Why I vote Pro-Life/Anti-Abortion

I was in a twitter (of all places) argument recently with a friend of mine over the issue of abortion, I wanted to consolidate my arguments and organize a little bit more, so here it is: Why I vote Pro-Life/Anti-Abortion

I need to preface it by saying I do not support a party, I have a fundamental set of ideas that shape the way I vote, and the core tenants of those revolve around the issue of life.

1. “Singe-Issue voting is bad” 

I don't vote because I only care about one issue, I vote because one issue is more important than others. The slavery example is perfect: If a candidate (during the Civil War era) had fantastic economic policy, foreign policy, and was a nice guy... but supported slavery, would you vote for him? No, because the issue of slavery far outweighs the other issues. I vote pro-life because the magnitude of the issue outweighs other issues.

2 "But the GOP supports the death penalty, war, and no social services to the poor"

First of all. That sucks. It seems like a terrible thing to say, but honestly, it straight up sucks that there is not a party that can respect life at all stages, but at what point to we realize that there is more at stake than food stamps. The right to life is a fundamental right! It comes before all other rights, which means it turns into an A Priori issue. A Priori means “First priority” so you have to analyze the issue of abortion before you can even look at anything else. If you’re pro-choice, that’s cool, but you have to decide that before you can look at other issues.

Second of all, I don’t need the government to provide me with anything. The government exists to protect my rights as a citizen first and foremost. The beautiful thing about being Catholic (and any religious affiliation really) is that we as religious people like to give. There are countless organizations who would love to provide the impoverished with necessities.

3.  “What about cases of rape and to save the life of the Mother?”

First of all, those instances are extremely rare, less than 1% of women for rape, and 12% for medical reasons (not necessarily to save mothers life). Those are low statistics for the 1.21 Million babies aborted in 2008. (http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/)

My case is not for everyone to vote the same way as I do, but to know that you can’t look at everything on an equal playing field. Foreign policy can’t be weighed the same as Social Services, and the economy can’t be equated to infrastructure policy. Our government is so large that in an attempt to make sure everyone is taken care of, we lose sight of the most basic rights: the right to live.
In the words of the Solemn Blessing “Our help comes from the Lord, who made Heaven and Earth”