Abortion

This essay isn’t about whether the ruling by the US Supreme Court in 1973 in favor of Roe v. Wade is right or wrong or whether the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision in 2022 is right or wrong. This essay is about protecting the life of the defenseless unborn child. Although, I do believe the reversal was correct because it gave that decision back to the individual states. The reversal did not take away a woman’s reproductive rights. The reversal did not protect the unborn child. It simply returned that decision to the citizens of each state.  

The abortion issue is probably the most contentious in the United States. Both sides, pro-life and pro-choice, have strong convictions. It seems to me the term “prochoice” was created to give cover for those who desire to select the inhuman act of killing an unborn child with either chemicals or the barbaric act of surgically tearing apart the unsedated unborn child literally limb by limb. If one objects to my stating “of killing,” I ask you, what would you call it? Abortion kills, ends, or terminates the life of the defenseless unborn, and that is undeniable.  

It is also said by many (if not all) pro-choice women that men do not have a say in this issue. As a man, I strongly disagree because this issue is about the right to life for the defenseless unborn. I believe the rights for life of the unborn child outweigh the reproductive rights of the woman. How can anyone with a “heart” or “compassionate empathy” for the unborn believe otherwise? By the way, there are plenty of women who are pro-life and agree with me, a man.

Pro-abortion advocates believe it is okay to abort (kill) a living unborn child for any reason. Pro-abortion advocates claim a woman has the right to make the life-or-death decision because it is a woman’s right to take care of her own body. Well, that is partially true. Women, as do men, have a right to their health care. Unfortunately for women, like it or not, that right ends when they are carrying another life within them. I don’t know why that is so hard to understand.

We all have a right to do just about anything we want to do unless that action affects another individual. When that happens, reason, logic, and fairness must be applied to protect the rights of an individual and others that action may impact. That is why we have laws. Our laws, as a democratic republic, protect everyone, including minorities and the unborn.

Pro-life advocates are simply seeking to defend the life of the defenseless unborn. Life isn’t fair. If one becomes pregnant, then, unfortunately, certain liberties and rights no longer apply. It’s sad to know that women who would otherwise become moms do not care enough to protect their unborn from harm and death. If the child is unwanted, then give it up for adoption. There are plenty of couples or individuals qualified and desiring to adopt.

Yes, I know, some will say that it is easy for me to give the child up for adoption since I’m not the one pregnant. My position is that of protecting the unborn. It doesn’t matter if I can become pregnant or not. What matters is that life is valuable, and men and women can understand that.

Many prolifers will claim we should protect all “God’s children,” including the unborn. They invoke God and religion into this issue. I do not make that claim. I do not believe a God exists. That is one reason why I strongly believe in protecting the unborn. Life is too precious to throw away because the would-be mother doesn’t want the child for any number of reasons. The brutal and often barbaric killing of the unborn is inhuman.

Yes, there are a few exceptions. To be reasonable and fair, there must be some exceptions for when pregnancy has complex issues outside normalcy. One can’t ask a woman to sacrifice her life for the life of another. That decision must be hers when continuing the pregnancy will result in her death.

I also don’t have a problem with the so-called “morning-after pill.” Especially in the case of rape or incest. But once the embryo has a heartbeat and brain activity, that unborn child deserves the right to be born and to experience life.

I’m sure I have left out any number of situations that would require a conversation concerning those situations and abortion. The pros and cons of abortion, with all its unique situations and problems associated with abortion, would require a book to respond.

I’m not going to write a book about abortion. At least not now. If I were to write a book about abortion, after all was said, the conclusion to such a book that I would write would be: I believe the rights for the life of the unborn child outweigh the reproductive rights of the woman. Abortions should be rare and necessary and not ordinary and frivolous.