I am confused by the pro-life movement.
I am not saying that I am pro-life. I am not saying that
I am not, either. I have become so confused by this term. Do I believe in the beauty of life? Do I believe that harming others is wrong? Yes and yes. Do I believe that murder is wrong? Yes. Do I believe that butting yourself into other people's business or taking away the right to chose what happens to their bodies, marriages, and/or lives is wrong? Oh, yes. If answering all of these questions makes someone "pro-life," then I suppose that I am. In my heart, I know
abortion is wrong, but I accept that you cannot force someone to carry an
unwanted child and I know that a safe abortion is better than a back alley one. I am confused by the "general" ideas that surround pro-life. It seems like people carry around the term "pro-life" so lightly and do not actually live by it, unless it comes to protesting abortion, one small little itty bitty portion of actually being a "pro-lifer." The term
itself, "pro-LIFE," doesn't that mean one who supports ALL life? I’m
just confused because if we generalize, which I know I will get shit for doing
so, but if we do, those who are pro-life do not follow through in other areas of
politics…
…Like aiding other countries’ starving children. Instead we
so often hear, “Let’s take care of our own before helping out others?”
…Like opening our borders and our homes to those in need
from other oppressive, poor countries. In Sodom and Gomorrah, a whole town was
struck down for this lack of generosity and hospitality.
….Like supporting rights to own military weapons. "It’s
an impossible argument to call oneself pro-life, but to also argue that any
citizen ought have access to military grade assault weapons, which are objects
designed to take life away."
…Like the death penalty, which is just a sick way to play
god…isn’t that blasphemous?
…Like supporting war. Can I see a verse from the New Testament
that condones war and violence?
…Like supporting welfare to those in need. (But isn’t the
government paying for an abortion cheaper than paying for a kid on welfare?) Yes,
the system is abused and needs straightened out, but as someone who is
pro-life, you are supporting life by supporting food stamps and other government
funded assistance programs. Many of these programs are necessary because people
cannot afford birth control and are not educated on sex in schools (abstinence only
is proven NOT to work). Pro-life should mean paying these extra costs for these
programs without a negative word spoken. You are just supporting life and there
is nothing wrong with that is there?
If you refuse to grow up and educate your children about sex
(it’s not immoral to do so), if you refuse to help those in needs, if you
refuse to value life outside of the womb, why would anyone take you seriously when
you argue against abortion?
Final Thought