But because it does not define life as of the instant of conception, will the pro-life movement treat it with contempt??
“But because it does not define life as of the instant of conception, will the pro-life movement treat it with contempt??”
I am betting yes.
No, at least not in the main. I think the great majority will recognize that this bill represents such a huge step forward in saving the lives of the unborn that they will support this.
I hear your concern, and I have great disdain for the incurable dogmatists who seize upon every opportunity to make Better the enemy of Best, but I really believe that the particulars of this bill are so straightforward, and understandable that it will win the agreement of all but the most insensible of them.
When we consider 18 days — scarcely three weeks — against the full 40 week human gestational period, what we see that we're talking about is a bill that extends the protection of the Law to unborn people for nearly 94% of their time in the womb, and I don't think anyone can credibly argue against protecting 94% of the unborn lives in in Ohio on the basis that it's "only" 94% and not 100%.
That isn't an "argument," in my book; its a failing grade on an IQ test.
Some will, but those of us with a brain will look at it as a big step in the right direction. Just as God knew Jeremiah even before He formed him in the womb, so he knows us all.
Many of us get some comfort from knowing, as C.S. Lewis said "You don't have a soul, you are a soul. You have a body." When a child of God is aborted, the child gets an express trip to Heaven without the layover most of us have to abide by.
“But because it does not define life as of the instant of conception, will the pro-life movement treat it with contempt??”
No.
Some idiots may.
See my previous comment, for my take on it.
Not me. It would gut the abortion industry. One step back from barbarism.