National Debt & Deficit Spending Value of Human Life
I believe abortion is wrong.
In my 30 years of active duty in the US Navy it was often heard that the United States, and its military, values human life far more than other nations. This valuing of human life was something that set our armed forces apart from other nations militaries.
The reputation of our GIs has long been that of doing small things for children that make these children’s life, amidst the horror of war, a small bit better.
So why do we, as a nation, not protect our most helpless of people?
It is as if, unborn children are an inconvenience, our own lives are more important than our next generation. How do we pass on to our next generation a set of values that will enable a strong and courageous nation?
I believe that people of faith are called to live by an example that values human life, that take on the hard tasks of family and child rearing, and that “bite the bullet” when life deals us an uncomfortable hand.
So what is to be done in Congress?
When our judiciary has to resolve something that ought to be handled in our legislative branch, they rarely do it well. Our legislative branch does not quickly resolve tough and complex issues. When they avoid tough issues and another branch steps in the resolution is rarely satisfying.
Sometimes these issues ought to take years to be worked out, little by little. Such that when finally resolved the majority of our peoples acknowledge the fair and just result of the process, even if it is not perfect in their view.
Our congress must face the question of whether an abortion is a death. Should our society, presuming to lead the world in valuing human life, quietly stand by while such things are done for convenience?
There are many practices within our medical system that many would find repulsive and these should be stopped. There are some medical situations where we, as people of faith, should not propose for the government to interfere with tough decisions made within a family.
We believe that government should stay out of our lives in many, many areas. What we can do is ensure that the rights of a child are properly balanced against those of the mother.
There are cases of forced impregnation that we must allow the woman to make her peace with her own God and to live by her conscience with her decision. In the majority of other cases the baby has a life also and our laws should abide that.
In the end our nation presumes to be a people of conscience. Our system and laws must reinforce that.