It will probably come as a surprise to most Americans to hear, as Austin Ruse notes, that Europe is often better than America on pro-life issues:
Most Americans, particularly political conservatives, would be shocked to learn that pagan Europe is often better than Christian America on the life issues. We typically think Europe is exponentially further out on the pelvic left. On some issues – like homosexual marriage – they are. But on the life issues, not so much.
Two European countries, Malta and Ireland, outlaw abortion outright. In countries where abortion is legal, they have gestational limits on abortion that would give Leroy Carhart an aneurism. European gestational limits would put Carhart’s partial-birth abortion practice into immediate receivership. And good riddance.
On cloning, European sensibilities and laws are far better than here. A conservative state like Missouri allows for cloning of human beings as long as they are embryos killed for their stem cells. Such a thing would be anathema in Germany and other countries over there.
Europe still has the echo of a Christian culture. We have only law and an Enlightenment-gutted Christianity.
Joe, did you leave First Things?
Because of budget cutbacks, FT had to reduce my position to part-time. I’m still doing technical work for them but I’m doing most of my writing/blogging here and at The Gospel Coalition (http://thegospelcoalition.org/).
Canada is the worst. It has no law regarding abortion at all, and so anything goes.