I have really struggled over the past couple of months with whether I should write something on this topic or not. While it is something I feel strongly about, I respect that others may not share my view and I have not attempted to impose my view on anyone.
I believe a disservice has been performed by the Pro-Choice side of this issue when they began to conflate abortion with women’s rights. By doing so they took the issue away from States, where the decision clearly belongs, to put it on the Federal Stage. At the same
Our Founding Fathers made it clear, in the Constitution and in the Federalist Papers, they wanted to ensure decisions affecting people were made at the closest possible level to the people. It was never their intent to make sweeping generalizations affecting everyone in the Country (with few exceptions.) Over the years, however, Congress, and the Supreme Court
There, obviously, are times when it is in everyone’s best interest to ensure we are all following the same rules (Abolition of Slavery being one example.) However, Abortion is not a Right. Abortion is clearly a choice. A choice that rightly should be a woman’s. But when does she get to make that choice? Does she make it as soon as she realizes she is pregnant? Does she make it when it is determined the fetus likely has congenital defects? Does she make it at some later date including up to when the child is born, regardless of the health of the fetus/child? Does she make it if she is raped? How are we to distinguish between Abortion and Infanticide?
I don’t have all of the answers but I do have a point of view. If a woman engages, consensually, in unprotected sex, she abrogates her right to make a choice in favor of the rights of the unborn fetus/child. Only, if and when, there are extenuating circumstances does she retain any right over the choice. Non-consensual sex can be an extenuating circumstance. Getting drunk or high and having unprotected sex is not an extenuating circumstance.
I firmly believe every living human being is entitled to the same rights we all enjoy. No matter their current state of being. The unborn fetus/child has rights that have not been adequately protected. Just because a child cannot speak for itself does not mean it has no rights. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are just as much inherent rights for the unborn as for the rest of us. Depriving the unborn of these Rights is Infanticide.
I am not here to pass judgment on any women who may have been or will be faced with this difficult choice. I would encourage all women to take their choices in relationships more seriously and not give in to the whims of the day where sex is something everyone is doing. You are better than that. You do not need to have sex in order to attract that particular man of interest. If he only wants you for the sex he is not going to be faithful in the longer run. All of our actions have consequences. Some of those consequences are unforeseeable. In the end, the choices you make are between your conscience and the God you may or may not believe in.
In the end, I would much prefer States deal with this issue than to have the Federal Government deciding for all of us.
