The criticism I hear most often about the pro-"life" movement is that being pro-life is about "more than that [abortion]" and therefore, those who focus on anti-abortion and call it pro-life are ignoring capital punishment, lack of health care, the war, and a myriad of social justice issues that affect "life."
I think these people are splitting hairs and looking for an excuse to not make themselves sound anti-baby. Choosing a life name appeals to me because it's commonly associated with the anti-abortion position, but my concern is the same problem would plague this project if given a simple life name.
What do you think? Should we avoid a name with life in it to keep our cause simple and direct?
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It has been bothering me that we may vote for a politician because he is pro-life, but he doesn't know that, and probably never will, unless we make our presence known.
Not everyone who wants an end to abortion can fly to Washington for major pro-life rallies and marches. To try and make supporting the pro-life cause accessible to everyone, one day a year, we will all gather for an hour outside our local city hall and pray for an end to abortion.
Even if you are the only one in your town, you are united in prayer with all of us, all over the country.
Not everyone who wants an end to abortion can fly to Washington for major pro-life rallies and marches. To try and make supporting the pro-life cause accessible to everyone, one day a year, we will all gather for an hour outside our local city hall and pray for an end to abortion.
Even if you are the only one in your town, you are united in prayer with all of us, all over the country.
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Definately not. Anti-Aboriton, is in it's very essence pro-life. Yes there are other issues under the pro-life category, but that doesn't change the fact that fighting abortion is a pro-life thing to do. People who seem to have problems with calling it "pro-life", most likely have been struggling with how to justify placing less importance and immediacy on the abortion issue.
I think its goes something like this.
An Anti-Abortion ideology is pro-life. Fighting for the lives of unborn children is clearly a defense of life.
I would be totally willing to call any organization dedicated to saving unborn children a pro-life organization.
What I am unwilling to say is that the Democrats or Republicans are either pro-life. Find me a pacifistic party that abhors murder, torture, abortion, and war. It doesn't exist. Not here, not now, anyway.
Anyway, to answer your origional question. I think you are part of the pro-life movement. You aren't the whole thing... which is fine... but definatly part of it.
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