How to Get People to Actually Talk About Abortion
The rhetoric surrounding the abortion issue
can and must be simplified. Abortion is not about women's lives. It is
not about women's rights. It is not about wonderful abortion providers
who give a much needed service to these poor women. It is not about
women and their pastors making a decision that is between the woman and
God. Abortion is about one question and one question only: "What is the
unborn?" Since 97% of abortions done in this country are done on
perfectly healthy mothers and perfectly healthy babies, the focus of
pro-aborts on "what if abortion is needed to save the mother's life?" is
a smokescreen.
If you can remember this one question, you
will make headway and be persuasive in every conversation you ever have
with any person on this issue. Here's the question, 4 words: "What is
the unborn?"
I'd like to illustrate the real issue. If one
of my sons walks up behind me and says, "Hey dad, can I kill this?"
What will be my next question if I cannot see him? Right... "What is
it, son?" Now, if I turn around and he's holding a mosquito, my answer
is an emphatic: "Yes, you may kill that." If I turn around and he's got
his little brother in a headlock, my answer will be an emphatic: "No,
you may not kill that."
I once had lunch with an abortion
clinic security guard and he launched into the whole "women's
rights...." "women's lives matter..." etc. And I said: "I agree,
women's lives matter and women should never be denied their rights. The
problem is, that has absolutely nothing to do with abortion. My
question to you is: What is the unborn? If the unborn are NOT human
beings, then no justification for abortion is necessary. If the unborn
ARE human beings, then no justification for abortion is possible."
That was like dropping a nuclear bomb on the table. He had absolutely
no response. After a very long silence, I said, "Look, Joe (not his
real name), if the unborn are not human beings, then abortion is no
different from clipping your fingernails. Now, I don't march around
campaigning for people to be 'pro-finger-nail' do I? Why, because
fingernails are not human beings. But if the unborn are human beings,
then what does that make abortion?"
The fact is, we know more
about the pre-born child than any other generation in history. We can
look at them in 3-d with ultrasound and we know that it is a human life
from the moment of conception forward. Even the pro-aborts do not even
attempt to depersonalize the unborn child any longer. They know it is
futile to do so.
So, when you discuss this issue with people,
remember this question: "What is the unborn?" THAT is what the issue
is about. Don't let people distract you from the real issue at hand.
