Keep Those Lawsuits Coming
(OP-ED)
I am not normally a proponent of lawsuits. In fact, I believe that there are far too many ridiculous lawsuits that tie up our courts today, wasting time and taxpayers' money. However, when it comes to forcing pharmacists to prescribe abortifacients, which destroy human life, I believe that we need to defeat such destructive and immoral legislation with every peaceful method we can. An Illinois panel recently upheld an administrative ruling issued by Governor Rod Blagojevich requiring all pharmacists in the state to dispense all legal drugs -- including those that could cause abortions. To say that such a ruling represents an error in judgement is a vast understatement, for the Governor knows exactly what he is doing -- promoting a culture of death, denying human beings their right to live a moral life according to their religious beliefs and their consciences. He was voted in to office, for the most part, by those who support the pro-death platform.
When I served on a community voting panel this past year as the only Catholic pro-life representative or should I say the token Catholic pro-life representative, other participants reiterated over and over, "You can't legislate morality". This tired response has been on the lips of pro-death activists since the 70's.
My response to this is if they mean that laws can't make an immoral person moral, they are correct. The fact that there are immoral people is precisely why we need laws. Otherwise they would impose their immorality on others.
If they mean that laws can't be based on morality, I wonder what they think laws should be based on.
All laws exist to impose somebody's morality. Laws against rape impose somebody else's morality on rapists and potential rapists. Laws against burglary impose somebody else's morality on burglars and potential burglars. Laws against drunk driving impose somebody else's morality on drunks. Are people who say you can't legislate morality against these laws?
Martin Luther King once said, " We hear the familiar cry that morals can't be legislated. This may be true, but behavior can be regulated. The law may not be able to make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me."
When people support abortion on the grounds that you can't legislate morality, they are making an admission. They know abortion is immoral, but want to support it anyway. They want to be free to impose their own immorality on unborn babies and their mothers. And the law would do well to stop them.
Yes, we can legislate morality, but isn't it a shame that we have to do so?
(OP-ED)
I am not normally a proponent of lawsuits. In fact, I believe that there are far too many ridiculous lawsuits that tie up our courts today, wasting time and taxpayers' money. However, when it comes to forcing pharmacists to prescribe abortifacients, which destroy human life, I believe that we need to defeat such destructive and immoral legislation with every peaceful method we can. An Illinois panel recently upheld an administrative ruling issued by Governor Rod Blagojevich requiring all pharmacists in the state to dispense all legal drugs -- including those that could cause abortions. To say that such a ruling represents an error in judgement is a vast understatement, for the Governor knows exactly what he is doing -- promoting a culture of death, denying human beings their right to live a moral life according to their religious beliefs and their consciences. He was voted in to office, for the most part, by those who support the pro-death platform.
When I served on a community voting panel this past year as the only Catholic pro-life representative or should I say the token Catholic pro-life representative, other participants reiterated over and over, "You can't legislate morality". This tired response has been on the lips of pro-death activists since the 70's.
My response to this is if they mean that laws can't make an immoral person moral, they are correct. The fact that there are immoral people is precisely why we need laws. Otherwise they would impose their immorality on others.
If they mean that laws can't be based on morality, I wonder what they think laws should be based on.
All laws exist to impose somebody's morality. Laws against rape impose somebody else's morality on rapists and potential rapists. Laws against burglary impose somebody else's morality on burglars and potential burglars. Laws against drunk driving impose somebody else's morality on drunks. Are people who say you can't legislate morality against these laws?
Martin Luther King once said, " We hear the familiar cry that morals can't be legislated. This may be true, but behavior can be regulated. The law may not be able to make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me."
When people support abortion on the grounds that you can't legislate morality, they are making an admission. They know abortion is immoral, but want to support it anyway. They want to be free to impose their own immorality on unborn babies and their mothers. And the law would do well to stop them.
Yes, we can legislate morality, but isn't it a shame that we have to do so?
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