Posted on 11/18/2008 2:42:29 PM PST by Hawk720
Frustrated by the failure to overturn Roe v. Wade, a growing number of antiabortion pastors, conservative academics and activists are setting aside efforts to outlaw abortion and instead are focusing on building social programs and developing other assistance for pregnant women to reduce the number of abortions.
Some of the activists are actually working with abortion rights advocates to push for legislation in Congress that would provide pregnant women with health care, child care and money for education -- services that could encourage them to continue their pregnancies.
Their efforts, they said, reflect the political reality that legal challenges to abortion rights will not be successful, especially after Barack Obama's victory this month in the presidential election and the defeat of several ballot measures that would have restricted access to abortions. Although the activists insist that they are not retreating from their belief that abortion is immoral and should be outlawed, they argue that a more practical alternative is to try to reduce abortions through other means.
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The Buffet-Obama connection is really sleazy.
No wonder Obama prevailed in Omaha.
I didn’t know that about Buffet’s support of abortion, although I’m not surprised.
I’m glad you brought that up. Murder isn’t a federal crime. It’s (properly) left in the hands of the states.
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Maintaining the military.
Even with the military, more money isn’t always the answer.
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