Changed from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life
Harsanyi: Abortion debate changing
http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_12454493
“What happens when we can use abortion to weed out the blind, mentally ill, the ugly, or any other any “undesirable” human being?”
“In the United States, a woman can have an abortion for nearly any reason she chooses. In fact, a health exemption for the mother allows abortions to be performed virtually on demand.”
“If you oppose selective abortions, but not abortion overall, I wonder why? How is terminating the fetus because it’s the wrong sex any worse than terminating the fetus for convenience’s sake? The fate of the fetus does not change, only the reasoning for its extinction does.”
About The Author
He changes from self-identifying as “prochoice” to self-identifying as “prolife”, but he’s still stuck in the abortion lobby lie that legal abortion protects women. Which means he still has a long, long way to go.
You are completely right. I have noticed many people using the pro-life label, but are really pro-choice. In this case, the author seems to at least recognize some problems with his past views.
The other day I had a friend describe himself to me as “pro-life” and he even used correct jargon when he described the baby as being a human being from the moment of conception, which was the first time he had ever admitted that. BUT, he went on to describe to says “I am -pro-life personally but believe every woman has a right to choose.” Then he wanted to know who pro-lifers and pro-choicers could find middle group and said that certainly that is what President Obama is calling for. He wanted to know what I think and since I didn’t want to overwhelm him with everything I was thinking at that point, I told him that I would believe that Obama was serious about finding a place of middle ground where we could work together when he stops accepting campaign funding from Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion provider/industry there is. Interesting how the conversation stopped there!
“I am -pro-life personally but believe every woman has a right to choose.”
That has been the line from every Canadian politician I have seen for the past 25 years. That is why we have legalized abortion-on-demand for any reason up until partial-birth paid for by our tax dollars.
People who want middle ground simply don’t get it. How can just a little bit of killing be right?
One thing that has annoyed me for YEARS is the line, “But abortion is only one of MANY important issues”.
Those people don’t get it either. They don’t see that other issues pale in comparison to the bloody massacre of the innocence.