Our Founding Fathers are remembered
for the sacrifices that they made to bring this nation into beingThey are also
remembered for what they did not do, abolishing slavery. The legal perpetuation of slavery led to not
only the suffering and deaths of untold numbers of slaves and the bloodbath of
the Civil War, but also to the social ills that we experience even today.
Abortion was declared legal,
nationally, 40 years ago. The abortion
industry was founded on the lies of those who pushed for legalization in the
State of New York. (See The Hand of God-autobiography of Dr. Bernard Nathanson,
co-founder of NARAL). The lies have
continued through the efforts of NARAL and Planned Parenthood, among others. As the Founding Fathers are remembered for
not ending slavery, so this generation of politicians will be remembered in
history as the generation that believed and acted on the lies of the abortion
industry, instead of seeking the truth.
Over 50,000,000 people have been legally aborted since 1973. We already
see the consequences of legalized abortion today in the increased violence in
our society.
No matter what other legislation has
been passed, no matter what good has come out of that legislation, failure to end abortion in this country will define
this administration and this Congress, maybe not in current times, but
ultimately in history.
There is no justification for ending
a human life. If one believes in God,
then every human life ought to considered a miracle, for science with all that
it has learned, cannot even now tell us how we become what we are. Saying that one is personally against
abortion, but...is a cop-out and means nothing for the one being aborted. (Try
to say that you are personally against gun violence but that you respect
someone else's choice to shot someone.) Yes, abortion is now legal, but legal
does not make it right. Make it right.
(Not in letter)
From Abortion Facts:
Fact #1: Every abortion kills an
innocent human being.
Every new life begins at conception. This is an irrefutable fact of
biology. It is true for animals and true for humans. When considered alongside the
law of biogenesis – that every species reproduces after its own kind – we
can draw only one conclusion in regard to abortion: every single abortion ends
the life of an innocent human being.
Fact #2: Every human being is a
person.
Personhood is properly defined by
membership in the human species, not by stage of development within that species. A living being's designation
to a species is determined not by the stage of development but by the sum total
of its biological characteristics.
Fact #3: Beginning at conception,
every pregnancy involves two or more bodies.
No matter how you spin it, women
don't have four arms and four legs when they're pregnant. Those extra
appendages belong to the tiny human being(s)
living inside of them. At no point in pregnancy is the developing embryo or
fetus simply a part of the mother's body.
Fact #4: It is just, reasonable, and
necessary for society to outlaw certain choices.
Any civilized society restricts the individual's freedom to choose whenever that choice would harm an innocent person. Therefore, it is impossible to justify abortion by simply arguing that women should be "free to choose."
Any civilized society restricts the individual's freedom to choose whenever that choice would harm an innocent person. Therefore, it is impossible to justify abortion by simply arguing that women should be "free to choose."
Fact #5: The right to not be killed
supersedes the right to not be pregnant.
The comparison between a baby's
rights and a mother's rights is unequal. What is at stake in abortion is the mother's lifestyle, as opposed to the
baby's life. Therefore, it is reasonable for society to expect an adult to live
temporarily with an inconvenience if the only alternative is killing a child.
Fact #6: Poverty, rape, disability,
or “unwantedness” do not morally justify abortion.
There are all sorts of circumstances
that people point to as justification for their support of abortion. Since none of these circumstances are sufficient
to justify the killing of human beings after birth, they're not sufficient to
justify the killing of human beings before birth.
Fact #7: The differences between
embryos and adults are differences of degree not of kind.
Like toddler and adolescent, the
terms “embryo” and “fetus” do not refer to nonhumans but to humans at
particular stages of development. Human beings inside the womb are smaller,
less developed, and more dependent than human beings outside the womb. These
are differences of degree, not differences of kind. We can all point to other
people who are bigger, stronger, smarter, or less dependent than we are, but
that doesn't make our life any less valuable or any less deserving of
protection.
Fact #8: Less than 1% of all
abortions are performed to save the life of the mother.
It is an extremely rare case when
abortion is required to save the mother’s life. Of course, when two lives are
hreatened and only one can be saved, doctors must always save that life.
However, abortion for the mother’s life and abortion for the mother’s health
are usually not the same issue. Since every abortion kills an innocent human
being, it is morally abhorrent to use the rare cases when abortion is necessary
to save the life of the mother as justification for the millions of on demand
"convenience" abortions.
Fact #9: To be only "personally
pro-life" is to not be pro-life at all.
If abortion doesn't kill children,
why would someone be opposed to it? If it does kill children, why would someone defend another's right to do it?
Being personally against abortion but favoring another's right to abortion is
self-contradictory and morally baffling.
Fact #10: If there is uncertainty
about when human life begins, the benefit of the doubt should go to preserving life. It is a scientific fact that life
begins at conception. However, if one personally has even a shred of
uncertainty about when life begins, then they are still morally obligated to
err on the side of life and NOT have an abortion. Why? Because to make a
mistake about the exact time when life begins is to kill an innocent human
being.
