Cutting Through The Propaganda With The Human Person

As someone who has been in the pro-life movement since I learned what the word “abortion” meant, I can sometimes find it difficult to relate to pro-choicers. I often exclaim in exasperation, “How could they think that? How could someone believe that?” To cut through the thick fog of propaganda most people have been fed all their thinking lives, what we really have to get to is THE HUMAN PERSON. THE HUMAN PERSON. “…the person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love” – Pope Saint John Paul II Who are you? I’m a human person. I gather, if you’re reading this, you are too. You have a human body with human DNA (unique to you and maybe a twin), cells, and organs. I also happen to believe you have a soul.  You think.  Even if you didn’t think, I wouldn’t slight you for that. The body is how human beings relate to each other. I understand you may have heard catchphrases, learned concepts, and you may be hurting. I get that. I’m a human person. Sometimes it’s easy to dehumanize those we protest against while we are busy fighting for the humanity of the pre-born.  When we’re fed propaganda about a population, it’s easy to dehumanize them. These people cease to be humans in your mind’s eye. They become tissue, or angry protesters. I’m going to suggest that I think it’s important to cut through the propaganda in this movement. Increase our credibility. Be real. Live in reality. It’s easy to forget our “proper attitude” towards “them” should be love.  Love through truth...

Protect Our Daughters

Recently I received an e-mail about a Bill being heard in the Washington State Senate. It’s a parental notification bill. In Washington State, and 11 other states in the country (and Washington DC), a minor girl does not need consent from her parents to procure an abortion. For most people, the image that comes to mind when we think of parental notification is a girl ashamed of her teen pregnancy, wanting to hide from her parents. While this sad scenario is probably common, a more sinister and dangerous problem lurks behind minors getting abortions without parental consent. Imagine checking your voicemail and hearing the sweet voice of your teenage daughter saying, “Hey mom (or dad), I’m going to the Mall with some friends. We’re just going to hang out for a while. Don’t worry, I’ll be home around dinner.” She doesn’t come home. She is brought home months later, rescued from a sex trafficking ring. She has been abused, raped, and given an abortion.   That last part? Yeah, that’s legal in California, Connecticut, Washington DC, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington (according to the Planned Parenthood website). In these states, helping a minor procure an abortion without notifying her parents is perfectly legal. For pro-lifers this is horrifying and infuriating. As it turns out, it’s even infuriating for some pro-choicers, like this mom. This seems ridiculous doesn’t it? They are minors after all. We have laws against minors drinking alcohol, buying cigarettes, having sex with adults, and minors in pornography.  Laws against minors having abortions without notifying their parents?  What? No way!...