I am pro-life because of information. I was pro-choice because of lack of information.
Not everyone is pro-life because of information. Some people are pro-life because they grew up that way, and they have given as little thought to abortion as I had when I was pro-choice. I call this a “default” position.
The problem is that kindness doesn’t work in every situation. When it comes to abortion, kindness to the mother is cruelty to the child. And in this case, as in many, kindness isn’t particularly kind.
How is it kind to teach someone nothing, to offer her no instruction because it is “mean,” to watch her walk away to make the same mistakes again that caused them grief and desperation and pain and confusion and sorrow and led to the death of her child? Is that kindness?
To me, kindness is telling people the truth: this will kill your child. You are a mother now. It is your responsibility to protect this child. You have other options, and we will help you every step of the way, but if you decide to let a doctor kill your baby, you will regret it for the rest of your life. So how do they do it?
Abortion is wrong in exactly the same circumstances in which it is wrong to kill an adult.
Pro-life advocates say abortion is immoral because it’s the taking of a human life. The potential for life is a sacred thing that must be protected at all costs. What do you think?
