What/who is an abortion survivor? Is this someone who actually survived the procedure, or someone whose mother decided not to have an abortion?
The anti-abortion memes one might come across drive home the point that life is precious, that—of course—the life in the human womb can’t be anything but another developing human, no matter the stage of development. Pro-lifers may also cart out all manner of convoluted logic, including a tug at the heartstrings, including the assumption that people who get abortions are all monsters, doing it as a matter of convenience without any forethought or consideration of spiritual or psychological consequences. And that—of course—is not true.
Anti-abortion crusaders speak from the heart in many ways, but they apparently also choose to miss the point of the debate. The argument is not over what’s being lost—a human life is being terminated when a woman goes through with an abortion. That point can’t be argued. But this has never been the actual point.
The crux of the matter, I believe, is that a woman has the right to make the decision and to live with the consequences of that decision. She has, or should have, domain over her own body. It is the business of no one but the woman involved. Apart from the context of a committed relationship with a husband or significant other, in which case having children should have already been a topic of discussion, the decision is left to no one but the pregnant woman.
Those who are thumping their Bibles and pointing to an ancient edict in the Old Testament, i.e. the 5th Commandment—often times men in positions of authority—have no say in the matter. The issue has always been more complicated than simply harping on what the Bible says.
The Republican ticket for POTUS– especially the VP pick– doesn’t see it that way.
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