Yes, liberal logic works so long as the flowery words mask the intent. Here, we are supposed to think of abortion decreasing in number a very good thing, which it is. But it is the killing of humans. Sure it is good to slow abortion down, but it is still about killing. We should be overjoyed when a serial killer announces he is trying to quit and is not killing so many. And so the liberals lead with that good news to show Sarah Palin should really have killed Trig.
(Gently, of course...) It looks so warm and fuzzy to put it that way.
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Nevertheless, the abortion wars have been rekindled in this presidential campaign — the same battle lines drawn and the same fighting words uttered. What is this really about? Why do we keep yelling past each other?
For years now, polls have shown consistently that most Americans believe abortion laws should remain as they are; the sensitive issue of terminating a pregnancy, most of us agree, should be left to a woman, her physician and her conscience. As admirable as Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision was to bear her fifth child, Trig, after she and her husband learned he had Down syndrome, most of us wouldn’t want the government to force all other families to make the same decision. It’s not the business of any outsiders — any more than the difficult issues surrounding the case of Terri Schiavo were the business of Congress.....
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Compare above argument to this one! Thread by wagglebee.
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NOKESVILLE, VA, September 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a moving example of paternal love and sacrifice, a man drowned earlier this week after attempting to save his disabled son, who had fallen into a septic tank on the family's Virginia property.
66-year-old Thomas VanderWoude and his 20-year-old son Joseph, who has Down syndrome and who is the youngest of seven sons, were working in their yard in Nokesville, VA when Joseph fell through a septic tank cover that had suddenly collapsed. VanderWoude immediately jumped in after his son and managed to hold his son's head above the surface, saving his life.
By the time two men finally pulled Thomas out of the tank, he had been underwater for as long as 20 minutes. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
VanderWoude's son Joseph was in critical condition at Prince William hospital as he fought infection for several days, but recently began to improve...................
Man Drowns Saving Son with Down Syndrome
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