Groups work to protect mothers, unborn children

Lawrence Fury (Bee, March 26, 2023) claims it is not the job of the government to legislate morality. So the government should not be involved in enacting laws or passing legislation that curbs, restrains, or restricts human behavior or morality? Are you suggesting there should not be laws against theft or murder? Even how we drive our automobiles on the highway is a moral issue and is regulated by law so that we are not a danger to others.  Laws necessarily take away some of our freedom to express ourselves to protect people from the harmful actions and choices of others. Legislated laws are often heavily influenced by moral concerns. Our beliefs about morality are guiding principles that affect the laws that we legislate. This seems to escape Mr. Fury or is an inconvenient truth.

The notion that pro-lifers are just “pro-birth” is a strawman argument. According to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, 2,700 pro-life pregnancy centers across the U.S. served nearly two million people in 2019. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) is a network of pro-life pregnancy centers that empower women to choose life for their unborn children. The network includes over 1,600 centers, including 1,200 licensed medical clinics. And those organizations don't just preserve the lives of unborn children; they provide mothers with physical needs for the baby, parenting classes, and prenatal education programs. The estimated value of these services was almost $270 million.

TIM KNAPP

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