Abortion
and the Abortionists
Published in Marietta (GA) Daily Journal, 3/26/19
This
past week my wife received a mail-out from Planned Parenthood. It included a membership card and an appeal
for money. My wife did not solicit the
information, has never been a member of Planned Parenthood and most certainly
never will be. She doesn’t believe in
“terminating” unborn babies or in the ridiculous claim that doing so is a part
of “reproductive health.”
This
appeal came at a wrong time for us. Our
youngest son and his wife are expecting their second child in July. It’s a girl.
When I look at our beautiful daughter-in-law in her third trimester, I
think of Governor Northam of Virginia (a doctor!) who defended letting babies
die after birth. He has paid no
political price. After a brief stir,
things are back to normal for Northam.
I
think also of Joe Biden who recently said if he is elected president, he would
do everything within his power to maintain “abortion rights.”
Abortion
“rights”? The “right” to get rid of a
baby? Just what is abortion? How is it done? Why is it done? We know the answers to these questions. Abortion ends the life, horribly so, of
unborn babies. And that is a
“right”? God forbid. There is no separation of the abortionist and
abortion supporters. They are all
accomplices.
Abortion
is done in different ways, and they are all barbaric. Why is it done? That’s the most important and revealing
question. It is not done mostly because
of rape. It’s done out of convenience,
because people don’t want the baby they have produced. Regarding rape, I’m glad that the black
actress and Christian singer Ethel Waters, the result of rape, wasn’t aborted.
Reading
through the mail-out also made me think about Stacy Abrams, Nancy Pelosi, the
National Organization of Women, and many others, all of whom are complicit with
the infamous Dr. Gosnell. The whole
picture makes me sad and angry. Where is
our respect for the wonder, the mystery, and the sacredness of life? Are abortionists and their cheerleaders not
bothered at all by the brutal act of dismemberment or suction?
What
a philosophical dance to toy with the word “viable.” What a moral judgment to “decide” when human
life is human life. It is akin to the
euthanasia argument that says “quality of life” is the determining factor in
whether or not assisted suicide should be permissible.
How
did abortion become the centerpiece of the Democratic Party? How can any woman who is carrying a baby allow
it to be killed? How did so many
American and European women become hostile to the thought of pregnancy and
motherhood?
Our
modern culture wants no limitation on sex.
Now we can – or so we think – choose our sex, change our sex, reduce sex
to entertainment only, and simply rid ourselves of the undesired result of sex. One chief aim of liberalism has been to free
man from nature and nature’s God, particularly regarding sexuality.
But
more and more Americans are speaking out against abortion, with little help
from Congressional conservatives. Eleven
state legislatures have already passed “heartbeat bills” that virtually end
abortions in their states. The
persistent work of Concerned Women of America (which dwarfs the NOW), the
Family Research Council, and other pro-life groups is paying off. It’s no longer a fight between activist
organizations. Ordinary citizens are
apparently telling their state legislatures how they feel.
The
movie “Unplanned” has revealed much about Planned Parenthood. Its main true character, Abby Johnson, had
risen from volunteer to clinic manager.
Upon witnessing an abortion for the first time in her own clinic, she
left Planned Parenthood and began to give speeches that advance the pro-life
position and uncover the details of Planned Parenthood’s evil. I suspect witnessing an abortion might change
Abrams, Pelosi, and anyone else. But how
likely is it that they or any of us will ever witness one? Enjoying bloody murder and raunchy sex on the
screen, we withdraw from depicting the act of abortion.
And
just why has our federal government continued to give money to Planned
Parenthood? Perhaps because members of
Congress have never witnessed an abortion either, or because there has been no
effective groundswell against the murderous act. But that is changing and changing fast.
The
letter my wife received states there are nearly 20 abortion cases that are one
step away from the Supreme Court. Yes,
the letter was a fund-raising effort, but it also revealed a real fear of the
changing wind at the state level.
Technology
is opening many eyes, but it was observation that changed Abby Johnson. I pray that many other Planned Parenthood
employees and supporters will be changed as well.
Roger Hines
5/22/19
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