Opinion
Imagine it: A world where you can pay someone a sum of money to quietly kill off your child, no questions asked. You won’t be arrested, or even looked down upon. In fact, you may even be championed as someone “taking control of life again.”
No, this is not the premise for a freaky dystopian novel.
This is real life.
Everyone has an opinion on abortion, some stronger than others. Some conservative Christians argue that it is a sin, and some go as far to protest and viciously condemn abortion doctors. That not only makes Christians look bad but also adds fire to an already heated debate.
On the other end of the spectrum are the advocates for “women’s rights,” arguing that abortion provides women with the freedom to do what they want with their bodies.
But what is rarely discussed is the child at hand. At best, the baby is glossed over, forgotten. At worst, the unborn child is dehumanized, made out to be nothing but a pesky problem for the mother who doesn’t want him or her.
We call this process “abortion,” giving it a nice, vague scientific name in an attempt to convince ourselves that it is a medical process and not murder.
I know lots of women defend abortion because some of them have been victims of rape. They’d rather not raise the child of their abuser, and I totally understand that.
But will aborting the tiny treasure inside your womb really erase the pain? While keeping your child could serve as a physical reminder of the abuse, adoption is always an option.
Don’t assume that in aborting, the scars from the rape will fade. You will still have the memories and the hurt from the trauma.That’s not something abortion can solve.
I guess it just appalls me that we live in a country that allows us to kill off our own unborn children. Is no place safe? Even in the womb, children are at risk.
Defenders of abortion take offense at this. Some claim that it is a woman’s right to do what she will with her body, and it isn’t anyone else’s business. It’s private, it’s personal and up to each individual woman. The public shouldn’t have any say in these intimate affairs.
But that’s just it # abortion isn’t about a woman’s body. It’s about her child’s. An unborn child is not a part of a woman’s body, like an organ, or a limb. The baby is, in fact, a separate body, with its own set of DNA, personality and future. And in America, we’re killing them by the boatload.
There have been 53 million abortions since the practice’s start (that’s roughly five Holocausts), with more than 3,000 children being put to death every single day.
That’s more than the number of lives that were lost on 9/11. And while those victims have their names etched into a bronze memorial, there is no one to speak up for the unnamed children Americans abort daily.
It just makes me sad.
