It is generally accepted as axiomatic that Christians are Pro-Life. (Of course, there are exceptions scattered about. We will ignore those rare cases.) This is quite easily understood. Nothing very complicated here.
It is also quite generally accepted by Christians and secularists alike that freedom is one of the features, if not the feature, that is of the highest worth in a democratic society. This is the reason America was founded. Our forefathers felt that it was only right that people should have the necessary freedoms to shape their own lives and make their own decisions.
Thirdly, it is accepted that these freedoms must be restricted. Very few Americans are anarchists, and I doubt that even one Christian in America is in favor of anarchy. Wherefore, lines must be drawn in order to determine which acts are to be socially acceptable, and which are to be socially unacceptable; the former, while perhaps even frowned upon, legal, the latter, frowned upon and punishable by the justice system.
This is the question. Are there any Christians out there who feel that, while abortion is wrong, it is also wrong to carve out laws that determine whether or not another person should be able to have one?
Christians base their opposition to abortion on their Christian values. If someone wants an abortion, then they apparently do not already share the same Christian values. My point is that there is no profit for a Christian, or for Jesus Christ or God, in forcing those values on non-Christians. Convert them to Christianity, and let them choose themselves, and there will be no abortions. The Christians are imposing their values on the non-Christians in the form of laws, which was the reason we left England and came here in the first place.
See my point? What's the point of the law, even for Christians? Are there any Christians who are against abortion, but still feel that it should be legal? Knowing that people will get them anyway... Knowing that making it legal makes it safer, and in effect, saves lives, are there any Christians who are for letting people choose for themselves rather than forcing by law?
Discuss.