Sentences with phrase «abortion issues seemed»
Abortion issues seemed left in the dust as economic concerns drove this year's election, but on Tuesday voters ousted several pro-life Democrats and ushered in fiscal conservatives who tend to oppose abortion.
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My issue is with your statements that abortion is a «quick fix» (your words) and that you still seem to feel that women who have an abortion do it without exploring other alternatives first.
From Bet: My issue is with your statements that abortion is a «quick fix» (your words) and that you still seem to feel that women who have an abortion do it without exploring other alternatives first.
Even women seem to have opted out of the notion of abortion as a medical issue.
Perhaps with enough people hammering the issues of abortion and gay marriage, Harris is right to direct her attention and effort to other issues of mercy and justice, but the flavor of the book seems to downplay the importance of traditional marriage, infant life, and the church's role in mercy ministry.
It seems to me that the right - wing of this country is more focused on fire and brimstone issues that divide us like gay marriage and abortion just so they can avoid the fact that their primary reason for their economic platform is to feed people's greed.
However, the sad truth is that 1) the issue is much deeper than abortion which the church needs to address, (ie., fix the root cause) and 2) this abortion issue does not seem to resonate appropriately among the believers
Pro-Life Lefties «Abortion», writes the political director of the Huffington Post UK, «is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right - wingers talk of equality, human rights and «defending the innocent», while left - wingers fetishise «choice», selfishness and unbridled individualism.»
I also notice in my experience that most people who claim to be pro-choice who I have talked to are not open to dialog and seem to deflect with other issues when talking about abortion.
And we've seen, when issues of racial injustice flare up, vocal pro-lifers wonder why civil rights leaders don't seem as concerned about the injustice of abortion.
Doesn't it seem like christians whether conservative or liberal scape goat social issues like abortions, gay marriage or contraceptives for really fiscal issues instead?
Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.
Similarly, with respect to issues such as abortion, fetal experimentation, and euthanasia, many today deny what an earlier generation and, it would seem, most Americans today take to be undeniable.
I took the first step 26 years ago, and it would seem that the issue of abortion kind of falls into the arguments I am hearing related to Dominic's thoughts.
He came out against middle - class tax increases, said he now supported the mid-1990s welfare reform, and he made an effort to seem like an abortion moderate who struggled with the moral complexity of the issue.
That seems to me the same issue as the abortion decision, except that the unborn child has a great deal longer to live if you don't press that particular button.
«I suppose,» he said, «it was because we had been made to understand that the abortion issue was so important to the women in our lives, and it just did not seem that important to most of us.»
Now I find it odd that it is some of our more Evangelical Baptists who are open and accepting — primarily, it seems to me, because of their agreement on ethical issues, particularly abortion.
The general trend of Americans becoming more socially liberal has not translated to the abortion issue in the same way, and a major cause of that, it seems, is the emotivist objection to abortion.
With many of these issues, there did seem to be a clear Christian position — on the abortion of unborn children, for instance, and on the need to stabilize families.
The mailer though certainly seems to at least make an attempt to invoke the issue of «choice» — a common euphemism often ascribed to abortion rights.
But if the RNC — officially neutral — tilted toward Lazio, the officially neutral Republican Governors Association seems to be tilting the other way, brushing off concerns about Levy's Democratic past and liberal views on abortion and other issues, and buying the impression among many New York observers that Levy might have a real shot against Andrew Cuomo.
Given the current election year controversies over abortion and the ideas of separation of church and state, this book seems to mirror the current issues.
Although some Liberals seem intent to capitalize on the abortion issue, most would rather not have an election over it.