The New-Life Movement

Over the years, I have probably heard every possible opinion in the abortion debate. I have heard the Pro-Life and the Pro-Choice side, including every possible extreme and middle position in both. Some are flexible, some are set in stone, and others are open minded to hear how wrong the other side is. And while the current state of affairs favors the Pro-Choice side (see Roe V. Wade), the Pro-Choice side swears up and down that it won't be that way for too much longer. My opinion? The debate is pointless.

Right about now, you fall in one of three categories: 1. You are pissed and will either stop reading or send some bitter comment on my Facebook page, 2. You couldn't agree more because the courts have already decided the debate in your mind, or 3. You are intrigued as to why I would make such a statement. For those of you in groups 1-3, this is what I mean.

The current debate focuses entirely around whether or not to keep a medical procedure legal. One side wants women to have the right to decide what they are going to do with their pregnancy (guess which side they are), while the others are convinced that the medical procedure equates to murder and should be eliminated. As you can see, both sides are arguing completely different things about the same topic. Therefore, the debate does nothing but polarize the populace and gain some ratings for conservative talk show hosts.

This is what should be done instead. If the Pro-Life movement is really interested in preserving children and helping women keep their babies, they should do just that. So many times, I have seen and heard people in the Right to Life crowd talk about the new shock ad or the new truck driving around with aborted fetuses on the side. For some reason, they do not want the practice to occur because it is sick, grotesque, and disgusting. Yet, they feel no shame, in fact they feel pride, over putting the result of that practice for all to see. This would be the same group of people that would sue war protesters for displaying the remains of a victim/soldier involved in a war, however, they see no contradiction in what they are doing.

I know it seems like I am bashing the Pro-Life movement, mostly because I am bashing the Pro-Life movement. Their time, money, and resources all go toward lobbying and advertisement campaigns such as the billboards. Meanwhile, there are countless women placed in the dire consequence of having to choose whether or not to abort. The debate is pointless because there has been nothing but menial gains by either side. One side gets a law passed, and the other gets it overturned in court. Vice versa, vice versa, and vice versa. Nothing ever gets done.

Rather than being stuck in an endless legal battle, the Pro-Life movement should work toward actually helping lives, born and unborn. They should put up clinics, housing, and resource centers that allows the most at risk women to have the things they need in order to provide for their coming family. They should operate to serve and protect the women that need help, rather than judging and protesting them. They should be warm and welcome them rather than hate and despise them.

There is an opportunity to change the way that the world works. Do not worry about Roe V Wade, make it irrelevant. By helping those that need it most, we would be helping those that cannot help themselves as well.