DeoOmnisGloria.com discussion
My thoughts this morning, posted here and on the link above:
John Kerry works toward the goal of abortion being "rare, but safe and legal." That eliminates all the unconscionable casual abortions that take so many precious lives. It also saves many lives of mothers that are lost when abortion is illegal and dangerously performed. It's a pretty good goal, in my book. Compared to many of the public, who he is bound to represent in his vocation, Sen. Kerry's stance is definitely pro-life.
Most Catholics strongly oppose abortion. However, when it comes close to home, as in "my" daughter's health being threatened by a dangerous pregnancy, or even "my" family's way of life threatened by an untimely pregnancy, they get a glimpse of the horror of that "gray area" that we all wish didn't exist--the area of life choices in conflict.
People in those crisis areas deal with it in different ways. Our current President is proud of the fact that he sees the world in black and white. His youthful response to his own personal gray-area abortion decision, though, is not in line with the staunch anti-abortion advocacy that is attributed to him by his cheerleaders.
If the world was black-and-white, and "life" was only one thing--maximum procreation, the Church's stance would be easy to fulfill. But God's gift of life is present in much more than simplest biology. The needs of different levels of life always conflict, and as far as I can see, it's our duty to make our best choices with as much grace as we can.
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