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.”
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.
Posted: January 24th, 2011 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Right to Life | Tags: Chris Christie, Right to Life Rally | 3 Comments »