Re: Any anti-abortion atheists?

"Paul Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:54:47 GMT, "Dr. DuFonet"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Can I be pro-choice and anti-abortion at the same time? Anti-abortion has
to
> >be trying to prohibit abortion, or  just discourage it?
>
> I would say no.  Anti-gunners want to prohibit private gun ownership.
> Anti- remove the right to keep and bear arms.  Anti-old-car people
> want to prohibit driving old cars.  Anti-whatever must need to want to
> prohibit the whatever.
>
> Pro-Choice people generally dislike abortion and would like to see
> fewer abortions performed.
>
> > Is this a troll
> >since I can't find any replies from who posted it??
>
> A lot of people post and lose track of what they posted.  Others get
> scared off by the replies.  Given the five groups it was posted to, I
> would give 5:1 odds that it was a troll.
I did find a reply from tjhe poster and wrote another message but
unfortunatel;y deleted the wrong one. here it is resurrected form deleted
items:

> > >I've been wondering about this for the last few days.  Are there any
> > >well known people around who are both atheists and are against
> > >abortion?  Thanks.
> >
> >   You should be more specific.  Do you mean atheists who are against
> > allowing any woman to have an abortion for any reason or perhaps
> > atheists who think the choice should be available but hope it is not
> > needed? Or something else?
>
> I was thinking more about finding abortion morally wrong.  Of course a
> person can think it's a bad thing and still be pro-choice.

Morally wrong is bringing the definition of morals into it, which is a
social definition, taking it outside the couples' decision process. When you
saart talking about morality, you are back at the political level. At that
level the anti-abortionosts want to prohibit abortion but do little to
create an atmosphere friendly to having babies, except for the religious
faithful who are gainfully employed. The main causes of abortion are poverty
and male unemployment, the latter condition which is used as a population
control mechanism.