Pastor Rick Warren posed a question on abortion to Sen. Barack Obama.
Warren asks, "At what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?"
Here is some of Obama's answer:
"Whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade.
"Let me speak more generally about the issue of abortion. One thing that I am absolutely convinced of is there is a moral and ethical element to this issue. ... I am pro-choice...not because I'm pro-abortion. But ultimately I do not think women make these decisions causally.
"I am for limits on late-term abortion.
"If you believe that life begins at conceptions, and you are consistent in that belief, then I can’t argue with you on that. That is a core issue of faith for you. What I can do is say are there ways to work together to reduce unwanted pregnancies.
As an example of that is, how do we provide the resources for women to keep a child? … Have we given them the options of adoption?"
Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on August 16, 2008 7:40PM
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Above my pay grade? What a moronic thing to say.
Posted by: Bill at August 17, 2008
Donkey life begins at conception.
Elephant life begins at conception.
Human life MUST begin at conception. There is no other time that it can begin. If anyone has another scientific answer, please share with me what the dividing line is.
Would you abort a child one minute before it was born? What about the minute before that? What about the minute before that. We can keep going back and back and back, all the way to the moment of conception.
Carrie
Posted by: Carrie Rostollan at August 18, 2008
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