Fact #11: Abortion is more dangerous
than childbirth.
Not only does every abortion kill an
innocent human being in the womb; but abortion is also more dangerous to the mother than if she were to give birth
to the child. The evidence overwhelmingly proves that the morbidity and
mortality rates of legal abortion are several times higher than that for
carrying a pregnancy to term.
Fact #12: Prior to abortion's legalization,
90% of abortions were done by doctors, not by "coat hangers in back
alleys.
Some justify abortion on the claim
that if it is outlawed, women will abort anyway and may die in the
process. There are 3 problems with this
hypothesis. First, it doesn't address the ethics of abortion. Second, laws
against abortion would deter most women from having one. Third, there is no
evidence that illegal abortions are more dangerous than legal abortions. Of course, even if
the "coat hanger" argument was true (it's not), then it's still
morally ridiculous to legalize procedures that kill innocent babies just to
make the killing procedures less dangerous to the mother.
Fact #13: The 8 week+ unborn baby
feels real physical pain during an abortion.
Yes, every abortion kills an innocent
human being. Even more alarming is the fact that beginning at the 8th week of development, an unborn baby that is
aborted feels pain during the abortion. The baby feels both psychological and
real physical, organic pain. Let that sink in. Of course, whether or not
abortion is a painful experience to the unborn child being aborted, the child is
left no less dead as a result. In talking about the question of fetal pain, we
must remember that it ultimately has no bearing on the morality of abortion.
Fact #14: Abortion is condemnable for
the same reasons that slavery and genocide are.
Networks of killing centers across
the globe are eliminating "unwanted, unborn" children at a staggering
rate. Were the context not abortion, the world would be outraged. Call it what
you want, when an innocent group of human beings is targeted and exterminated
by the millions, that is an injustice on par with any of history's most
egregious atrocities. At the end of the day, if the unborn are people (and
they are), then abortion is not only
comparable to past crimes against humanity but is also, by sheer volume, the
greatest holocaust of all.
Fact #15: Abortion is not a “women's
only” issue.
Abortion affects both men and
women. Beyond that, abortion is a human
issue, not a gender issue. If abortion kills innocent human life (it does), then
everyone, male and female, should stand against it. One doesn't need to be a
young girl to take a position against the sex trafficking of young girls, and
one doesn't need to be a woman to take a position against abortion.
Fact #16: Every legal surgical
abortion stops a beating heart and terminates measurable brain waves.
What do we call it when a person no
longer has a heartbeat or brain waves? Death. It's a scientific fact that life begins at conception, but even more
obvious; what should we call it when there is a heartbeat and there are brain
waves? Life. It is an indisputable fact that each and every legal surgical
abortion in America today stops a beating heart and stops already measurable
brain waves.
Fact #17: The right to not be killed
supersedes the right to privacy.
Some defend abortion by claiming that
they have a right to privacy. Whether they have an abortion or not is between them and their doctor. Everyone else
should stay out of their business. Of course, if abortion kills an innocent
human being (it does), then killing done in private is no more acceptable than
killing done in public; and the encouragement or assistance of a doctor does
not change the nature, consequences, or morality of abortion.
Fact #18: Abortion disproportionally
targets minority babies.
Whatever the intent of the abortion
industry may be, by functional standards, abortion is a racist institution. In the United States, black children are
aborted at 5 times the rate of white children and Hispanic children don't fare
much better. Abortion is the leading cause of death among black Americans. We
can debate the racial intent of Planned Parenthood past and present, but we
cannot debate the results. Abortion is by no means an equal opportunity killer.
Fact #19: Abortion has become a form
of gendercide, shrinking the global female population at an alarming rate.
On top of the fact that every
abortion kills an innocent human being, abortion has also become the driving
force in eliminating females around the globe. Estimates put the global gender
gap somewhere between 100 and 200 million people. Abortion has become the most
effective means of sexism ever devised, ridding the world of multitudes of
unwanted females.
Fact #20: Laws concerning abortion have significantly influenced whether
women choose to have abortions.
Some will concede that every abortion
kills an innocent human being. They will also concede that society has a right to outlaw choices that harm innocent
human beings. But even after conceding those points, some still do not favor
more stringent abortion laws because they
think that they don't really work - there would still be too many
abortions. Historical data, common morality, and
basic legal theory prove this line of thinking to be false.
Selected content reprinted with
permission from John C. Willke M.D., Barbara H. Willke R.N., John Jefferson
Davis Ph.D., David C. Reardon Ph.D.,
Abort73.com, Eternal Perspective Ministries, Abolish Human Abortion, Life
Issues Institute, BlackGenocide.org, Heritage House '76, Inc. & The
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform..
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