I wonder how many people out there are Pro-Life (About abortions) but are also for (Euthanasia) in cases of brain trauma of the neo cortex (Personality death,permanent coma)
The two issues seem to be intertwined to me, if most Anti-Abortion people are pro-Euthanasia then both sides of the isle may one day be able to settle their differences.
If however most Anti-Abortion people are against Euthanasia (On the grounds that the mind is not needed to make life sacred) I really do not see for the two sides will ever come to a compromise both are happy with.
The Pro Abortion people will never want to give up their right to an abortion for a fetus they do not consider "alive", while the Pro Life people will always view (even early term abortions) as murder.
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Reducing Abortions
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How are evangelicals thinking about the abortion debate in light of the election?
It's part of a broad conversation about the sanctity of life. Iraq is a sanctity-of-life issue. Darfur is a sanctity-of-life issue. And this is a sanctity-of-life issue. … It's not one of my main message points when I'm on the road, but it often comes up in a question-and-answer session. The crowds that are there are pro-life and pro-choice. And when I bring up the idea of abortion reduction, of finding common ground by moving to higher ground, most people say, "Yes, we could get behind that." They're asking, "Why don't political leaders suggest that? Why doesn't anybody speak for that? Why don't we hear that from the other side?"
Large pro-choice groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL both focus on reducing and preventing the number of unplanned pregnancies. But abortion reduction says something else—it could mean reducing through prevention, or through tighter restrictions. What do you mean by the wording?
Everybody tends to agree that preventing unwanted pregnancies is a good thing. I'm saying, let's take it to the next step and say that abortion reduction is a good thing too. It's about providing options—not taking away a woman's right to choose, but making things like adoption easier. It's like the movie 'Juno,' where you give a woman a chance to make a different kind of choice. There she chose to bring a child to term and put it up for adoption. … By making adoption easier, you're not taking away her right to choose.
Abortion reduction can also take a number of different forms in terms of education. One person might think of it as abstinence education, while another might see it as teaching teenagers about condoms and birth control. Are these details that you think you could see consensus on?
If we as a society say we want to commit to abortion reduction, or even just prevent unwanted pregnancies, everyone agrees with that. How do you do that? You might see a Planned Parenthood focusing much more on unwanted pregnancy prevention. Down the street you might see a pregnancy crisis center, which is talking about other options like adoption. I think both of those can be part of the solution … abstinence is one element; education about birth control is another. How do you balance them? That's the conversation we need to talk out.
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