My first article was a brief look at a couple of sentences in the 2020 Democratic National Platform's preamble. You could spend days critiquing everything in that section. Most of what I read in their introduction is either a lie or misleading statement. So, I have decided to move into specific topics listed by the platform statement.
Like the majority of Americans, Democrats believe every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to women’s reproductive health and rights, including by repealing the Hyde Amendment and protecting and codifying the right to reproductive freedom. (page 42)
Personally, that one paragraph eliminates my vote for any Democrat until they change their position. If you have so little respect for life that you support and promote the killing of the unborn child, then you will have little respect for anyone's life.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman had a right to an abortion and that right was implicit in the right to privacy section of the 14th Amendment. So, many claim abortion is ok because it has been pronounced legal. Of course, legality is not the same as morality.
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court rule that slaves were not citizens of the United States and had no rights which white men were bound to respect. The court was wrong. Virtually all Americans today would agree that such a decision was a farce. When it comes to race, slavery is long gone in our nation.
Since 1973, medical science has taken leaps in advancement. Expectant mothers can see images of their child within weeks of conception. They can watch the unborn move in their womb and suck their thumb. The gender can be determined early in the pregnancy. The unborn's beating heart may be heard as soon as six weeks after conception. Some women may not even realize they are pregnant until they hear the heartbeat in a doctor's office.
If that image on the ultrasound, if that movement witnessed in the womb, if that heart that is beating inside the woman is not a child, what is it? A Martian?! Since most abortions are performed well after six weeks of pregnancy, such abortions are taking the life of an unborn child. It is homicide not reproductive right. While it may be legal, it is not moral.
The old adage "It's my body, my choice" usually appears about now and I agree. You may exercise your reproductive freedom as you choose. However, once you use your freedom and participate in the reproductive act, you must be ready to accept the RESPONSIBILITIES of reproduction! That's what the act is! You have the freedom to have sex. You don't have freedom to take another's life.
About now the pro-murder advocate will question me about pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. In those cases, the woman was denied the freedom to say no to the act. My personal take is that, while the offender in such cases should be severely punished, the victims (mother and child) should not. However, statistics indicate abortions performed for these reasons are less than 5% (I've heard the percentage listed as low as less than 1%). The overwhelming majority of abortions are performed for convenience.
I have written elsewhere about abortion so this is enough for now (1). The bottom line: abortion is the killing of an unborn child. It is homicide. It is immoral. It should be illegal.
Since the Democrats fully support the practice, I will NEVER vote for any Democrat no matter for which office they are running.
Exodus 21:22-23: When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life.
(1) Here are some of my blog entries: (article 1), (article 2), (article 3), (article 4)
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