Uh, hello--God doesn't do the law here, people do the law...

[silverthorne]

This link was put up on dark_christian earlier.

Now, I got the whole moral idea behind anti-abortionism. I don't agree with them, but I get where they're coming from, and I'm not exactly a fan of the procedure myself. They're as welcome to their opinion and how it affects their own lives as the next person though.

But get this.

Not one of these people can do anything but parrot the usual 'but it's taking a human life and that's wrong in the eyes of God!' line. They can't even get into the logistics of what it would mean and what would happen to the people involved in the activity if it were made illegal. Including the mother.

They don't seem to get that if this is made law, the women who had the abortions will be subject to said secular law just as much as the doctors and clinics who performed them. And if the law defines abortion as a form of murder...

Well...I'm sure those of you with half a brain cell can figure the rest out for yourself.

This is why just parroting a belief or idea or ideal is a really BAD thing, folks.

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[mephron]

Unfortunately, these people are so blinded by their "OMG MUST PROTECT THE BABIEZ!!!!ONE11!!" religious fervor that the idea of any possible retreat from the Absolute And Total Ban horrifies them.

There's even a Congresscritter who once said, on the Floor, that a woman can only get pregnant if she enjoys the sex, therefore if you get pregnant due to a rape, it wasn't really a rape. (....yeah, you know, I'm male, and I had the urge to go do something that would make the Capitol Police shoot me. For women, I'm suprised he didn't end up getting the Maenad Boyfriend Treatment.) That's the sort of mentality these people have. That's what the real fight is.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

I'm suprised he didn't end up getting the Maenad Boyfriend Treatment

Eh. We'd have to dig all those flesh chunks out from under our nails for months to come. Yuck.

And...yeah, true. Sadly. I guess I'm too much a fan of 'if we could just seperate these people from their leaders for a short time and actually get some real education into their thick skull, they might actually get it'.

But...yeah. Hasn't happened yet, either. :P

[mephron]

Oh, that video got mentioned on metafilter, which led me to this:

http://shotsacrossthebow.com/weblog/images/prolifebeliefchart.gif

...which is a chart of how the 'pro-life' agenda is more organized towards punishing women for having sex rather than promoting a pro-child environment.