As explained by Father McBrien, Aquinas "had insisted that if civil laws laid too heavy a burden on the 'multitude of imperfect people,' it would be impossible for such laws to be obeyed and this, in turn, could lead eventually to a disregard for all laws."So is the distingushed philosophy professor saying that abortion may not really be murder????
If civil laws are too restrictive or are unenforceable, then the passing of such laws invites people to disobey them. I suppose that if at this point in the year 2004 a law was passed by one of the states banning smoking entirely, that law would be unenforceable, and would invite disrespect for law in general.
Laws against abortion are also unenforceable, because there would still be a large number of abortions if abortion were to be criminalized. Furthermore, abortions require proper medical attention. Our society does not want to take away the legal right to proper medical attention for women choosing to have abortions. Still, there are many people in America who consider abortions to be homicides. (emphasis mine).
To support abortion rights as a politician is not to say that abortion is acceptable before the moral law. It is only to say that, legally, abortion is not a right that we are willing to take away from our citizens.
Is he also suggesting that since laws will not be obeyed, we should, therefore, not have laws???
Abortion has been condemned for 2000 years of Christianity...Regardless of the US Supreme Court's usurpation of power and its 'interpretation' of the law notwithstanding, abortion is still evil and it is still a crime.
Unless I have misread this article, it seems that something is truly amiss on the Left Coast.
Tidings artice here.
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