US Opinion and Commentary

“VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussion and opinion on these policies.” — VOA Charter

Showing Archived Posts

Why a Pro-Life Third Party Would Utterly Transform American Politics

Posted June 22nd, 2016 at 3:58 pm (UTC-4)
Comments are closed

Do you know of a group that is a lot more pro-life than the mainstream and doesn’t vote with the officially pro-life party? That’s right: African-Americans. Uniting white pro-lifers and black pro-lifers (and Latino pro-lifers as well) would profoundly reshuffle American politics in ways that frankly cannot be anticipated…

Trump Was Right About Illegal Abortion

Posted April 11th, 2016 at 10:41 am (UTC-4)
Comments are closed

It is time for pro-life advocates to have the courage of their convictions and support punishing their fellow citizens — wives, daughters, mothers, teachers, colleagues, and neighbors of all ideological stripes — who decide to end an unwanted pregnancy.

Donald Trump Takes Illogical Anti-abortion Rhetoric to Its Logical Conclusion

Posted April 1st, 2016 at 8:38 am (UTC-4)
Comments are closed

What Mr. Trump identified was the shocking intellectual dishonesty of the anti-abortion argument: If abortion represents murder (as opponents claim over and over again) and a fetus is equivalent to a baby lying in the crib, then how could they not punish the women who seek to “kill” that “unborn child?”