Why Vote Pro-Life

"What one woman decides does not seem to effect me. It's her business" some may say. Or is it? In fact it effects us more than we think. Since Roe v. Wade (1973) women have had the ability to abort any child for whatever reason. This means that anybody born since that time could have been aborted. Who are these people? They are our sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and friends and yes even our aunts and uncles.They are people in our lives. How many people do you know were born since January of 1973? Take a second to think about it.
It is estimated that about one third of that population has been killed through abortion. One Third! How can we imagine that none of these could have been our sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and friends and yes even our aunts and uncles?
Even if we think we have survived the curse of abortion, we still have to wonder about the spouses of those generations. I have to ask myself about the future spouses of my niece and nephews. God created one for them. Did they get aborted? Are they going to wonder around looking for their soul mate only to find "they [are] no more". (Mt 2:18)
In the end, when my kin sees me after this life, how can I look them in the eye and tell them that I voted for someone because I thought this or that issue was more important? I just can't do it. Moreover; how can I vote for somebody who although may think it is immoral, yet also think it is OK for our sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and friends and yes even our aunts and uncles to be aborted.

Morals and Natural Law

It does not take religion to see that morals do not change over time. In other words, what might have been bad to do years ago, is still bad to do today. Natural Law helps us realize this. Take, for example the eye. We know that the nature and purpose of the eye is to help the person see. Suppose an object gets lodged into the eye. This would hinder the eye from fulfilling it's purpose. When this happens, it would be considered an evil. But suppose that one goes to the eye doctor and helps that person see again. That would be considered a good. What helps a thing come to fulfillment is good and what hinders a thing from its fulfillment is bad. So when it comes to ethics, what determines good from evil would be weather or not that action helps that person and society obtain its purpose. Does it go against its nature or not.
Without religion, we can see we are made for community. In order for society to build, reproduction needs to happen. Darwin understood that. This requires a male and female, a community of two persons. Moreover; a child cannot feed itself. The mother needs to look after the child. So the mother and father needs to look after the common good of that societal unit. Sociologists should understand that. So we need community and to do the common good for the community of humanity. Murder is bad for society, just like a thing lodged in the eye is bad for the eye. Their purpose is defeated. That is why contraception, abortion, homosexuality, pre-marital sex, fraud, dishonesty, jealousy and anything else that hinders the building up of humanity is bad. It wounds society.
That is where God comes in and offers us healing. Note: This was just pure reasoning. Pagans believed this. There is more reasoning which comes from God. God's reasoning is not natural like the reasoning above. It is rather supernatural. So from the religious point of view, it still comes up short, but it is not wrong.

Abortion and Rape or Incest

This is one of the more emotionally difficult questions. Why should we not allow for abortions in cases of rape or incest. There are a couple reasons why from the health of the baby, the woman and society. The first answer is because the Embryo is still a baby. Science proves this not Only with the sonogram, but also in genetics. If it is a baby, we would be giving the baby a death sentence for something it did not do. If this would be OK to abort a child, that would be to the detriment to society as well. Why? Because of the reason for the abortion. The woman is raped and so is in anguish. The emotion of the event is linked to the child. Therefore, the child becomes a source of great anguish to the woman. So it is the anguish that should give the woman the "right" to take the life of a child. If this is true, then it should be equally a "right" for one person to murder another because it just causes too much anguish for him/her. Lastly, it is detrimental to the woman as well. She typically does not see how anything good could come from the pregnancy. Some may even think the child is evil because he/she was conceived in evil. She has no hope, so she gets the abortion. But once the abortion happens, she realizes something is not right. The cloud is lifted and are many times horrified at what happened. However, since the rape justifies the abortion, she has to hold on to the evil of rape in order to stuff the guilt of the abortion down. This makes the pain of the rape more acute. So now, the problem is worse than what she started with. It goes against her dignity. Actually, I have found that when women choose to allow the baby to live, she can start to see how something good could come from something so evil. The child becomes a gift to bring healing for her. But ultimately,she needs real psychological and spiritual counseling; not just a cold "get over it". It's about time the professional fields stop violating these women for their money just because they violated sexually.

Why Not Allow Abortions for at Least Some Cases?

Many people may ask questions about abortion on why the Catholic Church still does not agree on abortions for special circumstances; ie, rape, medical, incest and the list goes on. There will be plenty of time to deal with all these situations one by one. But for a quick answer, I would have to ask the question; "What is the problem?" You see, in basic problem solving, that is the first step in order to find the solution. Unfortunately, too many people just assume the baby is the problem. However, let's look a little closer at the situation. The problem usually lies in the reason why a woman may feel the need to have an abortion (In other words, it's really not a choice from her perspective). Maybe, she was raped. So the problem is the rape. That is the cause of the suffering. If the rape did not happen, the acute suffering would not be there. So we should address the problem, the rape. How? Prevention, counseling and giving her hope. Is the problem lack of money? Then as a community (not necessarily GOVT) should come together to help without enabling and training people to become dependent. A difficult balance. This is a blanket explanation that covers any situation. I look forward to going through the list of reasons one by one. But this can get us started.

Not a Person?

When talking to a representative of Illinois Senator Richard Durban, a group of teenagers and I asked why he felt abortion was acceptable. The reply was interesting. It goes back to the decision of Roe V. Wade. The court decision said that they did not know if it was a human person. Back then, we did not have sonograms, but now we do. We also know about DNA. Science proves today that the "thing" in the womb is a human being. So the question again is wheather or not the human being is a human person. In other words; "Is it sub-human?" Interesting.