Welcome to tfp, Pastor!
We are fortunate to have yet another considered and well spoken voice in our mix. The work you do is neccessary, and appreciated.
A pro-life decision is almost always, in my opinion, the correct choice. But it still needs to remain a choice, not a state-dictated doctrine.
You have cited the Taliban as an intolerant state, yet preach pro-life intolerance.
Until the pro-life movement starts supporting reproductive education and stops opposing birth control initiatives (other than abstinance), it cannot, again, in my opinion, make any claims to moral superiority.
Our children need to be raised in a culture of affirmation. They need to be taught how to make rational, well-considered choices, not brow-beaten and finger-wagged into compliance. A properly educated, free thinking population would evolve past the need for abortion legislation before any legal enforcement could eliminate the practice.
(Remember, legal abortions are, at the very least, conducted in a medically controlled environment. Criminalization merely pushes them back into the dark, dangerous underground, where no good is served.)
I am pro-life, but I demand that I be given the choice.
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