Not only does this place an additional financial burden on some of the most marginalized in our society, it represents yet another attack on American’s ideal of religious freedom by imposing one narrow set of religious views into public law. #PutPatientsFirst#CoverMyAbortion
Catholic teaching regards our conscience as the final arbiter in any moral decision each of us must make. It is both a gift and a responsibility that we are called to follow our conscience and to respect the right of others to do the same. #DC4AbortionAccess
A Libertarian Feminist Case for Abortion Rights
Sharon Presley
"In the libertarian tradition, a person is a free moral agent with “sole dominion” over his or her life."
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“In the abortion and the ERA fights,” Joan later, “women were asking for help in repealing unjust laws that were aimed at them."
Riggenbach, Jeff. Persuaded by Reason: Joan Kennedy Taylor and the Rebirth of American Individualism .
“Abortion is a moral right — which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what…” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not yet living (or the unborn).” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“Observe that the men who uphold such a concept as ‘the rights of an embryo,’ are the men who deny, negate, and violate the rights of a living human being.” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaI44OT
“She also called out the anti-choice advocates for what they are — hypocrites. Today we witness the Republican Party in the grips of radical theocrats, mentally unstable fundamentalists and narcissistic authoritarians. They shriek and…” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“Even Protestant fundamentalists have adopted Catholic views about sex, contraception and abortion. At one point evangelicals did not oppose abortion rights, but as fundamentalism moved from the authoritarian left to the authoritarian…” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“Vatican insists men must never use a condom to prevent spreading a deadly disease. Sexual activity — and most AIDS cases are among heterosexuals — must not just include the danger of an unwanted preganancy, but carry a potential …” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“‘Both sides claim to be puzzled and disappointed by what they regard as a contradiction in the two recent encyclicals of Pope Paul VI. The so-called conservatives (speaking in religious, not political, terms) were dismayed by the…” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
“‘Abortion is a moral right — which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved,’ she said.’ (p 320–321)” — @storeymoorfield https://t.co/CFxDaHMtqj
"Observe that the men who uphold such a concept as “the rights of an embryo,” are the men who deny, negate, and violate the rights of a living human being."
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