Dr. Glen Harold Stassen, a "pro-life" Christian ethicist, has written an article arguing that Bush's conservative economic policies towards jobs, healthcare, etc. has actually lead to an increase in the number of abortions over his presidency. I wish many Christian voters would realize they shouldn't focus on a single issue. Can they honestly say Bush is a better Christian than Kerry? Besides, as this article points out, not looking at the big picture can have the exact opposite effect you want to have.
Also, here's an open letter to Catholic bishops saying Catholics shouldn't vote for Kerry and an examination on how denying someone the Eucharist is wrong. As someone who is so similiar to Kerry is both his Catholicism and liberalism, I am proud there are those who are standing up to this. I thought Kerry was very effective and heartfelt in explaining his religious and political views in the last debate. I know from research and personal experience many, if not most, Catholics lean more towards Kerry's views than the Church and right-wingers would have you believe. And it certainly offends most of us some want others to be singled out over political differences.
UPDATED: The NY Times reports Liberal Christians are mobilizing to counter the religious right and has a great quote:
"We have Southern Baptists who wear buttons that say, 'Vote your values.' I say, 'Vote all your values.' The cries of the poor ring from cover to cover in my Bible. God hears the cries of the poor. Do we?"
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Good article. It's very worthwhile to consider the other factors that effect the number of abortions being carried out in our country, as opposed to weighing simply the factor of whether or not they are readily available(sort of a demand vs. supply issue, if you want to look at it in economic terms.) Many will argue that those factors are made irrelevent if abortion is made illegal. While it's true that the numbers would almost certainly decline if abortion were illegal(even including illegal abortions), I think for many it's a pipe dream to wish for an overturning of Roe v. Wade; even if it were, I think in the long-run the trend in states will be towards the providing of abortion, even if it's more srictly limited then it is now in many states. The fact is the real struggle should be over reducing the need for abortions in the first place, not reducing the number of abortions by simply making them harder to get.
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