Comments on: More Americans Consider Themselves Pro-Life: Turning Public Opinion into Public Support for Republicans http://catherinefavazza.com/2009/05/16/more-americans-consider-themselves-pro-life-turning-public-opinion-into-public-support-for-republicans/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:09:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shane Vander Hart http://catherinefavazza.com/2009/05/16/more-americans-consider-themselves-pro-life-turning-public-opinion-into-public-support-for-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Shane Vander Hart Thu, 28 May 2009 14:33:03 +0000 http://catherinefavazza.com/?p=1055#comment-290 Definitely good news! Now if we can translate that into victories in 2010 and 2012 as people see how radical Obama is in this area. Definitely good news! Now if we can translate that into victories in 2010 and 2012 as people see how radical Obama is in this area.

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(Or Orthodox Jews to lobby against any government support of pig raising on the grounds that pigs are not kosher?)
The issue of the morality of abortion is not a biological one, not an issue that can be settled by scientific fact. Life does not begin at conception biologically because both the male sperm and the female egg were alive–were “human life”–before conception as well as after conception. Rather,the issue is essentially a theological one: When does the soul enter the body? People are free to believe that it happens at conception; or at implantation; or at baptism; and they are also free to believe it happens gradually between conception and birth; still others might believe it is not fully completed til well after birth; finally, some may not believe in the soul at all. Given this range of diversity of belief, why should one group impose its views on all women and make them live the consequences of theological views they do not hold? Freedom of religion in America has traditionally meant the absence of a state religion. This is the true Conservative position.

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