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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28527-2005Mar11.html

[GM Strong]

Again, the libs can't figure it out. A cunning tactic and political move instead of an fundamental belief based on faith and morality of right and wrong.
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8th Army Korea 68-69

[srmorton]

Due to my Christian faith and my love of children, it was a natural choice
for me to be Pro-life. In addition, some personal experiences that I have
had only solidified my belief that abortion is morally wrong. Even in the
case of rape or incest, it seems illogical to destroy an innocent baby
who had nothing to do with the circumstances that created him.

Despite my firm Pro-choice stance, I do not believe that it is possible to
pass, much less ratify, a consitutional ammendment to ban abortion. I
also do not think it very likely that the US Supreme Court will ever
overturn Roe v. Wade, not because there was ever any consitutional
basis for that decision, but because it is now over thirty years old. The
justices are very reluctant to overturn decisions that have such a long
history of being upheld by the courts.

Instead, I believe that the most important thing that "Pro-lifers" can do
to decrease the incidence of abortion is change the hearts of people.
Rush has said this many times, and I very much agree. A major
contributor in the recent decline of abortion is the amazing 3D pictures
of babies in the womb that are now possible through sonography. One
can not look at those pictures and say that the developing baby is an
"unviable tissue mass". Another thing that has made many people
realize that abortion is murder is the improvement in neonatology in
the past decade or two. One of my students has a niece (whom I have
had the pleasure of holding many times) who was born at 6 months
gestation and weighed just a little over a pound. She is now over a
year old and is perfectly normal, with the exception of a touch of
asthma and an increased susceptibility to respiratory infections.

I guess I would have to describe myself as someone who is ardently
Pro-life who is willing to accept that abortion is a legal procedure. I
think there are reasonable restrictions on abortion that can and should
be made by the states. I think that there is no reason why abortion
should be performed after the first trimester. I think that partial-birth
abortion was nothing more than infantacide and I am thrilled that this
barbaric procedure is no longer legal in the US. BTW, it is amazing to
me that libs who were crying over the death penalty for juveniles who
have committed vicious crimes could be in favor of a procedure in
which an infant capable of living outside the womb is brutally murdered
during delivery.

The problem with the abortion issue is that the extremes on both sides
of the movement would trash my position since I am neither Pro-life
enough or Pro-choice enough for either side. I believe that my position
is very close to that of President Bush and many other Republicans. I
also believe that my role as a Christian is to witness to others as often
as the Lord gives me the opportunity about what the Bible has to say
about when life begins. For example, Jeremiah says that "before I
formed you in your mother's womb, I knew you". I also think it is
very important that women be informed about the development of
the embryo and how early in gestation that the nervous system develops,
enabling the infant to feel pain. One of the most tragic things that can
happen is for a young woman who has been convinced to have an
abortion of "unviable tissue" to later see pictures of a 20 week fetus
with his thumb in his mouth. If she has any conscience at all, she will
be filled with a guilt that only the forgiveness of God can erase. The
Pro-choice crowd is afraid for women to be really informed about
child development because they know that such knowledge will reduce
the incidence of abortion which is a threat to their entire existence.
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Susan R. Morton