Ancient Hebrew Poetry

Abortion is a family issue

    Helen Alvaré is an articulate pro-life voice who believes in the search for common ground with those whose first commitment is to choice. She was a keynote speaker at a ground-breaking conference held at Princeton University, on October 15^th and 16^th, 2010, entitled “Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Fair-Minded Words,” which brought together people from a variety of points of view, including a philosopher, Peter Singer, who has come out in favor of infanticide. Here are two key excerpts from her speech.

In what sense the Bible has much to say about abortion

   Members of religious traditions that base themselves on the Bible often think of abortion as a cruel and inhuman suppression of the life of an unborn child and push for laws that limit the practice of abortion. People push for limitations for the same reason others favor restrictions on smoking or on justifications for waging war: in the name of the common good.