A reader who is attempting to be \u201csensible\u201d about abortion by making excuses for lefty apologists for abortion writes:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pretty sure a lib would tell you that aborting for superficial reasons is wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If there\u2019s nothing wrong with abortion, there\u2019s nothing wrong with abortion and frequency or reasons for it are completely irrelevant. Nobody says that taking a walk for \u201csuperficial reasons\u201d is wrong. Nobody cares. It\u2019s a morally neutral act. But abortion is not morally neutral. It\u2019s evil because it\u2019s killing an innocent human being<\/em>. Apologists have to make up excuses for it and gingerly talk about keeping it \u201csafe, legal, and rare\u201d because everybody know it\u2019s murder that they are trying to excuse. Nobody talks about the need to make walks in the park, or picnics, or playing Stratego \u201crare\u201d. Nobody says brushing your hair or whistling for superficial reasons is wrong.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reader who is attempting to be \u201csensible\u201d about abortion by making excuses for lefty apologists for abortion writes: I\u2019m pretty sure a lib would tell you that aborting for superficial reasons is wrong. If there\u2019s nothing wrong with abortion, there\u2019s nothing wrong with abortion and frequency or reasons for it are completely irrelevant. Nobody […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-34942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-murdering-children-is-bad"],"yoast_head":"\n
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