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Abortion advocacy predicated on state-ist humanism
From: ChristianGovernance eletter, December 26, 2012
Vancouver Sun – Dec. 21, 2012
Letter: Abortion and infanticide are not related matters
Re: Abortion law would halt slide toward tacit acceptance of infanticide, Dec. 18
The op-ed does not take women into consideration, but rather uses some elements of rare situations and makes generalizations that provide an inaccurate picture of abortion care in Canada. Abortion is a medical procedure which is regulated through College of Physicians and Surgeons in each province, just like every other medical procedure in Canada. Infanticide is another matter entirely which is regulated through the justice system. The need for abortion will always exist; I would like to live in a country where it is safe and legal.
Jill Doctoroff
Director, Elizabeth Bagshaw Women’s Clinic
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As you can see from this pro-abortion argument, abortion advocacy is predicated on state-ist Humanism. The state is seen as the author of ethics. In other words, the state is embraced as god. Whatever the state determines to be lawful or unlawful is a sufficient basis for determining what is right and wrong. No other ethical explanation or analysis is necessary for considering what is ethical and unethical.
“What is” equals “what ought to be.” The Canadian state manages abortion as a medical procedure, therefore, that is what it is. The state addresses other forms of infanticide through the justice system, therefore, that is the way it should be.
Is this simply a self-serving, exploitative, dishonest assertion by a woman who finds that the state conveniently affirms her own views, or is this a principle-based argument rooted in the tyranny of Humanism?
Who knows? Either way, the outcome for Canada, if fully embraced, is far more death and devastation. Communism assumes the state as god. Communism is a religion of extermination – the extermination of tens of millions of people throughout the former USSR, communist China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and elsewhere throughout the world. Rome’s divinized state was also a brutal, death-dealing society. Many other examples throughout history further illustrate this point.
The worldview of Christian liberty is introduced into every facet and corner of society by Christians, transforming and revitalizing life and culture. This is the primary contest between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness throughout history – liberty in Christ vs. totalitarian oppression by the messianic state. And we see the ideology of the latter articulated by Jill Doctoroff – interesting name: a “doctor” whose views are definitely OFF! - with her advocacy for killing unborn babies – because the god-state – the source of truth and ethics – says it is OK.