Ok, pro-lifers. It’s time to act! Time to re-claim the pro-life movement!
It’s time to take back the pro-life movement from politicians and politico-religious organizations whose statements are more reflective of a political party line, than of a genuine pro-life position.
Decades have passed since Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton that made abortion on demand a protected right. But, despite the election of politicians who claim to be pro-life, and the insistence of religious organizations that we must vote for these politicians, “abortion rights” are as firm today as ever.
Politicians that pro-lifers are voting into office lack any real commitment to the cause for life. And yet we continue to send them back there again and again. So called “pro-life organization”, and groups like the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, unfortunately are not calling this out.
The ideals of the pro-life movement are not synonymous with a Political Party — and, in fact, votes for self-proclaimed “Pro-life politicians” has thus far been detrimental to the values of the pro-life agenda, and the people of this nation. (Diminished education, sky rocketing costs of health care, more uninsured, and growing poverty — highest numbers in 50 years! )
The reality is that, because most every politician has no real commitment to pro-life issues, such planks of that politician’s platform should be mostly dismissed. In most cases, the economic platforms of most politicians are the most important to them — and it is those positions that should be closely scrutinized by pro-lifers.
Does that mean that poverty and health care and education are more important issues than, say, abortion and same-sex marriage? Not at all! But, when you examine the record of most “pro-life politicians”, money and power are of greater concern than protection of, and concern for, life. Thus, at the end of the day, most “pro-life politicians” have simply betrayed those of us with a genuine concern for pro-life issues.
As such, it’s time to change the way we vote as People for a Culture of Life. Stop voting for the guy who merely claims to be pro-life. The chance that he/she is saying that simply to get your vote is in the high 90′s! Stop being a “one issue voter.”
Instead, listen and look at the entire platform of the candidate, and ask of each position: Does this position show concern for all life? Does it care for the unborn, the elderly, the sick, the disabled, and the poor?
Only when we start to do this, will be be able to get back the pro-life movement from politicians, political parties, and organizations that have more commitment to politics than values.