Abortion
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Carolyn posted a comment to a
post of some months back that I did on the death penalty. She questioned the lack of concern over the millions and millions of "death penalties" that have been handed down over the past years by women aborting their babies.
Carolyn certainly brings up an interesting point--the courts have created a dictatorship of the woman over anything pertaining to her body. But I think most people would consider that "dictatorship" a right. I believe we have rights that the government should not infringe upon which gives us an aspect of dictatorship over that area of our lives. The right of privacy, which, if memory serves, is the one that was used in Roe v. Wade to grant abortions, is a hotly contested right.
I have for the most part refrained from posting on abortion, homosexual marriage, among others because I don't know that there is a
right position.
I'm not a moral relativist. And I would describe myself as a pro-life conservative. But the question is when does life begin? Babies are viable outside of the womb as early as 20 weeks, I believe, so life certainly begins before then. Some insist that life begins at conception. Scientifically and politically, I don't know that I could go that far back. Personally, that's when I believe life begins.
So how do I reconcile my personal belief with what I think is viable politically or verified scientifically? That's my quandary. I'll probably expend several posts exploring this as well as other subjects in the coming days.
Comments, as always are greatly appreciated.
Posted by Dean
at 11:40 PM CDT