I might be taking a risk here -- but I'm getting on a "conservative soapbox" for just a minute.
One of the basic premises of Obama's speech at Planned Parenthood seemed to be this: conservatism is obsolete ("culture wars are just so nineties!"), progressivism must take its place, and choice is common sense. Virtues such as fidelity and abstinence are good and all, but these are ideals, not reality. Unintended teen pregnancies are a tragedy, an illness, and we need to give girls access to the medicines that will help them get rid of it. Unintended babies are a national health problem, a limitation to our dreams.
My response: Can we seriously be tolerant of a policy that suggests that it is "tragic" for a girl to have to sacrifice her own dream and raise her child, but it is not a tragedy to vacuum a child from its mother's womb? At the heart of "choice" is a demand for freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want. A society that values this false sense of freedom, and a government that encourages (and I fear even enforces) this type of mindset, I believe will never "prosper" (a word Obama also used).
If our government has the power to make policies regarding life, I believe it is not just Obama's mistake, it's a mistake on all of us who tolerate it. I believe we have two dangers on our hands: 1) We have invaded the prerogative of God, who is the creator and sustainer of life, and the One who determines from whence it comes, and 2) we are once again limiting freedom by legislating it. Freedom to pursue your dreams will not come from a set of laws or acts. Regulated freedom is no freedom at all, but rather tyranny in the guise of freedom and choice.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
"Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. A world of automata-- of creatures that worked like machines-- would hardly be worth creating. The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they must be free." -- C.S. Lewis
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According to the Constitution, the federal government should not play any role in the abortion issue. "Liberty is the most important thing, because if we have our liberties, we have our freedoms, we can have our lives" (Ron Paul). And your right Jules, soon the government will not even let us have the freedom, they will enforce. Unfortunately not many people, in particular politicians the ones who represent 'we the people', ignore the value of life. When we stand up to fight for our liberties (which we need to because we are quickly loosing them), we will be able to place the proper value on life again. So please continue to take risks and not only share your thoughts but demand that they are heard!
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