Abortion;
Pro-Life or Pro-Death
Would you kill a new born baby? Would you take the life
of an innocent child? Should anyone have the right to murder if not in
self-defense? In the US constitution, 14th Amendment section 1 it
states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States…are citizens of
the United States…nor shall any state deprive any person of life”. Many people
argue that abortion is right under the 14th Amendment, but nowhere
does it state that you can kill an unborn child because you’re young and can’t
support that child.
The case Roe vs. Wade made it possible for women to have
safe legal abortions, which led to a decrease in pregnancy deaths. This came
about in Texas, whose law was that the only way to have an abortion is if the
mother’s life was in danger. Most other states had the same law. The Supreme
Court ruled that the Americans’ right to privacy included the right of a woman
to decide whether to terminate their pregnancy or not. That’s not
constitutional, that is murder which the 14th Amendment addresses
“nor shall any state deprive any person of life”. Just because the child isn’t
born doesn’t mean he/she isn’t a person. The definition of a person is “A
living,
self-conscious
being,
as
distinct
from
an
animal
or
a
thing;
a
moral
agent;
a
human
being;
a
man,
woman,
or
child”(“Person”).
When you have intercourse, you have made the choice to be at risk of having
children. That risk was known the all along. So what right do you have in
taking a person’s life born or not?
After the case Roe vs. Wade, many restrictions on
abortion began. Such as the Hyde Amendment which prohibits women from using
Medicaid to pay for an abortion except for rape victims, incest, and women with
physical conditions. In 1991 an amendment was made that stated doctors that are
federally funded are prohibited to give information and/or referrals to
abortion. Many other small restriction were put into effect, but none made a big
difference until 2003, a federal ban on abortion was issued and made a law. The
law was quickly over turned in 2004.
Abortion is un-American, un-constitutional, and
in-humane. Killing something so innocent and miraculous is just evil. Was it
the baby’s fault you didn’t mean to get pregnant? No. Was it the baby’s fault
that you’re a teenager and can’t support him/her? No. It’s never been the
baby’s fault. He or she had nothing to do with it. He or she is just the
miracle that will never see the sun shine, feel a soft blanket, laugh, smile,
love, or live. Christians, that are for abortion, say that’s it’s a good thing because
the baby will never live in this sinful world and go to Heaven. That is true,
but in the Ten Commandments, 6) Thou shalt not kill. Abortion is killing so to
Christians it should be wrong.
The violent actions of pro-lifers in the past will end
though. We will fight like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. We will be
peaceful and never give up. Martin Luther King Jr said “I have constantly
preached the non-violent demands that the means we use must be as pure as the
ends we seek” (181). We will let our voice be known. We will let congress hear
our cries that murder is wrong born or not, citizen or not. We will stand proud
for what we believe. Like John F. Kennedy when he said “Let every nation
know…that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support
any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure survival and the success of
liberty” (197).
Many ask if you are pro-life or pro-choice. That’s not
the scenario we are facing here though. That’s not what the real question
should be, or is. That’s a sugar coat for those that choose pro-choice. The
pro-life believers know what pro-choice means, we know what pro-choice means.
We know is not a matter of pro-life or pro-choice. It’s really a matter of
pro-life or pro-death!
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