Only
some science gets ignored. When it comes to abortion, there are all
kinds of “scientific” ideas about when life begins. But that’s
not why the right has it wrong. There are all kinds of biblical and
spiritual interpretations about what God intended regarding abortion.
But that’s not why either. There are even zealots who use altered
audio/video concoctions to defraud unsuspecting good-hearted people.
But that’s not why. And there is no shortage of “gross out”
verbiage and footage depicting the horror of abortion. But that is
also not why.
The
right has it wrong because they are seeking to force an anti-abortion
belief system on millions of people to the detriment of those
peoples’ other healthcare needs, and without regard for the reality
that they don’t get to decide what other people believe. America
was founded on peoples’ religious (or atheistic) and political
freedoms to make their own choices.
A
recent concept posits a difference between ‘Pro Life’ and ‘Pro
Birth.’ The former being a societal commitment to provide
sustenance to the lives of those who are born; the latter being just
get them born—society’s responsibility ends in the delivery room.
The Right’s reputation for wanting to cut away safety nets speaks
to a ‘Pro Birth’ mindset. A true conservative would feel a
political
responsibility to conserve and protect the lives of children with
sustenance programs. Instead poverty burdens one of every four or
five American children. It takes a village, and it takes a
government. Whatever happened to ‘Pro Life?”
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