From: Philip H Moore
Re: Todd Akin Controversy
Contact: phenrymoore@yahoo.com
August 22, 2012
An open letter to all my friends, family members, Republicans, conservatives, and pro-lifers who have ears willing to hear, open minds to reason with,
My name is Philip Moore. All my life I have been a Republican, a pro-lifer and a conservative. I am a retired teacher of math and physics for 44 years at a community college on Oahu in Hawaii. In 1980 I began what I shall call my political life, first in supporting Ronald Reagan for president and then taking the leadership of Hawaii Right to Life as its president in1984 until 2009 when I retired. While I taught math and physics, I have always been interested in history and politics.
There is something, regarding politics, of vital importance I must say. It‘s importance requires my reaching those ears who have a major say in what goes on in our politics nationally. But I lack the stature to reach and be heard by those who have the stature to influence others through their political office or their shows on electronic media. So I send this letter to everyone I can think of. What I have to say is simply this:
TODD AKIN AND HIS GAFF IS NOT THE ISSUE!
UNFORTUNATELY HE IS BEING MADE THE ISSUE
BY SEEMINGLY EVERY REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN
BY SEEMINGLY EVERY CONSERVATIVE TV AND RADIO TALK SHOW HOST
BY SEEMINGLY EVERY CONSERVATIVE OPINION WRITER AND GUEST ON TV AND RADIO
with one exception I found − Cal Thomas on Fox News
THE REAL ISSUE IS − RAPE CAN NEVER BE USED AS A REASON TO ABORT AN UNBORN CHILD.
Congressman Todd Akin fell into a trap. Maybe he’s a guy prone to gaffs like Biden. But he did no evil. Whether he stays in the race or not is not as important as using the swirling controversy to establish and effectively communicate the real issue that rape is always a crime against women but any child resulting from a rape may not be killed.
Notice I did nothing to qualify rape; it is always a brutal crime against a woman and the rapist is the worst type of criminal. But should the child be killed if the woman becomes pregnant? Is the child guilty of a crime punishable by death? What happens if an exception for rape is included in legislation so that an abortion is permissible if a women is raped, BUT a woman claims rape when it was really consensual intercourse?
These questions were answered by pro-lifers long ago by excluding rape as an exception in any right to life law to be passed by congress. (Our nominee for president , Mitt Romney, thinks otherwise and has said he wants a rape exception? Mr. Romney, do you really believe an unborn baby resulting from rape should have its life terminated?) The only exception currently included in any right to life bill is a threat to the life of the mother.
Here’s a link to a man of courage who, being born after rape, sees the wrong in bashing Akin and wants him to stay in the race: http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/22/as-someone-born-after-rape-i-say-todd-akin-shouldnt-step-aside
So, my appeal is: Don't focus on Akin and thereby give the Obama Left an issue that really is ours. What would be a real disaster is to allow the Akin controversy to weaken the Pro-Life plank in the Platform to include a rape exception. This would simply amount to Abortion on Demand.
THE REAL ISSUE IS: RAPE CAN NEVER BE USED AS A REASON TO KILL AN UNBORN CHILD.
Sincerely, Phil Moore
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