Comments on: Stop the Abortion Mandate http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 24 May 2012 02:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gabriel Austin http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3869 Gabriel Austin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:37:31 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3869 Perhaps I am getting senile, but I do remember Senator Boxer asking [some years ago, of course] "Since when is pregnancy a disease.". Perhaps I am getting senile, but I do remember Senator Boxer asking [some years ago, of course] “Since when is pregnancy a disease.”.

]]> By: Phillip http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3868 Phillip Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:46:49 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3868 I wouldn't disagree with that. I don't think everything can or should be covered. The illustration for rdean is that given medication for erectile dysfunction is a form of health care. Directly terminating a pregnancy is a form of murder. Two very different things. I wouldn’t disagree with that. I don’t think everything can or should be covered. The illustration for rdean is that given medication for erectile dysfunction is a form of health care. Directly terminating a pregnancy is a form of murder. Two very different things.

]]> By: DarwinCatholic http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3867 DarwinCatholic Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:36:29 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3867 Though I will say, at a pragmatic trade off level, I'd be willing to see people with erectile disfunction have to pay for medication out of pocket, if the trade off would result in a total ban on any funding for abortions -- not because I'd see them as the same thing, but because I'd see them as of much different levels of importance. I just don't think that that party of NOW and NARL has any interest in making the trade. Though I will say, at a pragmatic trade off level, I’d be willing to see people with erectile disfunction have to pay for medication out of pocket, if the trade off would result in a total ban on any funding for abortions — not because I’d see them as the same thing, but because I’d see them as of much different levels of importance. I just don’t think that that party of NOW and NARL has any interest in making the trade.

]]> By: Phillip http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3866 Phillip Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:30:56 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3866 Erectile dysfunction is a disorder that is corrected by medication. Pregnancy is a natural condition whose end is a live, human infant. The equating of the two shows in part why you, and Democrats in general, don't understand the issue. Erectile dysfunction is a disorder that is corrected by medication. Pregnancy is a natural condition whose end is a live, human infant. The equating of the two shows in part why you, and Democrats in general, don’t understand the issue.

]]> By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3865 Donald R. McClarey Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:21:41 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3865 "The truth is that no one is FOR abortion. Just a woman’s right to decide." Rubbish. That is akin to saying that no one was pro-slavery but merely the right of a white to decide whether he owned a black. Thank you for proving my point that for most Democrats and their members of Congress the right to abortion is the holy grail. “The truth is that no one is FOR abortion. Just a woman’s right to decide.”

Rubbish. That is akin to saying that no one was pro-slavery but merely the right of a white to decide whether he owned a black. Thank you for proving my point that for most Democrats and their members of Congress the right to abortion is the holy grail.

]]> By: rdean http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/20/stop-the-abortion-mandate/#comment-3864 rdean Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:55:30 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11699#comment-3864 Most Democrats would never vote for a bill that didn't cover abortion? Why not? The truth is that no one is FOR abortion. Just a woman's right to decide. Republicans want to cover Viagra because they feel "erectile dysfunction" is a "medical condition". If Democrats can't cover abortion, then Republicans shouldn't be allowed to cover Viagra. Most Democrats would never vote for a bill that didn’t cover abortion? Why not?
The truth is that no one is FOR abortion. Just a woman’s right to decide.
Republicans want to cover Viagra because they feel “erectile dysfunction” is a “medical condition”. If Democrats can’t cover abortion, then Republicans shouldn’t be allowed to cover Viagra.

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