Right To Life This is where I differ from my opponents on the issue of Pro-life. I support the death penalty therefore I can not claim to be 100% Pro-Life. I believe that life begins with the first division of that very first cell in the womb and it nutures there for the next 36 weeks. I do not believe abortion is a solution for people who decide to engage in recreational sex. I believe the simplest solution is the education of our children spiritually and morally by the parents and not the federal government. The Declaration of Independence states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." this documnet predates our constituition and makes it quite clear that we were recognized as individuals that were "created equal" not "born equal". The ethical principle is that there is a hierarchy of rights, but that the right to life itself is supreme. There is a right to free speech, but not to shout "fire" in a theater. A man has a right to swing his fist, but that right stops at your nose. We all have the right to the pursuit of happiness, but we cannot achieve it by discriminating against, stealing from, injuring or killing others. Laws enforcing civil rights are of this nature. Abortion is a civil rights, a human rights issue, and the basic right to life of all humans must be protected. But equal protection? Every government has the right and duty to protect the lives of all living humans in that nation regardless of degree of dependency, degree of perfection, age, sex, or place of residence (living in or out of the womb). This protection should be guaranteed by its Constitution and should be enforced through due process of law. The alternative to this is to allow, legislate or adjudicate a system in which there is discrimination against certain classes of living humans. In the case of abortion there is discrimination against an entire class of living humans, on the basis of age (too young) and place of residence (still living in the womb). Such laws created by the U.S. Supreme Court and by other nations’ Parliaments have granted to one living human (the woman) the legal right to kill another (her developing baby) in order to solve her own personal social problem. Should this fatal discrimination against an entire class of living humans continue? That is a question still before each nation, and one that will simply not go away. A civilization will ultimately be judged by how it treats the smallest, the most dependent, the most innocent among its members. Did that nation cherish, protect, love and nourish them — or kill them? for more information and statistical information and debates pertaining to rape, issues and Roe ve. Wade visit.
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