by JivinJ
In the end, the result is moral incoherence. It is an incoherence in which abortion-rights advocates have the most to gain, because it demoralizes those who support the cause of life while removing fears of even the slightest social sanction for those who do not. And it is an incoherence we see all across American Catholic life today....
In our intellectual life, this incoherence gives us a college president who tells the campus paper that honoring an abortion-rights president is consistent with the bishops' statement that such leaders "should not be given awards, honors, or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."The National Review has a symposium on this subject as well.In our public life, it has brought us to a day where the most prominent Catholics in America -- from Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to virtually every well-known Irish Catholic in the Senate -- now defend the snuffing out of tens of millions of innocent human lives as the exercise of a fundamental right.
While choosing to terminate may be difficult for women under many circumstances and for many reasons, if they have made the correct choice for themselves, they should be proud that they have done so. And our society should be proud of them too. Our message should not be merely toleration or resigned acquiescence, but genuine joy that someone has made a decision for their own and for the collective good.
Kristin Neuhaus, who ran a practice in the Lawrence area, said she only came to Wichita to do consultations at Tiller's clinic once a week for half a day."I wouldn't call that full-time," Neuhaus said.
When prosecutor Barry Disney asked why she told another assistant with the KS Attorney General's office in 2006 that she worked full-time for Tiller, Neuhaus said she misspoke.
Many people would have taken the doctors' advice and never have known they had aborted a healthy child. It is only because of our determination to have another child that our son is with us today.We are really shocked that the experts we trusted got this so badly wrong. If we had listened to the doctors our son would not be with us today - and we think its important to let other people know they don't always get things right.
Comments:
Good luck with "abortion pride" Jacob Appel!!
Posted by: Carla at March 24, 2009 11:12 AMJacob Appel is vermin. Human trash.
Posted by: Becca at March 24, 2009 11:13 AMBut Appel is absolutely right. If abortion is so great and so wonderful, it shouldn't be shunned or hidden; it should be celebrated and people should be proud of it. It's just the fact that people's pesky consciences get in the way. Fortunately, it seems that Appel doesn't have one, so he's able to take abortion logic to its appropriate conclusions.
Posted by: Bobby Bambino at March 24, 2009 11:28 AMAnd that wold also mean getting pregnant under any circumstance is something to be proud of. So why would we need sex ed and contraception?
Posted by: Pansy Moss at March 24, 2009 11:35 AM"It is an incoherence in which abortion-rights advocates have the most to gain, because it demoralizes those who support the cause of life while removing fears of even the slightest social sanction for those who do not."
Yep. the social sanction is reserved for those who are against abortion rights.
Posted by: Hal at March 24, 2009 11:49 AM
You know there is a moral disconnect as some who choose abortion want to keep the ultra sound picture of the baby they chose not to bring to term. How frightening is that?
Posted by: Maria at March 24, 2009 11:51 AMJacob Appel - sadly your suggestions are like getting a glimpse of hell.
Posted by: Chris Arsenault at March 24, 2009 12:22 PMActually, Chris, I don't think hell would contain "joy" of any kind..
The road to hell, now that's another matter.
Posted by: RSD at March 24, 2009 12:49 PMDid anyone catch Michael Medved's radio show today? He took Appel's claim that women who had abortions should be proud of them and held it up to some pretty great scrutiny... fascinating to listen to.
Posted by: Elisabeth at March 25, 2009 5:01 PM