tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post580006580158798714..comments2024-03-24T00:27:42.082-07:00Comments on mormonomics & mormonethics: The Gaping Hole in the Church’s Official Policy on AbortionRoger Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-11731616844752725542020-08-01T19:50:36.127-07:002020-08-01T19:50:36.127-07:00I agree with some of the comments about adoption b...I agree with some of the comments about adoption being a possible solution for some women. But as with almost every issue, adoption is not a simple one-size-fits all measure to fill the hole in the Church's abortion policy. The Church does encourage adoption as an alternative to abortion, but I do find it interesting that the Church's official abortion policy does not mention adoption.<br /><br />Perhaps there are reasons for this. For those who are interested, see these two articles about why adoption is so unpopular among women considering abortion: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/why-more-women-dont-choose-adoption/589759/ and https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-third-wave/201905/adoption-is-not-solution-abortion.Roger Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-10881263843973642062020-07-30T18:27:08.153-07:002020-07-30T18:27:08.153-07:00My thought about the 'rape and incest' exc...My thought about the 'rape and incest' exception is that it may not do the victim much good. It takes some women years, decades even, to be able to talk about the trauma of what happened. To expect her to declare a rape within a few weeks of it happening is to seriously misunderstand how a trauma victim processes the trauma. What happens if she tells a doctor she was raped? Do the police get involved? What if she's afraid of the rapist's threats that he'll kill her if she tells anyone? Making a woman deal with the trauma before she's ready is terrible. I don't think that's a meaningful exception at all. <br /><br />As for the infanticide comments you got, they're just weird. I think the Republicans are the pro-pregnancy party, but the Democrats are pro-life. I mean, if we want to use the same tone as those Republican commenters, we could point out that their concern for the child ends at birth. Once born, a child can go to school and be used as target practice because Republicans don't want to restrict rights to own guns. Once born, a child can die for lack of medical care if parents can't afford health insurance. Seriously, Republicans don't care about lives. They care about controlling women's bodies. Democrats would save lives by limiting guns and providing universal health care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-68071313965248603182020-07-27T10:42:56.072-07:002020-07-27T10:42:56.072-07:00Actually the gaping hole is in your analysis. If a...Actually the gaping hole is in your analysis. If an exception is not listed (such as your health of the family) then it is not an exception. There is a general rule (abortion is to be avoided) with specific exceptions. Your analysis represents the kind of mental gymnastics I expect from anyone who belongs to a party that supports infanticide up to and through the birth and after-birth process.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042652787154610375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-4226202468149304902020-07-23T16:34:58.238-07:002020-07-23T16:34:58.238-07:00Anonymous - my thoughts exactly. Adoption seems to...Anonymous - my thoughts exactly. Adoption seems to answer all the questions brought up in the example. The mother would not be strapped raising another child, the child would not be aborted and a family who wants a child would have the opportunity to do so. Adoption seems to always be missing in abortion conversations.<br /><br />Also, the idea that the Republican party is "devoid of any serious policy initiatives on our most pressing concerns" is purely subjective. The same could be said of the Democrats. It depends on what one considers a pressing concern. Gilgameshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-46384992756461266012020-07-23T14:52:40.110-07:002020-07-23T14:52:40.110-07:00I can understand why you'd avoid the topic of ...I can understand why you'd avoid the topic of abortion after fleeing to the Democratic Party, since you're probably uncomfortable giving your wholehearted support to a policy that supports a right to abortion essentially up to the moment of a full-term infant's birth. Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03077876759025539174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-90734363928232268552020-07-23T12:33:18.926-07:002020-07-23T12:33:18.926-07:00"Neither the ultra-conservative pro-life posi..."Neither the ultra-conservative pro-life position nor the Church’s official policy has an answer for this situation and hundreds like it."<br /><br />Did adoption suddenly cease to exist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-22602483259481975812020-07-23T12:27:01.982-07:002020-07-23T12:27:01.982-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gerald Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348751671740204447noreply@blogger.com