tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9415335.post7242138355175035302..comments2023-12-18T07:41:43.648-06:00Comments on Threshing Grain: Abortion's battle of messagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9415335.post-49629647048401530982008-01-22T16:56:00.000-06:002008-01-22T16:56:00.000-06:00In recent years, the antiabortion movement success...<I>In recent years, the antiabortion movement successfully put the nitty-gritty details of abortion procedures on public display, increasing the belief that abortion is serious business and that some societal involvement is appropriate.</I><BR/><BR/>Note that to Kissling and Michelman, the public has just started to develop "a belief that abortion is serious business." They don't think it's a matter of <I>recognizing</I> that abortion is "serious business".<BR/><BR/><I>Those who are pro-choice have not convinced America that we support a public discussion of the moral dimensions of abortion.</I><BR/><BR/>That's because if you address the "moral dimensions" you loose. Even the preschooler at the playground grasps "Pick on somebody your own size." That mothers have a responsibility to protect their children is another no-brainer.<BR/><BR/><I>Likewise, we haven't convinced people that we are the ones actually doing things to make it possible for women to avoid needing abortions.</I><BR/><BR/>The only "need" for abortion is in women's heads, not their wombs. It's prochoicers who put that "need" there in the first place.Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.com