So I'm reading an article in the Christian Science Monitor about how the abortion debate in the US will somehow make people find common ground.
Mmm.... Maybe. But I think the logic is rather questionable on some of his comments.
He says:
Pro-choice organizations should make it clear that every abortion ends a life, albeit a potential one.
Something can't be potential and not potential at the same time. Either an unborn child is a life or he is not.
He also writes:
They just believe that the mother has rights that trump the rights of the unborn.
I think that in defending "life", pro-lifers have not emphasized enough that the unborn child is a person and an equal. He should be LOVED. You cannot trump people's right to live unless they are on the verge of killing or seriously injuring you.
I learned to stop emphasizing the medical procedure and just listen. What I heard from many of them was that they were grieving. Some called it a death. Some called it a loss. Only a tiny percentage treated it like a medical procedure.
Now why would that be? What would they be grieving over, if it's the unborn child is not an equal or not worthy of love?
Abortion as a procedure and as the enemy is overemphasized. I believe the time is right to stand up for the unborn child and assert his equality and persuade others of his worthiness.
