#abortion

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. ↗

— Barack Obama

#democracy #government #religion #faith

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well. ↗

— William Weld

#analysis #area #consistent #economic #extend

The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings - indicating that courts can be influenced by public sentiment. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#cases #courts #indicating #influenced #interested

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#am #government #i #i am #much

Even if you don't mind Romneycare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there's a more basic problem: He's not a natural campaigner, and on the stump he instinctively recoils from any personal connection with the voters. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#any #basic #connection #even #instinctively

I was created, then the Society ordered the destruction of all mods. The day after I was born, the date of my death was set! So I sweated in that pill, just waiting to die. Day after day, my brothers and sisters were killed. Then I got lucky and got shipped out with a load of goods by mistake. Still, I always expected to be discovered and destroyed. I had a lot of time to think about things. I decided no one has the right to take a life. I exist! I should have the right to live and die freely!! Like humans, or even bugs. Even a mod should have that right. So I refuse to take a life. I won't kill ...not anything! ↗

— Tite Kubo

#anti-abortion #prolife #dating

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#inspirational #inspirational

Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#conscience #issue #labour #labour party #party

I believe every abortion is a tragedy. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#believe #every #i #i believe #tragedy

If the bringing of children into the world is today an economic burden, it is because the social system is inadequate; and not because God’s law is wrong. Therefore the State should remove the causes of that burden. The human must not be limited and controlled to fit the economic, but the economic must be expanded to fit the human. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#economics #pro-life #social-structures #life