It is a failure of Conservatism to portray a “Right to Life” as a purely religious construct. All innocent life has a right to exist. That is regardless the existence of a God or not.
Agreed. I also believe it can (and Feminists for Life is a step in the right direction) be framed as a women’s and human rights issue.
If there is no God, the only rule is “Do whatever you wish, as long as you can get away with it.”
>>It is a failure of Conservatism to portray a “Right to Life” as a purely religious construct. All innocent life has a right to exist. That is regardless the existence of a God or not.<<
I agree 110%. I’m not especially religious, but I’m extremely pro-life. A combination of science and common sense should be enough to make anyone pro-life. It should be self-evident that a being with its own DNA and its own heartbeat - which clearly APPEARS to be a baby on the vivid ultrasounds we have these days - is, in fact, a baby.
Why isn’t this getting through to people? First of all, because pro-choicers have produced such pervasive propaganda framing this as a women’s rights issue and refusing to even discuss the personhood of the fetus. But pro-lifers have let them get away with it by allowing them to portray abortion as a religious issue.
You can’t argue religion to people who don’t believe in religion. “Sanctity of life” arguments mean nothing to secular people. You have to engage them on grounds they recognize: science, logic, and evidence. There is plenty to go around.
I agree. Those who say "there can be no morality without religion" tend to turn it into "there can be no morality without my particular brand of religion." So many young people, who know little about Christianity, assume that ethical questions are not relevant if you do not have a religious viewpoint. They have been trained to see ethical questions about life and death as the equivalent of arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. The left has been able to frame abortion as a matter of sexual morality between two consenting adults - the question about whether the unborn child has any rights is ignored.
The left has been able to pose as freedom-loving mostly because they have been allowed to get away with their incomplete view of abortion and a few other issues. Most young people do not see that the left wants a regimented, authoritarian society where almost every personal aspect of one's life is monitored and controlled.