In continuing to demonstrate either their total ignorance of what abortion really is, or simply flaunting their ‘choice’ in order to get a rise out of those evil radical religious right-wingers, the folks at Ms. Magazine have put together their campaign to celebrate women who have made the choice to kill their unborn children.
Thousands celebrate their ‘choice’ by signing the “We Had An Abortion” petition. By doing so, they are declaring for all the world that they had this marvelous medical procedure of ‘removing a clump of cells’ from their own bodies. (WARNING: DON’T LOOK IF YOU CANNOT STOMACH THIS – not for the faint of heart).
One of the statements quoted in the article linked above: “I wanted to do something bigger with myself — I didn’t want to be stopped by anything,” she said in a telephone interview.
It’s sad that this woman does not realize now, but may later, that carrying her child is ‘bigger’ than any of the selfish ambitions she ended up selling out to. If and when she ever realizes that, it’ll likely hit her like a ton of bricks. It amazes me…actually it doesn’t, that our own convenience is an idol above even allowing those that need protection the most to live.
In another example, a woman decided that because her child had Down’s Syndrome, that it did not deserve to live.
In the elevation of the self above everything else, we can miss out on some incredible things.
As one of my favorite bloggers, LaShawn Barber points out, “One fine day, there will be an accounting”.
Our own family is 4 days away from a scheduled c-section, where we will meet our daughter – if she decides to wait until then. My wife is 35 and was given the option to do the amniocentesis procedure to determine the likelihood of DS. Of course, without a second thought, we asked in unison, “why exactly should we do this?” The implication, of course, was clear. We would, in theory, have a choice to make.
Um, no. If our daughter is born with any kind of ‘damage’, we’re already still blessed beyond belief to be a part in bringing life into the world. She was as much human in January this year as she is right now and as she will be on Monday when she is no longer domiciled in her mother’s womb.
Someone feel free to point out the difference between what kind of being my daughter was in January and what kind of being she will be next week. Been waiting a very long time for someone to give a good answer to that.
October 5, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Good comments Russ…
I just sigh whenever I hear the “clump of cells” argument. How weak. We all are clumps of cells, some of us larger and more developed than others, and I guess in different locations too.
Russ, my guess is that no one will come in a point out the difference between your daughter in January and now.
That’s not the road they want to go down, because they know where it leads – the uncovering of the illogic of their position.
They’d rather talk about choice and privacy, about medical procedures, dangers of coathanger abortions, and poverty and suffering. All valid concerns provided you’ve answered the question that trumps all these other ones:
Is the unborn a human being?