Abortion II

The Gaffer · 06-06-2011, 04:18 AM

Thanks Val, very interesting. I'm glad you disagree agreeably...

I think you are right about Reagan personally being genuinely pro-life, although there may be a qualifier to that, as we've already discussed. Are there currently fewer abortions being carried out as a result of his, Dubya's or the Republicans' efforts? Perhaps. But the mere fact that it is hard to say for sure could be seen as a pretty damning indictment of their efforts.

(You'll have guessed already that my view is that the Christian right in America has been sold a pup by the Republicans for the last 30-odd years.)

Of course, with Reagan there was an interesting twist to that issue latterly, in stem cell research: poor old Nancy got binned because she was making noises that didn't fit the voter-friendly mantra.

Re: the US having other problems if abortion were banned, yes of course, and not just from botched back-street jobs. But I don't think they constitute much of a pro-choice argument, if you believe that abortion is murder.

(I am so glad that I don't. It would be terrible to live with that.)

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06-06-2011, 04:18 AM	#10
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Thanks Val, very interesting. I'm glad you disagree agreeably... I think you are right about Reagan personally being genuinely pro-life, although there may be a qualifier to that, as we've already discussed. Are there currently fewer abortions being carried out as a result of his, Dubya's or the Republicans' efforts? Perhaps. But the mere fact that it is hard to say for sure could be seen as a pretty damning indictment of their efforts. (You'll have guessed already that my view is that the Christian right in America has been sold a pup by the Republicans for the last 30-odd years.) Of course, with Reagan there was an interesting twist to that issue latterly, in stem cell research: poor old Nancy got binned because she was making noises that didn't fit the voter-friendly mantra. Re: the US having other problems if abortion were banned, yes of course, and not just from botched back-street jobs. But I don't think they constitute much of a pro-choice argument, if you believe that abortion is murder. (I am so glad that I don't. It would be terrible to live with that.)