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 | SZinHonshu (44)
02/28/2006 | Just as there is a minority of GOP members who support Affirmative Action, there are also "Pro Choice" members of the party.
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 | Sundiszno (30)
05/18/2005 | High on the list of priorities for a conservative. For all of the moaning and wailing by the left-wing liberal fringe about compassion, human rights, protection of minorities, respect for other people, etc. ad nauseam, they seem to have no qualms about killing unborn children, cloaking it in the shining mantle of supporting a woman's right to choose. I've said it before somewhere on RIA - I support a woman's right to do anything she wants with her own body, be it healthy or not, but there is no logic in extending that right to killing another human, be it completely formed or not, because it's not her body that she's deciding for, but that of another person. Again, going back to the root meaning of the word conservative, it means to save, whereas abortion is destroying a living thing.
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 | Mr.Political (18)
05/13/2005 | While in college, I was still trying to decide as to what political movement I wanted to affiliate myself with. Until then, I only had a basic understanding of abortion and it wasn't much of a priority on my list of what I thought should be a part of the political party I want to belong to. During this find myself period (lol) I had visited a cousin of mine, a doctor, who had shelves and shelves of the most intense medical books and journals. While looking through one, abortion procedure photos were depicted and what I saw was the most horrific, disturbing images of my life. I thought to myself, how could anyone support this, much less call it a choice? To illustrate what a profound impact those photos had on me, I registered as a Republican the day I got back on campus and have remained actively pro-life ever since. Those pictures probably kept me from becoming a liberal untill I could learn more about the conservative movement, as, I suspect, it does for many others.
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 | magellan (153)
05/12/2005 | This is such a tough issue. Compelling arguments can be made for why this should be a conservative position, and why it should not be a conservative position. I would certainly disagree that being Pro Life is the core conservative principle. There is so much more to governing than how you feel about aborting a pregnancy. As such, to identify this issue as the primary definition of your governing philosophy would seem irresponsiblly narrow in thinking. Because this is such a narrow, passionate, emotional, religious, and partisan issue, I would love to see it kicked out to the states to define, so it doesn't keep wreaking havoc on national elections. It's unfortunate that theoretically, someone with no vision, no leadership, no integrity, no passion, no loyalty, no expertise, etc. could win 35% of the nation's presidential vote solely by being pro life / pro choice.
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 | luridlloyd (9)
05/12/2005 | The fact that the Federal Govt. wants to interfere with a) States rights
b) Personal freedom
c)Privacy
If Libertarians are conservative, then this is not a conservative position.
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 | ledzep44 (2)
05/12/2005 | Yes, like supporting war and death penalty is pro-life.
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 | LanceRoxas (40)
05/12/2005 |  This is the quintessential conservative position. Essential to conservative principles is the philosophical notion that human goods are deducible from a methological process of metaphysical anthropology- that the laws of nature and the universe can give us reasoned, moral answers through an attainable knowledge of it. The understanding that life is the most basic human good and the good life is therefore promoted by development of positive laws that protect that most essential natural good is most readily apparent in those who defend the life of the unborn. Results oriented conservative ideologues are simply not conservatives at all but deontological liberals protecting their own back yard.
Any empiricist assessment of legal reasoning that reduces human life to a composition of desires and simply asserts implausible claims to desires that are incompatible with the existential process we are part of, are going to necessitate the linguistic gymnastics most pro-abortion advocates perform daily. To be a true conservative thinker it is simply impossible to be pro-abortion- I don't care where you come down on taxes or federalism.
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 | EschewObfuscation (61)
05/12/2005 | I'm not sure this is definitive of conservatism, there are many pro-life democrats, some very liberal. But, the Republican Party (wisely, I think) took this issue and wrapped itself in it, forcing the loyal opposition (Democrat Party) to take a contrarian stance against the anti-abortion faction. I think it is this issue which accounts for the majorities in both houses of Congress held by republicans today. It is a very personal issue, very polarizing and emotional, and those who argue against the pro-life stance do so without the characteristic passion which most indigenously democrat issues carry.
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 | louiethe20th (73)
05/12/2005 | Without a doubt!This may be the defining issue.
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 | helmut (16)
05/11/2005 | Say what you will, but this is the main reason I vote conservative.
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