What about Abortion?

By Larry Bohannon

What do you think about abortion? Most people try not to think about it. They wish to
avoid the overwhelming horrible reality. Abortion is an intentional violent act that kills an
unborn baby. Without any anesthesia, the baby is dismembered, torn apart, and
vacuumed out of the mother. In the case of a near-term or partial-birth abortion, the
baby is turned around and pulled partially out with its head still inside the mother. The
abortionist then plunges a sharp object into the back of its neck and vacuums out the
brain. This is not a pleasant subject. It hurts to just imagine the horror. However, we
must think about it in order to gather the courage needed to end it.

What motivates an abortionist? What must they think as they slash and tear a baby
apart or plunge a knife into its neck? Somehow, abortionists have become callused to
the reality of their actions. Like Shakespeare’s Macbeth, they have blood on their
hands, and it cannot be washed off. They are like gas chamber operators during
Hitler’s holocaust. They are like slave traders who traded in human flesh during slavery.

Many people have become apathetic about abortion. Since they have already been
born, abortion is no threat to them personally. Why should they care about someone
else’s baby? If there is any lesson to be learned from September 11, 2001, it is that we
should value and protect innocent human life even if it is not our own. This lack of value
was the direct cause of the terrorist acts. Think about it. The terrorists and those who
directed them had no value for the lives of the flight attendants whose throats were
slashed or the innocent secretaries who frantically tried to leave those buildings.

This same lack of value for innocent human life is the direct cause of legalized abortion.
You see, perhaps most who are pro-choice are not pro-choice for themselves. They
would not even consider abortion for those they love. They are pro-choice for others.
Choice is a convenient way to eliminate those "other" people. This deep dark truth is
never discussed. These people advocate abortion in order to decrease the excess
population. Of course, they themselves are not the excess population. It is always
some other group like the poor or the innocent unborn babies.

If you are still unconvinced about the horror of legalized abortion, at the next opportunity
pick up a little baby, hold it in your arms, gaze into its eyes and you will know the truth.
All the pro-choice pro-abortion rhetoric that you have ever heard will melt away.
Another truth is that it just is not natural for a mother to have an abortion. Instead, it is
natural for a mother to love and care for her baby. This motherly instinct for nurturing
and bonding should be encouraged. It is basic to our human society and it benefits us
all. It should not be broken down by giving women an immoral choice of abortion.

I know that you will ask - What about those mothers who for some reason cannot love
and care for their babies? Well, the choice should not be to keep or abort the baby.
The choice should be to keep or give the baby away. Abortion clinics should be

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changed to adoption clinics. Surely most people would agree that a well-organized
adoption system would be much better than our current abortion system.

Abortion is a tragedy not only for the unborn who will never experience life but for the
mother also. The choice given to the mother is an immoral one. Rather than give a
woman control over her body, choice creates the opportunity for exploitation. There is
an older lady in my church who feels deep guilt even after 30 years because she stood
by as her husband sent their daughter away to New York to have an abortion. This was
in the days before Roe v. Wade and abortion was illegal in Texas. The lady says her
daughter has suffered much since that event and has never found peace and
happiness. So did the choice of abortion give the daughter control over her body or did
her father use it to escape embarrassment? This is a real life example of the tragedy of
abortion. Variations of this tragedy have been frequently repeated over the years.
Millions of young and frightened mothers have been pressured to choose abortion to
help men escape responsibility and embarrassment.

If we were able to stop legalized abortion tomorrow, most of the babies saved from
abortion would be loved and cared for by their biological mother. Those mothers would
end up being grateful for their child and glad that they did not have an abortion. Most of
the rest of the children would be adopted by their extended family or by noble
strangers. Indeed some would probably fall through the cracks and end up in foster
homes or in orphanages. However, this is no reason to kill them. There is no doubt that
in twenty or so years from now a vast majority of babies saved from abortion will be glad
to be alive.

What do you think about abortion? I hope this paper will inspire you to stand up and
speak out on the side of life. It is also important to register to vote and vote only for pro-
life candidates. We who care hold the future of legalized abortion in our hands. There
are some encouraging signs that the public is becoming more pro-life. For the first time,
we have a pro-life President and pro-life Majority Leaders in both Houses of Congress.
Finally, if you know a young woman who is currently facing an abortion decision, be her
friend. Encourage her to explore the abortion alternatives listed below.

Abortion Alternatives
Crisis Pregnancy Center Information
• call Birthright (1-800-550-4900)

• call America's Crisis Pregnancy Helpline (1-888-4OPTIONS)

• go to Pregnancy Centers Online - www.pregnancycenters.org

• find the Crisis Pregnancy Center closest to you.

Adoption Information

• www.adoption.com

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