What Happened to Family Values?

How short sighted of Mr. Weisberg to refer to Sarah Palin's pro-life stance as extreme. In reality it is consistent unlike most views on this subject. If you believe, as Governor Palin seems to, that life begins at conception or implantation then the products of conception are a person. As a person he or she is entitled to the rights to which other people are entitled. Including not being killed. That right remains even if the conception occurred in a horrid manner like rape or incest, or if the raising of the child would be economically inconvenient. So from an evangelical point of view two people who are worse off economically are better than one who is better of and one who is dead. A necessary corollary to that pro-life stance is the need to get off our collective evangelical duffs and come alongside the mother and baby and provide them with opportunities to live a better life.

"If you do not allow teenage girls who accidentally become pregnant to have abortions, you are demanding that they either raise their children as single mothers or that they marry in shotgun weddings." Cmon, give me a break! Do you really believe this? Abortion is violence against a woman and her child-let's treat women and girls better than what abortion offers-A DEAD BABY!

What women has never considered abortion? How is abortion effecting your life today?

People just don't get it. The real question behind abortion has to do with if the child in the womb is really a person. If it is a person, then abortion is a kind of murder. My point is that if you believe that the child in the womb is a person, you can't just sit on the fence and hem and haw. In ancient Rome they practiced abortion and exposure (leaving a newborn out to die). To pro-lifers, the two are really the same thing.
Now sexual ethics is a big deal. If you go back 50 years ago, abortion was rare and illegal, teenage pregnancy outside of wedlock was rare, and you didn't have all the contraceptives, etc. People want to blame Palin, etc., or say it is all about protection, but the bigger problem is with our culture. It is hard on parents and families nowadays. Look at the movies and TV shows, turn on the radio. . . It is culture not the lack of sex education that is the real problem. I think Palin's daughter's boyfriend probably new about protection. If kids run around having sex with each other, some are going to get pregnant.
Okay, teenagers are not promiscuous? He doesn't like Reagans words. They are just sexually active. Give me a break.

She psychotic,oh by the way you were never in.Also psychotic actions.

This is the same Weisburg that said before the conventions, that if we don't vote in Obama, we are all racist...typical Obama supporter argument. To bad it won't win over any converts.

Does abortion prevent child abuse?
Perhaps one day we'll hear the argument that murdering your husband or wife should be legalized to prevent spouse abuse. Ridiculous as it is, this is the rationale behind the argument that killing a baby in the womb will reduce the chances of that child being abused after birth. Seen in context, it's simply illogical. The incidence of abused, abandoned, neglected, and mistreated children has skyrocketed since the 1970s, when feminists told us that abortion would make every baby wanted and loved. What it actually did was cheapen life at every stage of development.

While there may be unexpected, unplanned pregnancies, there are no unwanted babies. The list of couples wanting to adopt literally runs into the millions. Across the country prospective parents are pleading for the opportunity to take a child into their hearts and homes. Unfortunately, the desire to adopt is often frustrated by the lack of available babies.

Murder is not the answer for the so-called unwanted child. It was Mother Teresa, who said, "The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love but to use any violence to get what they want."

Mr. Weisberg's comment that "two parents raising children in a stable relationship, without government assistance" is what conservatives care about, does that imply liberals don't have similar concerns? If we are a country that cares about our weaker, defenseless members, and abortion on demand is the best alternative for this country, how does one explain that in every nation where abortion has become legitimized, child abuse rates have rocketed? If a child is disposable before birth as an inconvenience, how distance is the mind set that has so little value of the scantity of human life to batter a child. The billion dollar abortion industry ignores the link of abortion to breast cancer and long term depression, and lies about how many women die from the procedure. Margaret Sanger was a racists that wanted to reduce the number of dark skinned peoples of the earth. Haven't you noticed where the clinics are located?
Possibly If the media didn't saturate TV, movies and music with the worship of the "god of sex" then maybe, " By 12th grade, 60 percent of high-school girls" wouldn't be sexually active, and abortion would be rare.

She just a no-account mother. The US is sadly rife with such mothers. The planned family is a thing of the past, and behavior and consequence models are almost non-existent. She is a bad mother. It is an up-front issue, and it is getting ignored. The question remains - do we want an Evangelist who can't discipline her household, but does seem to brow-beat and bully every one else? Alaska is the second most corrupt state in the union after Florida, and she helped it along.

Ok this article is obvious in its intent. The media is making it a up front issue not Palin. IF asked she replies what she believes and even Big Joe has the same outlook on the subject so whats that say?? So before trying to throw bombs check your own shack for explosives. This issue is a tough one and allot of people have the same stance but don't force it on others as a political push. Your beliefs are yours and as a public official they can't be forced on others but can be discussed and let the country decide. That is the greatness of our country and what makes us unique.