“And we need a president who doesn’t think that the protection of the unborn or a newly born baby is above his pay grade.
The man who will be that president is John McCain.”–Fred Thompson–9/2/08
WARREN: Now, let’s deal with abortion; 40 million abortions since Roe v. Wade. As a pastor, I have to deal with this all of the time, all of the pain and all of the conflicts. I know this is a very complex issue. Forty million abortions, at what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?
OBAMA: Well, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade.
So, there you have it. Asked an existential question, Barack Obama refused to play God, while the Republicans promise that John McCain will.
In my religion, the answer to the question of when life begins is certain (at the moment of graduation from law school), but our First Amendment allows each of us to have our own ideas or even none at all.
Ms. Palin and her daughter both chose "life" (and taste forbids speculation concerning whether her daughter really made her own choice) Those of us who feel that a 17 year old girl, or a woman carrying a Down’s Syndrome fetus, have a right to decide for themselves whether to carry a pregnancy to term are bound to respect their choices.
Why won’t they give others the same opportunity?
Apparently, the answer to that question is above their pay grade.