(October 30, 2016 at 5:24 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:(October 29, 2016 at 8:47 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I actually don't consider Trump to be pro life at all. I know he claims to be, but I am hard pressed to believe him. I think the only person he cares about is himself quite honestly.
Two things for you:
1) Anti abortion =/= pro life. Firstly you're prvileging a group of cells over a living breathing woman. Second you are forcing that same woman into a course of action which she doesn't want to take and which will radically change her life.
2) Very few republican pols are anti abortion. They simply don't care about having anti abortion laws where they are, because they can afford to travel to where abortion is legal, and poor people don't count in their eyes.
I don't agree that a human fetus is a "group of cells" any less than we are all groups of cells. But that's a discussion for the different thread. As far as your assertion that being anti abortion doesn't necessarily make someone pro life, I agree with that 100%. I don't think Trump is actually anti abortion, much less prolife. But he claims to be and that's a pile of poop I don't believe in for a second.
There's a good article about it actually: http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/20/trum...n-hillary/
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
