tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post5848921540197045857..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Would the Democratic Party Platform Reduce Abortions?Craig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-22298778751950529282008-09-29T20:11:00.000-04:002008-09-29T20:11:00.000-04:00Michael, Just because abortion is still legal d...Michael,<BR/> Just because abortion is still legal does not mean that further deterioration has not been prevented. How would the prospects of defeating Roe v. Wade look if two pro-abortion judges had been appointed instead of Roberts and Alito? And what if the Freedom of Choice Act had been signed by a pro-abortion president? This would require the government to pay for abortion and would sweep hundreds of laws of the books of the states that require parental notification for minors, informed consent, etc.? <BR/><BR/>If abortion is to be ended in the US, the Democrats are going to need to be moderated in their position. No one wants civil war. Small steps are necessary. But if Christians reward a party whose policy is killing the innocent, how can they expect it to change?Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-57007900509649028202008-09-29T11:57:00.000-04:002008-09-29T11:57:00.000-04:00I badly want to agree with you 100% and vote Repub...I badly want to agree with you 100% and vote Republican as a way of drawing attention to this as the core issue, but what about the fact that voting Republican in the last two elections has failed to result in less abortions? Can we really be confident that McCain, who to my knowledge has not made abortion a key platform of his campaign (perhaps I'm wrong here), will achieve results in this area? I am behind the Repub party's <I>stated general intention</I> on this issue, but eight years in office hasn't proven much by way of action. Is this an issue of "yeah this is bad with the Repubs in office but it will be even worse with the Dems" - i.e. added abortions rather than merely the failure to reduce them?Michael DeFaziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967014146686906371noreply@blogger.com