It's a bit more complex than that. Morality matters as does consistency within our legal system. Murder is illegal and yet abortion gets carved out as an exception because for some reason the fetus is less ... valuable, human, something? People do need to grapple with it and debate it. And they also need to listen to the chicks who are getting knocked up and showing up at the clinic for pills or scrape-and-vacuum therapy. One of the biggest themes is that they want to give their kids a good life, but feel they can't, so they won't start the process. Not enough money. No decent job. The man's a POS who'd be a terrible father. We can't just ignore all of that. That's how we end up with rampant single motherhood, moms marrying Uncle Sam and his welfare checks, and out of control crime among young, impoverished males with no father figures. Your morality can result in situations that get other people killed.
It's up to We the People to grapple with that. We have to sort that mess out and try and find solutions that actually work. We define our own culture. We set our own norms. We're the ones who have to do the work of supporting those mothers and babies.
DJT is absolutely right to take this position as a politician. Like a lot of things in our society, government isn't the answer. We the People are. We're the ones who have to do the work of living our values.
The core problem facing Americans is we have been governed by people who don’t have our best interest at heart. All of their manufactured and intentionally unresolved issues have a cascade effect on society. Many of them create the reasons (or excuses) for seeking abortion.
Lack of economic opportunity, poor public education system, endless wars, welfare policies that undermine the nuclear family, intentional illegal immigration, the list goes on.
If these problems are resolved the reasons (or excuses) for abortion are greatly reduced and quite possibly, over time, abortion becomes nearly nonexistent.
It's a bit more complex than that. Morality matters as does consistency within our legal system. Murder is illegal and yet abortion gets carved out as an exception because for some reason the fetus is less ... valuable, human, something? People do need to grapple with it and debate it. And they also need to listen to the chicks who are getting knocked up and showing up at the clinic for pills or scrape-and-vacuum therapy. One of the biggest themes is that they want to give their kids a good life, but feel they can't, so they won't start the process. Not enough money. No decent job. The man's a POS who'd be a terrible father. We can't just ignore all of that. That's how we end up with rampant single motherhood, moms marrying Uncle Sam and his welfare checks, and out of control crime among young, impoverished males with no father figures. Your morality can result in situations that get other people killed.
It's up to We the People to grapple with that. We have to sort that mess out and try and find solutions that actually work. We define our own culture. We set our own norms. We're the ones who have to do the work of supporting those mothers and babies.
DJT is absolutely right to take this position as a politician. Like a lot of things in our society, government isn't the answer. We the People are. We're the ones who have to do the work of living our values.
You make a lot of valid points.
The core problem facing Americans is we have been governed by people who don’t have our best interest at heart. All of their manufactured and intentionally unresolved issues have a cascade effect on society. Many of them create the reasons (or excuses) for seeking abortion.
Lack of economic opportunity, poor public education system, endless wars, welfare policies that undermine the nuclear family, intentional illegal immigration, the list goes on.
If these problems are resolved the reasons (or excuses) for abortion are greatly reduced and quite possibly, over time, abortion becomes nearly nonexistent.