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The abortion conundrum : Comments
By Brian Holden, published 18/5/2007Pro-choice advocates must remain eternally vigilant.
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For example, if a woman has a valid personal or medical reason for a termination the opponents never ever say “Have the child and I will personally contribute to the ongoing cost of medicine or treatment” or ”I will adopt the child and raise it as my own” or offer to undertake any involvement for the consequences.
No, they just exacerbate whatever moral suffering the woman has already gone through and are happy to subject others to a potential lifetime of misery - and simply go home feeling good about themselves for doing “the right thing”.
Many have surrendered personal responsibility for their own life-decisions to another authority yet in turn demand that others surrender the same choices to them.
Some claim to cherish the life of an unborn child yet are silent during wartime or support capital punishment.
How many make an active physical contribution toward looking after the sick or destitute or does their compassion for humanity begin before birth and end shortly afterward?
For every feel-good victory they announce, how many other lives have they ruined?
Until they demonstrate a vested personal interest in the outcome it’s more a display of moral arrogance and superiority.
The right-or-wrong decision is simply not theirs to make and not their burden to carry through life.