Over half a million people attended The March for Life this past Friday in Washington, D.C and the event really got me thinking. Then when I reheard the story of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen, I chose to write this article.
I see the debate of pro-life vs. pro-choice everywhere. Most on the side of the latter say that one of reasons they are not pro-life is because pro-choice does not inherently equal pro-abortion. They are fighting for the choice to get abortions if they so desire to do such. I understand what they are saying. I believe women have the free will to make that choice.
But I’m still not pro-choice.
Why?
Let me put it this way. As I said, I do believe women have the free will and the choice to do with their body what the wish. Even if that is to get an abortion.
But I also believe that all human beings have the free will and the choice to murder another human being, or to torture an animal, to steal, to cheat, to lie and the list goes on. But just because I know that choice exists doesn’t mean I will sit back and let people do these things.
We shouldn’t murder, we shouldn’t torture animals, we shouldn’t steal, or cheat, or lie or anything else.
And I won’t sit back and let innocent unborn human beings be aborted.
More often than not, we condemn or at least disapprove, of women who abort children based on disabilities they might have. And yet we approve those who abort perfectly healthy children based on an inconvenience or the immaturity—by which I mean age and stage of life—of the woman. In reality we should not approve of either scenario as every child deserves the chance to make their mark on the world.
Yes, there are those situations in which it’s a life or death set of circumstances. I pity any couple or woman who must go through that and in that case I understand why abortion is an option, if not the only option. In those cases, I believe that something should at least be done for the child who is lost. They should be given a funeral, or be cremated. Their existence, however short it was, should be acknowledged. They aren’t simply a blip in your life, but a life all their own.
In the cases of rape and incest…there are no words for how absolutely horrifying these acts are. And to have a child result from them must be the worst thing in the world. But don’t blame the child for the sins of the person who hurt you. It’s not the child’s fault. In the same way you didn’t ask for those things to happen to you, they didn’t ask to come into existence as a result.
Children that aren’t aborted can be adopted by families that would love them as if they were their own, especially if they couldn’t have any themselves. Not only do I advocate pro-life, but I also believe we should fix our adoption system so no child is forced to live without a loving family. But ending their lives before they even live is not the answer.
That’s why I believe in choice, but I am proudly pro-life.