Some thoughts on Abortion

In last night’s debate Obama defended his stance on abortion by stressing the importance of giving women free choice. Yet this argument has gone beyond the point of absurdity. It’s not about choice anymore at all. It’s about something much bigger. And yet conservies sit around year after year watching the left move the goalposts on abortion doing little more than whining about it.

So the next time there’s a discussion about abortion, I want someone on the pro-life side to bring this up with vigor. Expose the true nature of this “choice” and start defining this issue the way it really is.

-An abusive stepfather intimidates a young girl into getting an abortion behind her mother’s back. Who is really choosing there? Yet John Kerry tells us that the law should be on the stepdad’s side, and abortion clinics are notorious for ignoring signs of domestic abuse. The left refuses any legislation aimed at protecting these girls.

-A scared 15 year old walks into Planned Parenthood seeking advice. The grownups on the staff promptly tell her to lie about her boyfriend and pressure her into believing that abortion is the best answer. Whose choice is that? Yet Planned Parenthood attacks anyone who exposes this and is almost sacrosanct against any legislation.

-Conservative taxpayers who don’t like abortion watch their dollars pay for free clinics against their protest. Pharmacists who don’t like abortion risk being fired if they don’t offer retroactive medicine. Who is free to choose there?

-A young man willing to become a father watches helplessly as his wife or girlfriend walks into a clinic and removes his own flesh and blood. Yet if she wants to keep the baby, he’s saddled with child support for eighteen years. Either way this young man has no say in his own destiny. Where is the freedom of choice in that?

-Public schools take field trips to abortion centers but refuse to allow a pro-life activist on campus to offer an alternative view. Whose choices are really being made?

For the left, abortion has moved beyond the arena of choice. They want free, unfettered abortion on demand, no matter how many people it ends up hurting. They want Planned Parenthood to stay in business even if they have to make that choice for women for themselves. They don’t want it to be a choice – they want it to be a common practice.