears so minute, but the goal is to desensitize the nation to the ignomy of murdering a fetus.
It is reminiscent of that incident at Eden. Indeed, the evil one is the father of all lies. Thank you professor for speaking the truth.
This is the same argument Lincoln made in a speech in Norwich Ct in 1860, see an excerpt at http://umbl0g.blogspot.com/2009/02/lincolns-speech-on-slavery-in-norwich.html
God is good
jpu
Excellent! I am going to email this article to some of my “Catholic’ relatives/Obama supporters,
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