ABORTION AND
OTHER DISTORTIONS
( On The Lost Art of Offending Practically Everyone )
Probably nowhere are the true colors of the conservative Christian entirely wrong more
blatantly apparent than when they are seen carrying anti-abortion signs one day, ostensibly
supporting the 'right to life', while marching to a political drumbeat of capitalist enterprise
warmongering woe the next. Truly the historical Jesus was correct in pointing out the
obvious hypocrisy of such morally retarded religionists, who "strain the knat" of the unborn and
"swallow the camel" of the overwhelming needs of the already born. These self-proclaimed
'right to life' immoral miscreants claim to care about theorized rights of those not yet born
while voting for callous and unethical political opportunists who consistently trample all over
the Human and Civil Rights of the living and likewise, ignore the political, social and actual
environment of our children's future. There is truly nothing more evil on our planet than
a conservative religion equating such hypocritical lunacy with the extremely liberal and Human
Rights centered Jesus, who somehow seems to have overlooked the abortion issue entirely.
Some, perhaps most people, come to accept the normal societal notion of “maturity” as,
growing beyond the teenaged years and gradually adopting the dress, habits and customs that are
commonly viewed as “adult” (which of course change from generation to generation). True
maturity, however, may be best defined as the ability to sort out what is important in life over
what is superficial and then, to devote one’s time and energy to the former
accordingly. Perhaps a total lack of maturity is displayed on the divisive question of
abortion more than on any other issue confronting modern American society today. The
problem with the entire abortion dilemma is that moral juvenile delinquents posing as adults
waste countless hours and millions of dollars in support of or against, what is anything but,
pro choice or pro life; that is, neither side is otherwise, providing much of a valid
contribution to enhance the lot of those of us who are already born. Such costly and
energetic devotion, it would seem, would be much better served addressing some of the myriad of
social problems involving oppression, poverty and disease among the living. A position
such as this is bound to infuriate many on both sides of the abortion coin, which only goes to
underscore the lack of maturity those heatedly engaged in such a medically indecisive issue
possess.
Supporting the so-called rights of the unborn at the energy expense of the rights of those
who already exist does not add up to a whole lot of (or even a little) common horse sense,
neither does vehemently arguing for or against one’s theorized right to choose seem to change a
single mind already long since persuaded of the opposite view. Since a great many medical
and other experts have differing opinions as to when a human being actually becomes a living
person with rights, there is no general consensus as to whether or not abortion is murder, that
is, the deliberate taking of another human being’s life. The theory of a women's "right
to choose" does not in legal reality, enter into the equation (except in cases of rape or
life-threatening situations), as the fundamental question is whether or not abortion constitutes
murder. If so, then a women has no more right to choose to take the life of her unborn
child than she does to take the life of her children who are already born; to argue otherwise is
merely to draw a convenient unproven line in a quicksand of irrationality. Of course, in
cases of rape and the threat to a mother's own life, issues other than those relating to the
unborn merit consideration (see below).
Until such a time as it can be medically proven that abortion is or is not the taking of an
innocent life, it would serve the entire world community for the better if this most contentious
issue were set entirely aside. Those claiming to care about the rights of the unborn would
do far better in the maturity of greater reasoning, to concentrate on the obvious problems of
poverty, disease and environmental, political, social, conservative religious and other pollution
which plagues the daily lives of the much-beleaguered already born. And those clinging to
the shallow fallacy of a woman's right to choose would be of more value to the world community
if they instead, concentrated on improving the lot of people in a great many other much-needed
areas. * Since a clear consensus has not been reached as to whether or not abortion is
murder, than it cannot be rationally argued in most cases that a woman does or does not have
the right to choose. On the other hand, in cases of rape or when a child-bearing woman’s
life is severely threatened, it is quite rational to argue that fundamental Human Rights theory
dictates that such a woman most definitely does have a right to choose, either for herself or
for the unborn child at her sole discretion.
Conservative fundamentalists singling out the issue of abortion while ignoring the problems
of those outside the womb and otherwise voting for, modern warmongers of wealth and ease who
habitually ignore the needs of the sick and poor and the environment and stability of our
children’s future, mostly roundly and soundly deserve to be labeled as the immature pharisaical
hypocrites that they portray themselves to be. One might fairly ask, what kind of God cares
about the life of the unborn but is oblivious to the poverty and disease of the already
born? Likewise, Biblical literalists must contend with the fact that, not only does the
entire New Testament not even mention the issue of abortion, but Jesus himself in John 3:5-6 defined life as beginning at physical birth rather than
conception. One could perhaps fairly assume that if stamping out abortion is such an
all-consuming priority of the Creator, at least the Messiah would have somehow, mentioned
it!
Therefore, all those of good conscience and sound mind can perhaps reasonably agree to what
is the truly mature and Godly position regarding abortion; that being of course, to ignore the
inconclusive and divisive issue entirely. It would appear however, that regardless of
whether one is “pro-choice” or “pro-life”, or in the case of a mother’s own life being severely
threatened, pro-choice and pro-life, it is most probably in the best interest of the planet in
general and our species in particular, if abortion were to be applied to anyone and everyone
claiming to adhere to the Christian conservative fundamentalist cult persuasion; applied that
is, swiftly, unilaterally and entirely, retroactively.
*FootNote: Some women (and men) hold the position that, since women who cannot legally
obtain a governmental sanctioned abortion will historically resort to unsafe illegal methods,
it is therefore moral and correct to insist on legalized abortion, even if one personally finds
the idea offensive. Although the author very much sympathizes with the necessity of
discouraging unsafe medical procedures, if abortion is taking the life of another person, then
such a reality would in his opinion, outweigh the moral benefit of this particular
argument. Conservatives on the anti-abortion side would counter that a society sanctioning
abortion is teaching its youth that sexual responsibility is not important and teaching such
itself, outweighs the medical safety advantages of legal abortion. Since as noted above,
medical experts cannot agree as to whether or not abortion actually constitutes murder and if
so, how far into pregnancy such might be the case, again as noted above, the abortion issue
largely remains an un-winnable position on either side. And therefore, it is arguably
mature to cast off the issue entirely, putting our energies instead in areas where we have hope
of achieving much more positive results.
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