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Christie Will Attend Right To Life Rally

Governor Chris Christie will attend a Rally for Life on the steps of the statehouse in Trenton today.

The rally, sponsored by NJ Right to Life, is scheduled for 11:00am through 1:00PM.

Thanks to the MMM reader who pointed out how the Star Ledger chose to frame the news of the rally and Christie’s participation.   Rather than refer to NJ Right to Life and Christie as “pro-life,” they said both are “anti-abortion rights.”

The governor has said he is anti-abortion rights.

I’ve been following the governor pretty closely for the last two years.  I never heard him say, “I’m anti-abortion rights.”  I have heard him say, “I am pro-life.”  I heard him tell of how he became pro-life during one of his wife’s pregnancies.  Perhaps this is a matter of semantics.  The Ledger’s choice of words is revealing.

Since the Roe vs Wade decision 38 years ago the “life question” has been at the heart of political and cultural divisions within our great country.   The Supreme Court defined human  life based upon “viability” outside of the womb. The court found, or invented, “privacy rights” in the U.S. Constitution, and declared that a life that is not viable has the unjust power to violate a woman’s privacy rights by growing inside of her, but that once it becomes viable, based upon an unscientific timetable, the rights of the unborn exceed the privacy rights of the mother.

As medical technology has advanced over the last four decades, the “life choice” has become less and less abstract.  Technological advances have made the choice to terminate or nourish less a matter of faith or morality.  It is a matter of science.  The choice is ultimately no longer a matter of lifestyle, economics or convenience.  It is a choice of life and death.

 

Baby Steps (English) from American Life League on Vimeo.

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Posted: January 24th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Right to Life | Tags: , | 3 Comments »

3 Comments on “Christie Will Attend Right To Life Rally”

  1. Mike said at 1:26 pm on January 24th, 2011:

    Good post, but I think you’re missing one piece. On the same day as Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court also decided another case, Doe v. Bolton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_v._Bolton). Doe v. Bolton eliminated the viability restriction and allows abortion for any reason up to and during birth.

  2. Elyse Jankowski said at 11:06 am on January 26th, 2011:

    In FY 09, there were 424,000 children in foster care, with only 57,000 adopted (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/trends.htm)

    If a girl is raped and as a result births a child she cannot care for, what happens to that child if they are never adopted? What kind of life do they lead?

    If Christie is pro-life, I would think/hope he would dedicate some time/money to these children’s needs.

  3. Janice said at 5:53 pm on January 26th, 2011:

    Christie likes to pose as a “what you see is what you get” type of character, but his pose as a moderate on this issue apparently has served its purpose and now he is embracing the position he thinks will lead him to greener pastures. If Christie’s conversion came when his daughter was born 14 years ago, it’s telling we didn’t know he was staunchly against abortion rights till AFTER he was elected governor. Like virtually every right wing opponent of abortion rights, Christie’s concern for these precious lives ends with their actual births.