Posted on 10/06/2020 3:42:20 PM PDT by Ennis85
As Americans have begun to vote in the presidential election, one must make an important distinction in Donald Trump’s record in office. It’s entirely fair to call him nominally anti-abortion. It’s not credible to call him pro-life. And the distinction matters.
As a young pro-life activist, I still remember the publication of Pope John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae, its words touched this Protestant’s heart, and when he rooted the pro-life principle in the “incomparable worth of the human person,” it crystalized not just my opposition to abortion but also an aspirational ethic of care for all persons – from conception to natural death.
“Life on earth,” said John Paul, “is a sacred reality entrusted to us, to be preserved with a sense of responsibility and brought to perfection in love and in the gift of ourselves to God and to our brothers and sisters.”
To be sure, it is often difficult to discern which policies are best-crafted to uphold and protect every person’s “incomparable worth” – and even well-intentioned policies can have negative effects – but it is abundantly clear that while pro-life leaders will often be forced to make tough choices, their words and deeds must be grounded in that fundamental truth.
Trump has failed this test, and his response to the Coronavirus pandemic makes that failure plain. He’s not only failed the American people, his recent conduct after he was stricken with the disease demonstrates that he has even failed his friends, colleagues and those sworn to serve him.
It’s a testament to the speed of the news cycle and the sheer number of Trump scandals that the public has apparently moved on from Bob Woodward’s revelation that Trump knew the virus was “deadly stuff” and “worse than even your strenuous flus” in early February yet continued to
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This is the Army lawyer the National Review tried to recruit to run against Trump. Pathetic.
Okay, fine. Then anti-pro-lifers should have no problem voting for him.
Worst attempt at Jedi mind trick ever.
Oh, David French - claims that Presidents can’t really effect pro-life policies so it doesn’t matter, apparently completely aloof as to the policies Trump has enacted and Biden’s pledge to repeal all of those - as well as repeal the Hyde Amendment. The difference would be quite radical. He’s seemingly clueless as to this reality.
I saw that...it had absolutely no substance to it.
Their internals must be upside down.
Lets wait for his reponse to how Cuomo, Whitmer, and all the other Democrat leaders handled it!
Oh go to hell you idiot!
President Trump is my pro life champion and you can suck my dick:
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