During the last presidential debate, when referring to Senator Obama's attempts to include a "health of the mother" provision in a "late term abortion" bill to which he voted "present," Senator McCain had this to say:
"... that's the extreme pro-abortion position - quote 'health' "...
McCain admits that he believes protecting the health of the mother is an "extreme pro-abortion position." PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER IS AN EXTREME PRO-ABORTION POSITION!" Has the far right finally fallen off the cliff? There is NOWHERE in the scriptures that tells us that we should place a higher value on the unborn than we do on mothers. Anyone who holds such a view, in my opinion, has lost the ability to use the brain that God has given them. What low value does McCain and the religious right place on the life of a pregnant woman faced with the terrible decision of possibly having to end her pregnancy in order to save her own life, be able to care for her current family, or remain a productive member of society? For religious extremists to believe they have the right to control such a personally reserved and agonizing decision for a woman is the ultimate in self-righteousness. Of course, their self-righteousness blinds them to the point of keeping them from judging themselves while they judge everyone else.
