I saw a lot of election signs after I dropped SWMBO off at an art group last night, and earlier she had made a comment about a friend of ours who supports a Conservative candidate because of their stance on life issues. This candidate has been in parliament for a good while now, so they're the incumbent in her constituency, and likely to be re-elected despite a small scandal in office, due to the make-up of the contituency.
My question to all those who support a politician who believes in pro-life issues (and I'm pro-life myself, so don't get the wrong idea) is, what have these Conservative politicians done for the pro-life issue since they've been in power? Really think about it.Despite their strong rhetoric in favour of life issues they've done nothing to further the issue and change legislation, and, it must be said, their leader (who is supposedly pro-life himself) has publicly stated that they're not going to open up the abortion issue (for example) for debate. How does any of this further the pro-life agenda?
The other side of the coin is that, despite the pro-life rhetoric of the politicians in question, how is it that they seem to only think about the 'life' of a certain group of people and then do things that makes it more difficult for people who don't fit into that narrow category? The poor, people who are in some way disabled, people convicted of crimes, and so on? Life doesn't end at birth, which is something that they seem to fail to realize.
Anyway, take some time and look at these issues. Look beyond the fancy speeches of the individual candidates and actually look at the record of the government in question. Think before voting. I know I'm trying to.
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