Ben Nelson - Compromise On Abortion?

John H. Armstrong:

Make no mistake about this. The number one social priority of the Obama administration, and the leading Democrats in the Congress, is to pass health care during this term. Even though a new poll says 34% of Americans want the bill that is before the Senate we are now likely to get it anyway. There is much to like in all this reform effort and there is, as always, much to question, especially in terms of where the money would come from to pay for it and how the government would actually administer it. I have tried to follow this debate with an open mind. Health care is a mess and it really does need serious change. Almost everyone agrees. The nature of getting a bill passed is always one that involves compromise. But to compromise on a moral issue was supposed to not be an option for Ben Nelson. Think of this for a moment. His whole party opposed him, or at least all of it in the Senate. The party itself sold out to the pro-choice lobbies and abortion forces in the 1970s and will not change until courageous leaders, one of which I hoped would be Nelson, stand firm and seek to bring about change through educated opposition. We needed Democrats like Nelson. Sadly, I praised Nelson on December 19 but now I stand in utter and complete disappointment in the shameless way that he was pressured and then changed his mind.

When it comes to legally protecting unborn life there is no room for compromise if you believe the weakest among us are routinely killed. I will say it and realize in saying it that some will take offense: Any new legislation that makes it more likely, and thus more easy, to slaughter unborn children should be opposed by all serious Christians. We should thank God for every legislator who stands for unborn life and let them know that we are praying for them to maintain integrity to the end. Some things are more important than health-care reform. This is one of them. I had hoped that Senator Nelson would have stood his ground. I do now know what pressure he actually faced but it had to be intense. Sadly, he gave in and the lives of many more of the unborn will now be lost because he did. I am not his judge but his compromise is all too obvious to those who are deeply pro-life.

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