Abortion vs. The Constitution
Because our culture changes and evolves, we face new issues every year. These issues are complex and occasionally the US Supreme Court must decide on the constitutionality of them.
The constitution is a contract that promises that the government has the obligation to protect "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". These prioritized unalienable (vs. inalienable) rights can not be taken away. If so, the contract (constitution) becomes null and void.
The utmost right that the government should protect is "life". When a child is conceived, biology tells us that the uniqueness of that individual has been created. Life is born. To unnaturally cause that life to cease is in violation to the constitution. So, the taking of a life through abortion violates the constitution.
When you realize the reason behind the Roe vs. Wade decision was really property rights (rights of the mother of the right of life of the child) rather than life, Roe Vs Wade reestablishes those same tenets that were disposed of during slavery (rights of owners over the rights of slaves). In other words, Roe vs. Wade not only establishes that life is property, but it also elevates that property right over the right to life.
4 Comments:
i really like your last point comparing abortion to slavery. i think there's something there. i've never thought of it in those terms.
i don't agree that our stance on abortion should be based on the constitution. you may be right, but as people of faith it should have more to do with our faith, not our nationalism.
good to see you blogging again.
My approach here was strickly a secular one, since those who are not of faith will not accept my anti-abortion stand based on scripture.
I attempted to use a document we all have in common.
i wonder if that's what we're supposed to do as christians. or are we supposed to stand apart/above from the secular and be countercultural to it?
I think as Christians we are supposed to stand apart from the secular in one sense, but in order to convert non-believers, Christ mingled with them in His life on earth, and explained His ideas to them in ways they could best understand, for example, using parables. The existence of Christianity is testament to the fact that this method works, so I think Richie is wise in his decision to base his argument on the constitution rather than scripture.
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