Everyone is discussing the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade here in the United States. However, I’ve noticed a few things missing from the debates.
I start by saying I’m unapologetically prolife. I subscribe to Ron Paul’s libertarian definition of being a prolife libertarian. I support freedom, including the freedom of the unborn to their right to life. However, I’m not militant about my stance. My belief comes from a place of love and I try to approach the debate from a place of love.
First of all, Roe v. Wade being overturned does not ban abortion. It moves the decision back to the states. Many states will ban abortion entirely. Others will allow them in varying degrees, with California probably becoming even more progressive allowing the murder of babies potentially even after they are born. But the protesters stating they have lost their rights to abortion, that is false. Many states will still support abortion.
This weekend, as many churches celebrated Mother’s Day, lunatic pro abortion protesters showed up to demonstrate and disrupt the services, dressed up in deranged costumes and mimicked scenes of pretending to have abortions. One disturbing video I saw depicted this woman in a bathing suit reaching in and ripping out a baby doll and then tearing the baby doll apart. Women in costumes with blood covering the crotches and down the thighs stood on steps of churches and state capitols. They are horrifying displays. Gone are the days when prochoice advocates had a somber feelings about the choice to terminate a pregnancy. Now they are aggressive, far left radicals with no regard whatsoever for the decisions they make. I have heard women at protests bragging about how many abortions they have had. The gravity is gone.
But one thing that stands out is the hypocrisy. They chant “my body, my choice.” But when interviewed if they feel the same about vaccine mandates they don’t have this same “my body, my choice” opinion. They believe that in abortion there should be autonomy, but with vaccines the mandates are acceptable. I should be forced to wear a mask or be vaccinated. It is nonsensical.
My personal stance is this: a unborn baby has unique DNA. Scientifically speaking, they are inside of the woman’s body but they are NOT the same body. So while I support bodily autonomy over your own body, a fetus is not your own body. It grows inside you but it is an independent being with unique DNA. To say it is a “clump of cells” is a sad and interesting take because if NASA found a clump of cells on Mars, what would they say? That we have found life on Mars.
Protestors automatically go to rape. And for the extremely small percentage of unwanted pregnancies resulting from rape I believe there is room for conversation. I still do not believe abortion is ever acceptable or okay, but I recognize the intense difficulty of say a thirteen year old girl being raped and becoming pregnant. I understand the difficulty in these situations.
Women do have choice. They have choice about having sex at all. They have choice to chart their cycles (which could prevent about 80% of unwanted pregnancies). They have the choice of many kinds of free options for birth control, offered by different groups, including condoms, hormonal birth control, and IUDs. There are tons of choices. One of them does not need to be aborting a baby as a form of birth control.
But just like this country was intended, this issue is now back with the states. Where it should be and should always have been.
Let’s add in a few other details to this debate:
1. Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, a notorious racist who believed this would prevent the black population from growing in this country.
2. Of the 63 million abortions performed in America since 1973, 40 million were black babies, killing several generations of black Americans and fulfilling Margaret Sanger’s purpose.
3. Historical and modern eugenics proponents favor abortion because it is the earliest opportunity to prevent the proliferation of human life.
4. There is something entirely flawed in an argument if to make your point you have to crash church services and offend the congregation. Do they believe they will change the hearts and minds of these people? No, they alienate people further from this, making people believe that the pro abortion stance is supported by vulgar, offensive, militant lunatics who have no respect for anyone at all.
I’ve been to many protests and pro-freedom rallies this year. There is prayer. There is love. There is happiness. There is support and shared tears and generosity. Because our cause is just and based in love, the participants are mostly happy and loving. Far left protests are angry, inflammatory, intentionally offensive demonstrations, whether it is for abortion, black lives matter, or whatever it is. It always escalates to violence and destruction.
Anna Farley 