tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post1331936324727700438..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Abortion: why it's not a simple as it seems to some folk....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-17682713030314210622011-09-01T19:50:40.344+01:002011-09-01T19:50:40.344+01:00In simple terms,the extermination
of innocent huma...In simple terms,the extermination<br />of innocent human life,whether in the womb or outside,whether by the idividual or the State is a crime against humanity.<br />To kill a human form simply because he/she is not wanted,with<br />the support of the State,cannot be justifiad on any count.If we cannot<br />defend the helpless foetus,then <br />human society will slip into an<br />abyss where the strong will tread <br />all over the weak,individual greed<br />will suffocate the sick and the poor reduced to beasts.<br />The warning signs are plentifull,<br />it would be wise to heed them.<br /><br />Unwanted child of warAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-81621407189906105002011-09-01T17:45:41.697+01:002011-09-01T17:45:41.697+01:00The problem isn't impartial advice. The proble...The problem isn't impartial advice. The problem is the pretence that Nadine Dorries or her religious fundamentalist backers are impartial, coupled with the insinuation that the likes of BPAS and Marie Stopes are tainted by a profit motive, when they're actually not-for-profit charities.Oop Norf.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-84506390573948705562011-09-01T17:25:59.963+01:002011-09-01T17:25:59.963+01:00I think you have misrepresented Jack of Kent's...I think you have misrepresented Jack of Kent's stance and Nadine Dorries' proposals on independent advice.<br /><br />I don't see anywhere in Jack of Kent's piece where he says that women ought to make the decision unsupported. Or that they should be denied access to counselling and advice should they need it.<br /><br />However, ironically perhaps, the effect of the proposal would be precisely this. If only those counsellors who were independent of abortion providers were entitled to counsel, the range of counselling available would be inevitably limited. We are not starting from a position where there is no counselling available and thinking about what sort of counselling ought to be introduced, but one where there is a wide range of sources of advice, both from abortion providers and from religious and voluntary groups.<br /><br />It is not at all clear that advice from an independent counsellor which has a moral pro-life stance would be more valuable to the young woman in your scenario than from a counsellor taking a more pro-choice approach who happens also to be part of an organisation which provides abortions. On this basis, banning the latter from being allowed ever to advise would be counter-productive.<br /><br />http://wp.me/p1kusD-5uAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com