Ok… I have to respond to this. Where on this thread did I play the race card? The only race card that was played was a pathetic attempt to goad me into agreeing with the anti-choice position by bringing up race issues that are only tangentially related to abortion. This was done, of course, as an attempt to use race to further a cause that is not specifically related to race issues. People who bring up the number of black fetuses aborted—as opposed to the number of fetuses aborted—are the ones who are playing the race card!
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Disagree with the boycott if you want, I am glad you experssed your opinion here, it is good for us to know.
I am sincere with my concern regarding the high number of African American babies aborted. I was not using it as “grasping at straws” measure to play the race card. I honestly believe it and it motivates me to promote justice for the unborn. My motivator in promoting life is the firm belief that the fetus, as a human being has a inalienable right to respect and life afforded to all human beings. It is a civil rights issue, the fetus, regardless of race or physical or mental handicap, is a human being with dignity, and worthy of life. ( I am also for death penalty reform, but that is for another thread. )The higher percentage of abortions in black women is of concern to me. What can we do to solve the social obstacles for all women so that they don’t feel that their only resort is to kill their unborn baby? To me that is a result of desparation.
Abortion rights are often viewed as a bandaid to fix a problem, but abortion has not repaired any social problems.
*** How can a woman actually have the right to make a choice about abortion, if she is not given the truth about it? Women are lied to. Information is withheld. Proaboriton activists fight against this free flow of information because they know it would hurt their cause. Abortion clinics refuse to give truthful information because they stand to lose a profit.
*** How can we expect our culture to value human life and respect the homeless man on the street, the senile lady in the rest home or the newborn in the trashcan if we don’t form a deep respect and value for all human life, at every stage? Our culture puts a pricetag on human beings depending on how much they contribute financially to our society. The unborn baby, although full of potential, liviing and growning is killed (in an extremely painfull way BTW) in most cases simply because having the child would get in the way of an adult’s plans or lifestyle. A person can come to the conclusion that human life supercedes, or is the foundation for all other civil rights without being a religious person.
*** From a Christian perspective, if one were to place:
Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, a tattered, smelly, mentally ill homeless man, a newborn baby, an unborn baby, a neglected child, A senile elderly woman who can’t care for herself, whoever is reading this post and myself,
in a lineup… our society would begin to rank them in worthiness according to *our *cultural standards. As Christians we must ask ourselves how God wants us to view human beings, and to him they are all equal in dignity and worthy of life, or they wouldn’t be.
**** One of my favorite Pro-life groups is Feminists For Life, because they put their primary focus on young women and how to fight against all the obstacles a woman faces. Abortion is a symptom that we need to fix the problem, not kill unborn babies as a quick fix to hide, ignore or perpetuate the problems. Abortion is a horrible tragedy on the page of human history and I want to do what I can to turn that page. My core motivator is a love for humanity and a sense of justice. Scripture asks “Who will speak up for the little ones?” I will speak up for the little ones. I just did, and I will continue.
Jesus said “Whatever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me.”
Until we can learn to value and respect all human life, all other “rights” are a facade. The plastic siding looks good, but a few good gusts of wind at the right places and it blows right off the house.
I have always been pro life, but when I looked at the breakdown of abortions along racial and economic lines, It inspired a whole new level of motivation in me. No woman should be made to feel that she or her child are not valued or worthy of life.
This topic has wandered a bit, but I wanted to respond to the accusation that I was using racism to artificially promote the prolife movement. I wanted to explain that if was not the case. This topic of where abortion percentages breakdown on racial lines, deserves it’s own thread and perhaps someone would like to start one.
we all need to blow off steam sometimes (but I think that may be the other poster’s agenda)
