The "Right to Choose" vs. the "Right to Life"?

During my research on abortion these last several days, I have come to realize I don’t even know where to begin. My heart is so saddened to read these articles and stories about abortions and to see the pictures and videos of the end result. I have concluded my research many times simply in tears. I fear, that people are becoming calloused to the sin in the world and simply cannot fathom the notion that so many are in support of abortion! Their arguments (which I am hoping to be able to refute in posts to come) are so selfish.

Of course I believe in freedom of choice! I am not a domineering man trying to lord my authority over women and have control over them and their lives. I AM A WOMAN and I too agree with the majority of male pro-life law makers who are attempting to combat abortion. They are not trying to take control of a woman’s right to choose, they are attempting to take control of a woman’s right to murder! The *majority of woman have the freedom to choose not to conceive an unwanted baby in the first place. (*Taking into consideration that there are children conceived as a result of rape and incest). One should always consider that a possible outcome of engaging in sexual relations is the conception of a child and when one engages in these activities, they have already chosen! That child growing within their mother’s body was not asked to be created as a result of a foolish and selfish action. And that child certainly should not bear the brunt of their mother’s choice by being slaughtered. What of the child’s choice? What of those future women that are being aborted? Don’t they have a voice? Don’t they have the “right to choose”? Abortion is a selfish act that allows women to continue to live in their sin and “escape” responsibility for their actions.

My heart grieves for the lives of aborted babies. That tiny life that depends on its mother for growth and protection is torn from its sanctuary and sentenced to death for no fault of their own other than existing! Most pro-choice advocates do not deny the fact that a “fetus” being aborted is alive…they will tell you themselves that life begins at conception or fertilization, or the first brain wave etc. However, this does not seem to concern them. Their only concern is for their rights, their right to choose. How could anyone ever see the right to choose as more important than the right to life?

There are some that say that terminating the life of a “fetus” via an abortion is equal to eating a hamburger, cutting down a tree, or even killing the germs on our hands since these things are all categorized as “life”. What a ridiculous argument. Human life should never be compared to germs and inanimate objects. Human life is the highest form of life. We are human beings and we are killing ourselves. We are killing our own babies! To me, that does not seem comparable to using hand sanitizer and stopping at McDonalds.

Life is precious. The life of every man, woman, and child is precious. The lives of the thousands of aborted babies everyday are precious. Just as precious as mine or yours. They are people. Tiny people, maybe, but “a person’s a person, no matter how small!” – From the movie, Horton Hears a Who.