Voting / Abortion

A while back you mentioned voting for or against the candidate based on his/her position on abortion. Recently I read a book and the fellow mentioned that subject. Here are a few of the questions he suggests:

 

On the subject of abortion whether one should vote pro-life or pro-choice is an important question to consider. To help determine how one votes on the issue there are several questions to be answered:

1.       When does the fetus become a full person?

2.       When does the fetus acquire a soul and take on the image of God

Additional ethical questions to be answered:

1.       Do you believe the morning-after pill is as bad partial-birth abortions?

2.       Would your ideal society punish women who use the morning-after pill as severely as people who murder infants or adults?

3.       How should be weigh the rights of the unborn at various stages of development against the rights of the woman whose body it now inhabits?

4.       What extent should government legislate the answer to these questions as opposed to leaving the answer up to the women and others involved in the pregnancy?

Related to these questions are a host of other complex considerations that will affect the way you vote:

1.       How does the party or candidate that most closely reflects your view on abortion fare on other issues you deem important: concern for the poor, economics, foreign affairs, war, the environment, and so on?

2.       How much weight do you put on each of these convictions?

3.       What do you deem attainable at the present time in our culture?

4.       Is it more efficient to work to outlaw abortion outright, or is it better to minimize abortion by voting for the candidate and party you think will best help the poor, since there is a demonstrable link between the rate of poverty and the rate of abortion in the U.S.?

5.       Do you believe it more efficient to hold an uncompromising stance on this issue, or is it better for the unborn, and for society as a whole, for you to work with people who have different beliefs than yours to overcome our present polarization and find a middle ground?

6.       What do you believe is the best way to create a culture in which abortions are as unnecessary and rare as possible?

 

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN

Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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