I am pro-life. I will
never be convinced that killing babies is a good thing. The brutal elimination of millions of innocent
babies is heartbreaking, gut-wrenching and unacceptable. Just hearing any detail about abortions (including
the latest story of Planned Parenthood selling baby parts) makes me want to
curl up in a ball and cry my eyes out.
It really bothers
me that every four years, the latest liberal politician running for President
reaches out to women to assure them that their right to kill their unborn
babies will be protected. As if
murdering babies is of utmost importance to all American women. The miracle of life that grows in a woman’s
womb is something that should be revered, honored, respected, and
cherished. So how did we get to the
point in America where politicians win elections by assuring women they’ll be
able to continue killing their babies?
Without going into biological details that I’m sure everyone
already knows (though some like to ignore), I firmly believe that innocent human
life should be protected and respected, regardless of what stage that life is
in. I am horrified that our country is ok
with choosing a stage of human life – the most important stage – and discarding
it like trash.
What if one day our country chose another stage of human
life and decided it was ok to eliminate life at that stage? Teenagers?
Elderly? Why is it okay to kill
humans at one stage, but not another?
Why did our country decide that the beginning stage of human life is
worthless? It seems only logical that
the first stage of human life is also the most important. Yet more than 3,000 unborn babies are killed
each day in America. They’ll never know
the American dream, because apparently the new American dream is the ability to
legally have your unborn baby ripped from your womb and discarded like
trash.
A baby growing inside a woman who doesn’t want that baby is just as alive and important as a
baby growing inside a woman who does
want her baby. There is no difference in
the “aliveness” of the babies. People have
come to believe that their own
personal feelings about the life growing inside them dictate whether it’s
actually a life or not. Rationalization
does not equal truth.
Remember the story
of the pregnant woman in Colorado that answered a Craigslist ad and got her
baby cut out of her stomach? Everyone
who heard that story was shocked and horrified.
But what if there was a follow-up story that the woman didn’t want her
baby and was going to get an abortion anyway…?
Would everyone who initially felt shocked and horrified turn around and
decide it wasn’t tragic after all? That
kind of about-face would be very hard to justify.
Many pro-choice
advocates claim it’s acceptable to kill an unborn baby because they aren’t “viable.” They rely on their mother to live, so it’s
really up to the mom whether the baby should live or die. This argument contains no logic. Have you ever heard of a newborn baby feeding
itself, walking to Target to purchase diapers, swaddling and clothing itself, scheduling
its pediatrician appointments, etc?
Newborn humans are the most vulnerable and helpless of all mammals. We are completely dependent for quite some
time. In fact, a baby’s first 3 months
is often called the 4th trimester, since they are so dependent on
their mother. So should the abortion
argument still apply to newborns, infants, and toddlers? Babies rely on their parents to survive, so
it’s up to the parents if they want to kill their baby…?
Another point
regarding “viability”. According to this
argument, human life that is helpless on its own should not be protected, and
it’s acceptable to kill the most helpless of our species. So what about people receiving life-saving
surgeries and treatment? Their lives are
dependent on medical professionals, so does that mean their life is meaningless
and someone can decide to just kill them because they’re 100% dependent on
someone else to survive? Why do we even
bother saving people from burning buildings?
They’re helpless so they’re worthless, right? I’m just following the “logic” of pro-choice
advocates.
Many people love to
compare humans to the animal kingdom, especially in instances of mass killings. Animals are so much more kind and loving. They certainly don’t go around killing their
own species like humans do. Well in that
same thought process, animals certainly don’t go around ripping their own
offspring from their wombs and killing them by the millions.
Abortion is a war
on babies and women. It amazes me that “reproductive health” is
referenced when promoting abortion.
Really? It’s reproductively
healthy to reproduce and then kill that offspring? Obviously it’s not healthy for the baby, and
it’s definitely not healthy for the mother.
Many women live to regret their abortions. They bear deep emotional and many times
physical scars. For some women, that
abortion in their past will never leave their mind. And sometimes, that abortion in their past
makes future children impossible. It
turns out that when it comes to the “reproductive health of women”, abortions can
make it difficult to conceive again, or to carry to term. What a devastating thing to do to women, and
to claim it’s a women’s rights issue.
Our society (more
specifically – liberal politicians and abortion profiteers) encourages women to
kill their unwanted, unborn babies. Why
aren’t we encouraging life instead? Wouldn’t
that be a better reflection on our society, to promote and cherish life instead
of death? Why aren’t we incentivizing
and encouraging women to carry their babies to term and give their babies up
for adoption? I think a lot of people
would be much more comfortable with their tax dollars funding initiatives that
respect life and offer women options and opportunities for themselves and their
babies. Whether it’s education, prenatal
care, and assistance in the beginning of the baby’s life, or whether it’s
adoption assistance.
I mention tax
dollars, since tax payers are revoltingly forced to partially fund Planned
Parenthood. Of course there are already
charities and non-profits in place with pro-life missions, and I am all for
private organizations doing this kind of work instead of the government. But as much as I love small government, I
love life more. I’d be willing to have
tax payer money fund pro-life initiatives, because human life is worth it, and
so is America’s soul.
In the
heartbreaking cases of rape and incest, abortion is not a humane option. A woman who survived rape is already traumatized
and scarred for life. Having her
offspring (yes, it’s her offspring, not just the rapist’s) ripped from her body
and discarded like trash can only serve to traumatize her further. That baby becomes the rapist’s second victim,
and the woman is victimized a second time. Some women choose to raise the baby that came
from rape, and others choose to give that baby up for adoption. I’m not saying any of these options are easy,
but they are the most humane and compassionate.
Tax payer money would be much better spent assisting these women and
their babies, rather than contributing to death.
Responsible birth
control, without the fallback option of a quickie abortion, is what our country
needs. The absence of an abortion option
would greatly reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, I firmly believe
this. All women should have access to
affordable birth control options (which they already do – condoms included). In the case of an unwanted pregnancy, there
are millions of people that would love to adopt. And in the rare case of pregnancies that
threaten the life of the mother, those are heartbreaking and personal medical
decisions for the mother and father.
Just some final thoughts on how our society has descended to
this point. Abortion has become a game
of semantics and rationalization. Babies
are not called babies by the abortion profiteers – they are fetuses. A woman getting an abortion calls her baby a
fetus. A woman who is happy about her
pregnancy calls her baby a baby. No one throws a “Fetus Shower.” No one registers at Fetus’s R Us. No one happily announces their pregnancy by
saying, “I’m excited to announce that I have a fetus in my uterus!” No woman shows off her growing Fetus Bump in
cute monthly photos.
So how does our society
get away with stripping babies of their right to life? Call it a fetus, question its viability,
claim it’s not truly a life until it breathes oxygen. Do everything possible to rationalize abortion
with semantics. Make women believe that
somehow, their own personal feelings about the life growing inside them dictate
whether it’s actually a life or not.
Somehow this wordplay has taken root in our society, and it’s a very
successful way of getting people to ignore reality.
Abortion is not a
necessary component of society, but many Americans have become convinced that
it is. History will look back on us and
judge us harshly. I’m on the right side
of this issue, the side that respects human life. The side that looks at an ultrasound and
marvels at the miracle of life, with the same sense of awe and wonder as when I
first laid eyes on my newborn baby. What
side are you on?
