‘Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?
Does being pro-life mean that society is more civilised, or does being pro-choice mean that?
You can see from the blackboard result opposite that the majority of respondents in the market thought the latter.
I do find that difficult to accept
It is hard and inappropiate to call abortion anything other than the process of killing a baby in utero. It cannot be honestly sanitised to an alternative definition. Baby is the special word we have come to call the living human in the pregnant mother. We never hear a pregnant mum say her ‘foetus’ is kicking, or ‘just some tissue’ is starting to move, or has a heartbeat.
Once we know about the process of abortion, and especially if we see it on a live video, there is also no way we can think of the baby as anything other than living, and abortion as anything other than the killing of it. The reality is that the process is truly horrible to watch.
A mother’s love is normally accepted as the most exemplary of all forms of human love, isn’t it? Maybe there should be more forms of support for an expectant mother, so that she is more able to support and carry her baby to its birth?
I like that saying I heard somewhere – “Love them both.” They both have rights.
A civilized society?
What is that?
The Cambridge Dictionary is the first that came up with a one sentence definition on a search: – “A civilized society or country has a well-developed system of government, culture, and way of life and that treats the people who live there fairly.”
“Fairly”?
Abortion can’t be fair to the baby. The baby hasn’t done any crime. It is innocent of any wrong. As well, its DNA genetic make-up is completely unique and different to its mother’s and father’s. Amazingly, its circulating blood and other organ systems are totally separate, even though they are dependent and enclosed within the body of its dear mother. That place should be the safest of all places, and both should be protected and safe.
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia?
When laws are enacted to allow such to happen, all looks safe and tidy. However, the risks for misuse can easily be imagined, if we are realistic.
To be fair, this needs to be discussed in another Post!