My heart breaks for the infanticide our nation is responsible for. At the same time, my heart breaks for the hurting women facing difficult circumstances leading them to consider abortion as a solution. Most disturbing? Women are being duped into believing they are entitled to abort their babies. Yes, I said duped.
Pro-choice proponents present abortion as an exceptionally complicated issue. They tell us women must fight to ensure we can have an abortion when pregnancy poses a health risk, when rape or incest occurs or when the baby has a serious abnormality. They say the situation is dire and we must stand up for our rights. Ladies, we’re being played. Look at the numbers.
The truth? 0.3% of the million plus abortions that will occur in the US this year (89,770 per month) are necessary due to major body function compromise or risk of life to the mother. 0.4% are due to rape or incest. 1.2% are because the baby has a serious abnormality. I’m not saying that because these numbers are fractional that they aren’t important. These lives and concerns are important; the situations are tragic. But in spite of the current pro-abortion narrative that wants us to believe otherwise, there are options available for these women; the less than 2% of all those having abortions. And, granted, if there’s an abortion cause to champion, perhaps it is with ensuring there is wise law in place for these specific situations. But that’s not what is happening.
What is happening is an effort to broad-brush acceptance of all abortion. What is happening is the false magnification of this less than 2%, in the media and pro-abortion talking points. This is intended to divert and deflect, to take our eyes off the fact that around 98% – the vast majority of abortions – are for elective or non-specified reasons.
In simpler terms, 98% of abortions are because a woman didn’t want, mean, or expect to get pregnant but did. When faced with an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy that will no doubt complicate her life, it’s not hard to see why she would want to reverse her circumstance – to become “unpregnant.” Honestly, who among us ever wants to reap undesired consequences? But, with a pregnancy, to do that means destroying human life. And, who speaks for that baby?
The “My Body, My Choice” slogan originated around 1969. It’s a tired banner that has been carried for fifty-five years. How much truth is in that old phrase? Since 1969, medical science has vastly changed what we know about the unborn. In the1970’s when an unwed friend of mine had an abortion, the attending physician told her what he suctioned out of her was “just a blob of tissue, unable to feel pain.” Of course, she was relieved to hear that. It gave her temporary comfort and eased her conscience some. Although science gave her an out back then, her conscience still told her a life had been lost.
Now, decades later, medical advancements make it possible for mothers to see clearly how our baby develops; when her heart starts to beat, when his little fingers form. We know there is a point at which that little girl in the womb absolutely feels pain. We are no longer able to in ignorance say it’s just a blob of tissue.
Convenience cannot be the standard by which we determine whether to have an abortion or not. Can we really pretend it makes sense that we celebrate a successful fetal surgery performed on one infant at 16-weeks, while another at the exact same stage of development is dismissed as an inconvenience, killed, and disposed of?
As with so many controversies today, following the money provides insight. Abortion is big business and steadily growing. Billions of dollars are made each year in the industry. Do you see what is happening? The money poured into convincing us we need to fight for our abortion rights is merely an investment to sustain their industry. We are pawns. Does it make sense to you that a business built and flourishing on the death of the most innocent and helpless among us, is actually concerned about women’s rights?
I’m well aware that there may be readers now shaking their heads and saying “She doesn’t get it. No one else should have the right to decide what I do. Period.” Really? Examine that logic. Do we all get to run red lights with no consequence? No. There’s a law in place addressing that because it benefits others who may not want to lose their life today simply because I was running late or didn’t feel like stopping; it wasn’t convenient. A civil, moral society works that way. We consider the greater good, help those who can’t help themselves and we protect life.
That is, until we’re manipulated into believing our convenience is a right; one more important and more valuable than the life of an unborn child. That’s where we are today. And we can change that, if we recognize the ruse and speak up, especially for those who cannot yet speak for themselves.