Over 4,000 soldiers have died defending our country and the Iraqi people against terrorism and tyranny in Iraq, and regardless of your views on the war, we owe them and their loved ones more than we could ever give in return for their sacrifices. Their names belong on the long list of heroes who have given their lives to protect America and its high ideals, but over 49,000,000 innocent lives have been taken since January 22, 1973, in a war that few take time to notice. That date symbolizes the very worst of our country’s past and present. On that day, Roe v. Wade officially declared war against the value of life and began the War against the Unborn.
Many of you probably think that abortion is a taboo issue that just starts fights and is best to only be discussed with those who agree with you. Others of you disagree with abortion personally, but it really isn’t that big of an issue for you because you’ll probably never have to make that decision yourself. Even the libertarian streak in me wants to say that what other people do is none of my business, but if you and I don’t stand up for these most innocent lives, who will?
Most of you have probably already made up your minds on this issue, so my purpose in writing this is to inspire those of you who believe that life begins at conception to fight for the lives of the unborn with everything you’ve got.
The most callous of you don’t believe the fetus becomes human until it is out of the womb. Maybe you should tell that to the pregnant woman who was shot in the Twin Cities a couple weeks ago and lost her baby or the other millions of women who have had devastating miscarriages. I have a picture of a baby 6-8 weeks after conception. You can clearly see the baby has eyes and fingers, but you’ll probably just turn the other way when the doctor performs a saline abortion on the baby when it is up to 16 weeks old. This procedure involves injecting poisonous saline solution into the amniotic fluid that the baby then swallows and is poisoned from. Within one to one and a half hours the baby’s heart will stop and the solution will then burn off the outer layer of the baby’s skin. You can choose to turn the other way when these procedures are performed right here in Minnesota. But if you and I don’t stand up for these most innocent lives, who will?
I could now go through all the other painful and violent abortion procedures, but if you don’t find that one bad enough, I’d just be wasting my time. It makes me want to throw up knowing that so many students on our campus would be more outraged over the death of a favorite dog or cat than a million aborted babies. Animal rights are great, but how about human babies getting at least the same respect?
By far the most self-serving argument for “pro-choice” advocates is that we need to give women their full rights. I’m sorry, but I didn’t know that the right to murder was in the Constitution. Seventy-four percent of women who had abortions said their primary reason was because having a baby would interfere with work, school or other responsibilities. I guess no one ever told them that having sex can sometimes lead to getting pregnant. I’m really glad my mom didn’t use her rights to murder me when she went back to school to get her master’s degree. You can choose just to do what’s easiest for you, but if you and I don’t stand up for these most innocent lives, who will?
Your silence on this issue affects your life, too. During the past 11 years Minnesota taxpayers have paid for approximately 39,000 abortions for a total cost of $10,891,517.69. How does it make you feel knowing that your money is being used to murder babies? I really hope it makes you mad as hell and sickened like it makes me. I’m used to the government wasting my money, but when it is being used to murder children that really bothers me. It is just money and you don’t tell the government where to spend it so it’s really not your problem, but if you and I don’t stand up for these most innocent lives, who will?
Please join with me to help Minnesota and America give life the value it deserves. Write to your congressmen, support adoption agencies or do anything and everything you can to ensure that life once again has value in America. Sure, you can ignore this issue if you want, and let millions more die. You can stop asking your legislators where they stand or overlook their stances against the unborn. You can keep indirectly funding abortions with your tax dollars. You can even talk about how pro-life activists are just crazy Evangelical Christians who want to penalize poor pagans for having promiscuous sex. You can say and do whatever you want. I’m going to fight for the unborn because if you and I don’t stand up for these most innocent lives, who will?
Enjoying your pugnacity much? Do you honestly expect anyone to take your commentary seriously when your article is laden with ad hominems against those you disagree with?
Furthermore, check your facts. Saline amniocentesis is performed AFTER the 16th week. Being an expert in this topic, you should also know that this technique is rarely used today because it can be dangerous to the mother.
