I know, it’s been a minute since you, the reader, has read anything from this publication. A lot has happened in my life, but the earth never stopped spinning. An entire year has gone by, and much occurred. I look around my surroundings, thinking how blessed it is to even walk on this earth; yet we have people marching to protect their right to erase someone’s chance to do so. Yes, I am addressing the conversation of abortion. This isn’t the first time it’s been addressed. I had an anti-abortion activist be the guest writer for May, and in my podcast again around the time the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Texas heartbeat bill. My goal isn’t to change your mind. If I do, glory be to God! The purpose is to leave you thinking.
There’s pro-lifers who’ll read this, but still find a justification for abortion. If you know me, I am for the complete abolition of abortion without exception. My views have been deemed extreme. As a matter of fact, it’s been linked to the Taliban in Afghanistan- an actual terrorist group that promotes the raping of women and children for the sake of entering heaven for their twisted idea of god. The God that I know, rebukes their ideology, but also the practice of abortion in healthcare. I am gonna break down every justification, point by point, so you can decide for yourself if abolishing abortion all together is really extreme. Here we go.
It’s none of your business what’s discussed in the doctor’s room
I am gonna say something you probably didn’t expect me to say, but I agree. Hear me out before you tune me out. What goes through a woman’s head, is none of my business. If she’s thinking about having an abortion, unless she makes it my business, it’s not. If it’s discussed with her doctor, or anyone else in her circle, and decides to keep me out of it, it’s her right to keep that conversation private. Abortion is a legal practice in healthcare, therefore it falls under HIPAA. Here’s what we need to understand- any pro-lifer that talks about at least limiting abortion, isn’t concerned about HIPAA. We aren’t talking about HIPAA. I champion medical freedom including privacy. The conversation is whether or not it should be a debate at all- should the practice be legal? I say no. This shouldn’t be a consideration to begin with.
You don’t have a say in the manner if you aren’t a woman
Last time I checked, transgender men can bear children! Okay, jokes aside (transgender men are biologically women), I push back on this thought. First, it takes two to make one. It takes one man and one woman to make this a possibility. And a lot of the same people who share this sentiment, will also say men need to step up. What better way to step up than embracing fatherhood. Thus, men do have a say especially if it’s their child too. We cannot forget either, abortion doesn’t discriminate. When a woman goes through with the procedure, via doctor or pill, nobody is thinking about the unborn’s gender. That’s right, if you haven’t thought about it before, take the time to do so. You and I were blessed to be given the chance to have our first breath of fresh air; however our mothers’ could have easily gone the other way. If it ever came across my mama’s head to have such a procedure, I’d hope people around her would do everything in their power to prevent her from doing so, even if it meant government involvement. We all once were in our mother’s womb and it could have easily been one of us that ceased to exist before taking that *first* breath of fresh air.
You really gonna make someone bear children in rough circumstances?
If you share this sentiment, think of someone you know who fits this category. Maybe they grew up in a foster home, poor, abusive home whether emotionally, mentally, physically, or a combination. Can you look them in the eye and say their lives were worth considering being taken away? I’ve met people who fall under those circumstances- I can’t. I once knew somebody whose mother did crack while she was pregnant with him. He was a good kid. How can anyone look him in the eye to say his circumstances should warrant him a death sentence? I fall into one of those categories. Why is my life worth less? There are people who should not be parents, however it’s wrong to take it out on a child through an act of violence. Easy to forget the unborn are human when you can’t make eye contact.
Rape and Incest
Here’s where many pro-lifers fall into. Abolishing abortion is not the majority. At one point admittedly, this was my position; yet when applying my own logic from the last point, I stopped. Why should someone else, nonetheless a child, be punished for the sins of someone else? And I’ve met people who were born as a result of violence. I haven’t met anybody who was conceived as a result of two consensual adults of the same blood, but again, why should they take the brunt of their actions? Some will cringe at the idea someone “being forced” to carry a child that was the result of violence. I can hear it now. “Imagine if you had to carry a reminder of the predator for nine months, then raise it!” I get it. It’s not a popular opinion, yet here’s food for thought. I will use that logic, then tell me if it sounds extreme. Imagine my wife’s friend burned our house down. Seeing my wife is a painful reminder of the person, her friend, who got us into this mess called homelessness. Hence, I “justifiably” kill my own wife. Sound extreme? You cannot fix one act of violence with more.
What about the mother’s life being endangered?
Truth be told, this position was held until recently. If the pro-lifers you know don’t believe in abortion in cases of rape and incest, they’ll make an exception to this. And this point I’ll tie into the rape scenario too, because there are extreme circumstances. I’ve heard little girls being raped and impregnated as young as FIVE! When I read these stories, this no doubt challenges my beliefs. This scenario fits into the category of endangerment a life for the mother. And how can someone be expected to choose between your own life, and someone who you’ve never met; but ponder this- what kind of healthcare professional advises you may have to take one life to save another? Shouldn’t the paradigm be how can we protect *both* lives? What can we do to innovate new medicine and technology to ensure the safety for both parties? Why does there have to be a sacrificial lamb? Does it not seem regressive to you?
