A bad argument

This is a bit of a follow-up to my last blog. A colleague has a commentary running about Dr. Henry Morgantaler and how he doesn't blame anyone who would return their Order of Canada honour in protest of the abortionist receiving one. My colleague's argument against abortion is that we wouldn't have Wayne Gretzky if his mother had an abortion or Shania Twain if her mother had had one. Bad argument. All those who would have been in favour of Adolph Hitler's mother having an abortion, raise your hands. Paul Bernardo's mother? Robert Pickton's mother? Saddam Hussein's mother? Osama Bin Laden's mother? Ted Bundy's mother? Jeffrey Dahmer's mother? Need I go on? Bad argument.

In this country you have the right to be anti-abortion or pro-choice - but let's make arguments that are thoughtful and make sense. Let's stop the propaganda. Let's be honest about whether we're arguing fact or faith. And let's respect each other's right to an opinion even, no, especially, if we don't agree.

Choose your groups carefully.

A debate is raging as to whether or not abortionist Dr. Henry Morgantaler should have received the Order of Canada. Some people are calling for the Governor General's resignation over it, yet a recent poll shows 65% of Canadians support Dr. Morgentaler being honoured for his years of work in obtaining good health care for women. What crossed my mind is how someone could say they are giving back their Order of Canada honour because they don't want to belong to a group or organization that honours an abortionist....but they're all right with being a member of a group or organization that knowingly for decades, if not centuries, allowed many of its leaders to rape children. An organization that knew what was going on but shuffled the rapists off to other locations when the heat got turned up. I can only speak for myself, but I would never choose to belong to a group that did that.