You mention rights – how about the right of choice? How about the right to privacy? If you know so much about the Constitution, then you should know exactly why Roe v. Wade had the outcome it did. Furthermore, your sweeping generalizations, naturally, fail to take into account rape. I suppose in your ideal world, no one gets raped – just like no condoms break and no birth control pills fail. I find it ludicrous that you would force a woman to give birth to a rapist’s baby. Or is “murder” allowed in this situation? Maybe you should pull the wool from over your eyes because this issue is NOT black and white. Or perhaps it was just too bad that your mom didn’t use her rights to murder you when she went back to school to get her master’s degree
First of all Joel, I think you need to calm down. There is no need to make this personal by wishing I were dead. Your arguments will be much more credible if you try to be a little more cordial with those who don’t agree with you.
Saline abortions are rare because of their harmful affects on the mother, but since 2002 the procedure has been performed on 50 women in Minnesota. You are right that saline abortions are performed at 16 weeks or later and I am sorry for the typo.
I invite you to read the Constitution as I have because nowhere in it does it give anyone the right to abort a fetus. If Congress decides to amend the Constitution, then the court will have the proper authority to make decisions on the legality of abortion.
The issue of women getting pregnant from a rape is something I am well aware of, but I did not have the space to write about each special circumstance and seeing as how less than 2% of abortions claim this as the reason I left it out.
My opinion is that in this very difficult situation there is still a life created that should be allowed to live. Others believe there should be an exception in this case, but I respectfully disagree. Life deserves a chance in my opinion, but you obviously have the right to disagree with me.
I thank you for reading my column and taking time to respond to it, but I wish you would refrain from attacking me personally. Perhaps waiting a short time after reading my articles would allow you to set aside your emotional responses and allow you to focus on evidence you believe refutes my points.
Finally, someone calls out abortion for what it is. Andrew, your column is a breath of fresh air in a world where people fail to seek Truth and are ok with ignoring the implications Truth has on their lives.
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I agree with what you are saying in this article, but in retrospect, I do believe that by attacking those who don’t share the same ideals as you directly will not achieve your goal.
To get through to others, you must first see their points of view. Even if you don’t agree with them, you should still show them that you understand why they think what they do, because by just completely slamming them and leaving no room for their beliefs, they will simply ignore your argument and continue down the path of pro-abortion.
I understand you are very passionate about this, as am I, but to let that passion consume your better judgement when it comes to trying to force people into believing what you say is right will only do the opposite.
It seems unfair that after reading this a person would still choose to allow abortion, but such is life. Subtetly is a necessity when trying to convert a non-believer; ease them into the argument, and carefully explain why abortion is so wrong, instead of tossing words like “murder” and “disgusting” into their faces, as true as they may be. Perhaps in the future, doing this may change some peoples minds because they feel they aren’t being attacked for something they believe in.
On a different note, I thought your article was inspiring to those of us who believe as you do. Truly, it is a joy to see someone so passionate about an issue such as this, when we live in a world of conformity and laziness.
I agree with Andrew on life deserves a chance. The constitution talks about the right of choice and the right to privacy, but it doesn’t tell anything about abortion. Abortion today is a big issue on us, as it takes away human life.
i would have to agree with everthing this says this is a very inspiring article thank you andrew. btw if we dont stick up for the babies getting killed no one will because they cant stick of for themself. at the worst they could just put there babies up for adoption.
A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton’s decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence.
A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe.
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It is question to think about who have bigger rights
unborn or the one who is about to give life,I support
the unborn
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I agree Andrew life begins at conception .People don’t say she is carrying a thing ,no,they say she is carrying a baby.If the law said you could kill someone for taking your cellphone,they would do it ,they go by the book.they have no brain,they have no respect for life,they have no conscience.they don’t call a spade a spade, they call a spade anything that suits them.Sorry,Murder is Murder,end of story.
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