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Do You Agree With Rees-Mogg That Abortion Even After A Woman Has Been Raped Is Morally Indefensible?
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I can understand why he believes this as he was brought up as a strict Catholic ("life is life"), but I can't agree with him - even the morning after pill would be a no no to him.
How do you feel?
I can understand why he believes this as he was brought up as a strict Catholic ("life is life"), but I can't agree with him - even the morning after pill would be a no no to him.
How do you feel?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.//It is not the PMs job to enforce the law or even to make it, any change in law must first go through Parliament and the House of Lords.//
Government bills are very rarely defeated in the Commons (I think Blair only ever had 5), and the Lords at the most can only hold a bill up for 2 years. PMs are not dictators, and they require parliamentary alliances to govern. But they are hugely influential on lawmaking - we do not have separation of powers in this country as federal systems do.
Government bills are very rarely defeated in the Commons (I think Blair only ever had 5), and the Lords at the most can only hold a bill up for 2 years. PMs are not dictators, and they require parliamentary alliances to govern. But they are hugely influential on lawmaking - we do not have separation of powers in this country as federal systems do.
Abortion is none of his business. It is none of my business, and none of your business. It is her business alone.
What would any RC say if a forced conception was going to infect the raped woman and the unwanted child with a hideous disease ? Would RCs insist that the woman become diseased and give birth to a diseased child ?
What would any RC say if a forced conception was going to infect the raped woman and the unwanted child with a hideous disease ? Would RCs insist that the woman become diseased and give birth to a diseased child ?
> How do you feel?
On JRM, I like him, but no way should he be leader of the Tories and he knows that. In saying what he's said, he's killed two birds with one stone - quashed ideas of him being leader, yet been open and honest about some principles that are important to him.
On abortion, there are women that hold the exact same views as JRM. Does that make those views more valid because a woman holds them? I think not. So, as a man, I'll comment that I agree with the 1967 Abortion Act to the letter - I think it's a fair moral and ethical balance.
On JRM, I like him, but no way should he be leader of the Tories and he knows that. In saying what he's said, he's killed two birds with one stone - quashed ideas of him being leader, yet been open and honest about some principles that are important to him.
On abortion, there are women that hold the exact same views as JRM. Does that make those views more valid because a woman holds them? I think not. So, as a man, I'll comment that I agree with the 1967 Abortion Act to the letter - I think it's a fair moral and ethical balance.
Reading many of the replies on here it is clear that many have not listened to what he actually said. He clearly stated that "she would have a right under UK law 'interjection by piers' but that law is NOT going to change.
So it is his personal belief he is stating (totally opposite to mine) and also saying he respects the law of the land which is not going to change.
Whilst many on here, myself included, do not agree with him in the slightest I'm not sure AB is the best measure of the population. I suspect this is one of those things many will agree with, even if silently.
And to those saying he can never be a PM because he is Catholic: Would you say the same thing to a devout Muslim in the same circumstances, because they have very similar views?
So it is his personal belief he is stating (totally opposite to mine) and also saying he respects the law of the land which is not going to change.
Whilst many on here, myself included, do not agree with him in the slightest I'm not sure AB is the best measure of the population. I suspect this is one of those things many will agree with, even if silently.
And to those saying he can never be a PM because he is Catholic: Would you say the same thing to a devout Muslim in the same circumstances, because they have very similar views?
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