Women will resort to unsafe abortion practices
This statement is an oxymoron. There’s this delusion, because we live in modern times and the practice is legal, the procedure is safe. There is nothing safe or natural of the forceful termination of a pregnancy. I’ll tie it to the five year old example- do you think it’s “safer” to have the forceful termination of a life, than to go through with the pregnancy? Let the data speak for itself.
Abortion increases a woman’s overall risk of breast cancer by 30 percent.
Since 1957, 23 of 37 worldwide studies show an increased breast cancer risk with abortion, a risk as high as 310 percent.
The biological rationale for breast cancer development is related to the woman’s unprotected internal exposure to estrogen when a pregnancy is abruptly terminated early in gestation.
Since the 1970s, there has been a marked increase in North America in the number of abortions and repeat abortions, which may explain the significant increases in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), uterine hemorrhage, sepsis, pain due to endometritis, retained fetal or placental tissue, and the increasing evidence of an abortion-breast cancer link.
Approximately 70,000 women die every year due to “unsafe” abortions, botched abortions, or post abortion complications. Some of the deadliest post-abortion complications include hemorrhage, infection, blood clots, ectopic pregnancy, and cardiomyopathy.
1. Women who have an abortion are 3x more likely that women of child-bearing age in the general population to commit suicide.
2. The increased risk percentage of women who have an abortion compared to women in the general population of having at least one mental health issue: 81%.
3. Teen girls are up to 10x more likely to attempt suicide then their counterparts who have not had an abortion.
4. Teen girls who have had an abortion are up to 4x more likely to successfully commit suicide when compared to older women who have had an abortion.
5. About 45% of women who have had an abortion report having suicidal feelings immediately following their procedure.
6. Only 1% of women of child-bearing age seek psychiatric help for mental health issues in the 9 months prior to having an abortion. After having an abortion, the percentage rises to 1.5%.
7. Within a year after first-time mothers gave birth, 7 per 1,000 women were treated for mental-health issues, in comparison to 4 per 1,000 before baby.
8. Up to 33% of mothers will experience depression at least once between the time their child is born and the child’s 12th birthday.
9. 1995 data suggests that the rate of deliberate self-harm is 70% higher after abortion than after childbirth.
10. The British Journal of Psychiatry found an 81% increased risk of mental trauma after abortion.
11. At least 27% of women who have an abortion will have a moment of suicidal ideation afterward.
12. A study of California Medicaid patients found that the risks of suicide increase by 154% for women after they have an abortion.
13. 2 in 3 women who have a late abortion [after 12 weeks] suffer from the clinical definition of PTSD.
14. 40% of women in one UK survey said that they wanted to keep their child, but the pressures of others to have an abortion forced their hand in the decision.
15. Women whose first pregnancies ended in abortion are 65% more likely to score in the ‘high-risk’ range for clinical depression than women whose first pregnancies resulted in a birth.
16. Abortion may be a risk factor for subsequent depression in women for up to 8 years after the pregnancy event.
17. Women who have had an abortion are 34% more likely to develop an anxiety disorder.
18. 110%. That’s the increased risk of alcohol abuse in women who have had an abortion.
19. The number of women who have an abortion every year in the United States: 827,000.
In short, there’s a higher chance of a woman dying by having an abortion procedure, than the amount people the police kills every year; yet that gets more attention. Remember, my position is deemed a human rights violation. Let’s not forget the unborn can sense pain by the time the mother realizes she’s pregnant, as early as six weeks. Can we fathom ripping off the limbs off someone who can feel pain?
There’s many myths about this subject. The myths have been effective. This has hurt the unborn, women *and* men. Whenever someone commits suicide, it affects everyone. Abortion is no different. And there are many broken pieces in the world we can use to justify the practice. Picture if we took that option out. Then we’d be forced to have those conversation. What do we do with the foster and adoption care system? How can we bring healthcare cost down (children can get expensive, especially if they get sick)? What kind of healthcare professionals do we want? How can we bring people out of theses impoverish states? How can we help them? What does it mean to be a father and mother? What can we innovate to protect both the mother and child for extreme situations? How can we hold deadbeat parents who run from responsibility of parenthood accountable? How do we better help single parents? We’ll never have healthy solutions until that option is gone..if that’s really your main concern. Which if it is, then let’s abolish the practice in healthcare. The abolitionist were a minority when slavery was around. People were mad that some had the audacity to suggest getting rid of a practice that’d been around centuries, challenging the status quo. Proclaiming under no circumstances, should someone be considered less of a human being. More, than a clump of cells. If you don’t have the guaranteed right to life, exist, first breath of fresh air, then rights don’t exist.
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