This last weekend President Obama went to Notre Dame to address the graduates and receive and honorary Doctorate. The occasion, which for the graduates should have been a time of celebration and the prospect of new adventure, turned into a huge media circus. The President spoke for a little over thirty minutes, telling humorous anecdotes and addressing the very serious issue of abortion suggesting that those on both sides of the issue have common ground on which to stand.
I have never minced words about abortion. I am unapologetically "pro-life." The term "anti-abortion" is often used by people who hold that abortion is a right and privilege, purposely used because of its negative connotation. They too like to use the nomenclature "pro-choice" over "pro-abortion," which is totally understandable in the want to put a more "positive spin" on what many consider reprehensible. I am very definitely pro-life and abortion is murder in my estimation and understanding of scriptural teaching. Life begins at conception. But I didn't intend to ramble on about my beliefs.
Here's what I would like to ask, is there really common ground on which to stand between those of us who are "pro-life" and those who are "pro-choice?"
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Finding common ground on abortion is absurd... There is no such thing as a little bit dead or a little bit alive... I agree with P. Steve, live starts a conception not a a detectable heartbeat or when a sonogram shows the miracle of development. Compromise on abortion - God save us God save our country. Dave P.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right, there is no such things a little bit dead or little bit alive.
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