Attention Abortion issue voters: you’re not having an Impact

Attention Abortion issue voters: you’re not having an Impact

It is first important to state that I am pro life; I believe that the government can intervene and make a thoughtful judgment as to when life begins (obviously with accountability to their constituents in mind). However, I have also developed a level of political practicality, which is why abortions has slipped from my sole political issue when I was a teenage, to one so far down the spectrum that at most it could have a subconscious affect on who I vote for (for instance: if both candidate our in all ways terrible). So, a logical next question would be: if you believe abortion is murder, how can it slip so far?

First, I would argue that it is not obviously murder. I have made a judgment that it’s at best morally dubious and in particular, late trimester abortions our pretty scummy. This however is not the same thing as shooting piercing hot led in a fully developed and fully alive human being. If the paramount goal in stopping abortion is stopping murder then giving aid to those who suffer from dire starvation, spurring global development or preventing genocide should be political issues that should be given far higher precedent to while contemplating ones political ideology. Though, pro-lifers often neglect these issues while on the candidates’ issues page and instead opt to do a Ctrl F for the word abortion and have their mind made up.

Second, even if you do believe that abortion is tantamount to murder; can it be stopped politically. Four almost eight years we have had the most anti-abortion candidate to hold the presidency since Roe V Wade, yet abortion is hardly any closer to getting overturned then it was at the beginning of the millennium. This is because the majority of the country is NOT against banning all practices of abortion. Those who consider themselves pro-choice has only grown since the 1970’s, so unless you can come up with unique/ingenious argument as to why the majority of Americans our wrong on in being pro-choice and get them to listen to it, then its not changing. Therefore, at this point totally eliminating the practice is simply not going to happen so why not just demote the issue in favor of more pressing concerns.

Therefore, it must be encouraged for those who our pro life to speak out against it. If you truly care deeply then study all angles and try to come up with that renowned thesis lessening the practice, yet do this in conjunction with other policies that save lives. So, if the true goal of being pro-life is because you want to save human lives, then examine the cost benefit analysis of assorted policies that save human life and diversify your political currency on more practical policies, at least until more then half the country suddenly decides to see it your way.