Oct 01 2008
Quoting Poetically: Barack Obama on Abortion
Credit goes to The Illinois Review for the photo here and the quotations below.
When defending his positions for his reasons for his upholding Roe v. Wade Obama reasoned it was because “…[W]e live in a pluralistic society, and that I can’t impose my religious views on another.”
“… But my opponent’s accusations nagged at me…. If I am opposed to abortion for religious reasons but seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.” - Barack Obama in rebuttal to Senate race opponent Alan Keyes’ opinion of Obama’s voting against the Illinois Born Alive Act from a USA Today op-ed July 10, 2006
Keyes had said during his campaign, “Christ would not stand idly by while an infant child in that situation died…. Christ would not vote for Barack Obama, because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved.”
Do you believe there is such an argument that is valid for one to say that there is no universal law abortion might violate? Please comment.
Wax in good conscience.
Stumble It!
Universal law? Does abortion violate the laws of oneness, vibration, action, etc? No, I don’t believe so. Does banning abortion violate our constitutional freedoms, yes. The freedom of religion grants us each the right to worship whomever we choose even if that is no one. We have to respect each persons right to believe whatever they choose and they have a right to live with the consequences of those choices. An atheist whose governing edict is science deciding whether or not to carry a fetus to term would have different considerations than a Christian. When does life begin? In the medical community a fetus is not viable until it has a substantial chance of survival outside the womb. The general consensus is that occurs at about 28 weeks (however some children have survived after being born at 20-27 weeks gestation). So in deciding whether or not to continue an unwanted pregnancy a fetus in the first trimester may not be considered by many, to be alive at all.
Is that right? I don’t know. Do I agree with it, not necessarily. What am I going to do about it? I am not going to get an abortion. That is my right. I get to say what will happen to my own body and direct my own life. Everyone deserves to be able to say that, whether you, Jesus, or Alan Keyes agree with it or not.
So much emphasis is based on the anti abortion laws but not enough on the thousands of people already o the Earth dying through poverty, neglect and wars..Both issues have to be addressed isn’t it? Interesting post as I like to read different opinions.
Though i do understand why contraception exists as a consiquence of population growth and the lack of readiness of a parent etc., I ideally wish it didn’t have to. The reason I’m pro-life is because I feel stopping any healthy process violates ” healthy” natural law. However, cancer in just as natural as anything but I’d put that in the unhealthy column…. All opinions are welcome here though.
It’s inconceivable to think that Christ expects us to live our lives the same way he lived his as well.
You are welcome for my thorough comment. A thought for future blogs, maybe you shouldn’t pose a question for which you have already decided on the answer.
@bluesistersredstate: Well, I said my opinion in the comments… not the post itself. I never claim that I have all the answers anyway. I support Obama on many issues by the way. And I’m NOT into Palin AT ALL as a leader. Being a nice person doesn’t equate to VP to me.
@skwguitar: Christ expects us to try to be the very best we can be according to the teachings in Bible (I realize not everyone is Christian obviously)…but never is ANYBODY expected to BE perfect, know what I mean? All we can do is do our best.
I don’t think Christ would be running for office for one thing. He would be doing today just as he did then, ripping the leaders of every kind for their hypocrisy, lack of compassion, and arrogance.
I think he would caution not to worry about the politicians and their laws. “People” do not have abortions, a person does. I don’t recall Jesus railing against the government for allowing prostitution. I do recall him ministering to prostitutes.