It bugs me how this election has prompted me to write yet another political post. However, I just have to get this off my mind so I can get on with the day.
I despise the way so many people glibly dismiss the views of those who are anti-abortion/pro-life, as if the point of view is intrinsically stupid. Pro-life candidates and their supporters are often painted as backwards and selfish in their thinking. While I have to admit that some of the more vocal pro-life advocates have been less than reasonable in their approach to the issue, much less to those who actually struggle through the decisions surrounding abortion, the pro-life position is certainly superior to the pro-choice/pro-abortion position.
To be pro-life is superior because there is no logical reason to believe that the fetus is anything but an unborn human child, at any stage of development. To be pro-life is superior because there is no moral reason to devalue the fetus in comparison to the mother. To be pro-life is superior because it is unethical to support abortion as the industry it has become or to deal with the fetus as the commodity it is becoming.
Ultimately, in a political context, abortion is my litmus test of trust in regard to many different areas. To the pro-abortion/pro-choice candidates I say:
- Don’t tell me you will support families when you think it is OK to kill unborn babies.
- Don’t tell me you are opposed to war when you believe abortion is a matter of choice.
- Don’t tell me you intend to build a sound economy when you will seek to protect an industry built on the bodies of millions of dead babies.
- Don’t tell me you want to fix healthcare when you will fight against a parent’s right to be involved with their under-age daughter’s health when it involves abortion.
- Don’t tell me you support free speech when you seek to classify anti-abortion literature, speech, and protests as “hate speech.”
Perhaps the worst among the pro-choice candidates are those who claim to be opposed to abortion personally but who support the supposed right of others to choose. Certainly they would not extend that right to racists, terrorists, and others who practice unspeakable acts based upon aberrant philosophies. This is an intellectually weak position adopted solely for self-preservation, and it cannot be tolerated, much less trusted, in an elected official.