Wednesday, 05 November 2008

Comments (13)

  • Ash

    I am not sure....


    How many unborn have I saved as a follower of Christ?


    Not any...


    God allowed for Bush to be put in that position of office.


    We need to respect that...


    Great question though
  • sirnickdon

    @Ash - Don't misunderstand me.  I'm not trying to rail against Bush.  I'm mainly asking what the difference between a pro-life and a pro-choice candidate is, in actual practice.  I know that Presidents appoint Supreme Court justices, so ostensibly Roe v. Wade would be overturned if enough pro-life Presidents served.  But past that, what do Presidents do?

    Of course, the real fight against abortion happens on the streets, by the church.

    -ND
  • rachelserine@xanga

    Personally, I feel that in practice there isn't much difference.  But right off the top of my head I really don't have much proof that Bush did anything one way or the other...
  • Ash

    @sirnickdon - I did not think you were railing against Bush. But your question made me think....How many unborn have I saved.


    I do not think in our lifetime we will see abortion demolished


    Their are so many others in congress that have a say in that...it is not just the presidents call.
  • HopeForTomorrowMinistry@xanga

    Good question! I don't know! I don't even know if there would be any way to measure that. It would be interesting to know.
  • hubbaduh@xanga

    I don't think criminalising abortion in all cases will happen overnight.

    And honestly, even if it did, there would be no way of knowing how many lives were saved, at least not while we're still kicking it here on Earth.
  • ProudToBeAChristianFruitcake@xanga

    I don't know. how many were saved by Roberts and Alito being nominated in the Supreme Court where they were then in the position of upholding the ban on partial birth abortion.


    Life is more than  a number. 1 life is worthy of being saved.
  • sirnickdon

    @ProudToBeAChristianFruitcake@xanga - Oh, I definitely agree with you.  I'm just confused by the Christian reaction to Obama's election, when I can't really see anything that eight years of a pro-life presidency has done for the unborn, when Christians were exultant for his election and re-election.
  • ProudToBeAChristianFruitcake@xanga

    @sirnickdon - I couldn't see what most people saw in Bush. I never voted for him.

  • misshibiscus

    i was thinking the same thing.. glad you posted this. i'm curious to see if anyone comments with some data. and i also mean that with a not-railing-on-Bush tone.
  • TrumvilleOrbison@xanga

    Silly! Don't you know? As long as the President is "pro-life", it doesn't matter WHAT they do!


    I do know that while Clinton was in office, abortion rates dropped 18%.
  • UnworthyofHisgrace@xanga

    @sirnickdon - The difference is sitting Pro-Life judges of which again, the Dems blocked. So much of the problems placed on Bush, were caused by the dems and now when problems come with Obama, they can point to Bush and say it was because of Bush's policies. How they get away with it is beyond me, but people by a lie before they buy the truth....go figure.
  • cowboy_christian@xanga

    here is the truth of the matter.  In his first term, most of the things he "wanted" to do were blocked by the democratic party.  but as for the last 4 years, the only thing that was done was a attempt to ban partial birth abortion.  This was blocked by a republican controled government.  I therefore thought long and hard about ho I would vote for, and not just on the issue of abortion.  As a matter of fact, it has ceased to be an issue for me because I have lost any faith I had in a politician actually doing anything.

    So one cannot completely blame the democrats, but must also blame a yellow government!

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