I loathe abortion with a fiery passion; my personal
experience of abortion is particularly bitter. But I rarely write
about the subject of abortion on this blog, because there is little that I could
possibly write about the topic that hasn’t already been written or said by others. Today, much will be
written by others wiser than I about the deleterious effects of Justice
Blackmun’s 40-year old diabolical decision.
Besides, there really is to say
about what is such a simple issue at heart. For if abortion is the taking of a human life, then
it is never permissible; if it is not, then it is permissible; if the matter is
unclear, then the benefit of the doubt should be given to the side of life.
I recognize the incredible difficulty –
financial and otherwise – that many women with “unplanned pregnancies” face in keeping their children. We
Christians must always exhibit charity towards women who seek to abort
their children; we should be prepared to give of our own time and resources for the sake of helping such women in
need, up to the point of adoption, if need be.
But silent charity does not give us a license to remain silent
on the issue. We must never slacken in our duty to demand an end to child-killing, if we
truly believe that abortion is the taking of innocent human life.
I write this because I often wonder how strong the commitment of the average "faithful Christian" (yes, I include myself) is to the elimination of abortion.
Intellectually, of course, I am a firm opponent of abortion; most of my readers are as well. But far too often, vital issues such as
abortion take a back seat to the economy or to material concerns in the minds
of “pro-lifers,” while those who support a culture of death vehemently defend
even the most minor restrictions on abortion. Yeats’ words sadly ring true in
our day and age: “The best lack all conviction,
while the worst are filled with passionate intensity.”
I do believe that abortion will be abolished in the United States in my
lifetime, if only because of the slow but steady demographic suicide that defenders
of the pro-choice banner have chosen to inflict on themselves through their embrace of
abortion. But this natural demographic process is slow and by
no means certain, and will involve the loss of literally millions of innocent lives and the continued moral corrosion of American society. An eventual victory by suicidal attrition is a Pyrrhic victory in the cause of life.
Today is a perfect anniversary to sound the death
knell of abortion in America, the most heinous expression of the culture of death. 40 years of legalized child murder is enough. May the days of Roe v. Wade be numbered!
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