The
fact that I am very pro-life or anti-abortion is so relevant to me
that it had an influence on my rejection of religion. Religions often
consider sex to be a sin. Since sex causes babies to be conceived,
people have a motivation to hide the evidence that they did sex. By
terminating the pregnancy in whatever way, this is possible to do.
But
that is not the only way that religion promotes abortion. Religion
can also come up with ideas such as abstinence-only sex education. If
people think that they can just tell other people not to do sex and
expect it to have any effect, then they obviously have failed to
notice that telling someone not to do something often has the
opposite effect of what they intended.
Maybe
the religious people had the idea of preventing pregnancy to begin
with. It would make sense that babies who have not been conceived can
not be killed. However, if this is the case, then why do they spend
their time picking on the homosexuals? After all, they are certainly
not a contributor to pregnancy.
The abortion issue is probably one
of the most relevant topics that I could possibly write about. The
trouble is communicating that my pro-life status is irrelevant to any
religious beliefs I have, or lack thereof.
I
think about what it is like to be an unborn baby:
I
feel safe, I know nothing about the world I will soon enter. And
then, suddenly, something hurts me. I am not given a reason for this.
I do not know who it is that is hurting me. I do not matter. I am not
wanted, needed, loved, significant, important, connected, attached,
belonging, or relevant.
That
is what I feel. This feeling of being something to throw away. I know
this feeling. I can relate to the unborn child. I can understand. I
can connect. I am RELEVANT!
And
now, I must speak for those who can not speak for themselves. Rather
than waste time trying to make abortion illegal, I want to prevent
the motives behind what causes it. I know that religion is only one
of the reasons, but I consider it a source of the kind of irrational
thinking that leads people to do things that they would not think of
otherwise.
When
I find out that someone has no trouble killing a baby, then I know
that
they also have no problem with killing me. The only difference
between me and an unborn baby is that I learned I was not wanted by
most of society after birth.
I am aware that the abortion
problem is a very complex issue.
I know that even those who have made the decisions to abort their
children may not have wanted to. The solution is not as simple as
telling people to stop killing babies. Effort must be made so that
men are made to take some responsibility for the children that they
helped produce. The financial problems and social expectations of
other people certainly have an influence. But in the end, there is no
excuse for killing a baby as if it was somehow responsible for the
problems present in the world.
The
arguments for abortion as well as those against it are entirely
irrelevant to the case. What difference does it make whether the
child was conceived through rape or not? What difference does it make
whether or not you have a book that says “Thou shalt not kill.” ?
What difference does it make whether you call something tissue, an
embryo, or fetus? What difference does the legality of abortion make?
I
don't like the term “pro-choice”. It implies that someone has a
choice in the matter. Most of the time, neither the pregnant woman
nor the baby inside her is given a choice.
I
am not part of any political movement to make abortion illegal. Nor
do I wish to be. I see the abortion problem as part of a bigger
problem. This is about murder. I think that religion and politics
only add to this problem.
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