Pro-choice argument has no valid base
Dear Editor,
I would like to voice my growing concern about abortion “rights”. This issue has been the central topic in the recent Supreme Court nominations, and is reflective of the fiery debate going on elsewhere.
I would like to point out the fallacy of what has been termed “pro-choice”. Let me recognize first that there are rare cases (such as a life threatening pregnancy and/or rape pregnancy) in which the choice of abortion cannot justly be prohibited. That said, the argument I wish to make has an important background as well: Never, in any age, among any people or culture has there ever been such a low in giving birth.
Simply put, this “pro-choice” argument has no base.
Why?
The plain fact of the matter is that choice in these circumstances has been exhausted. When?
Anywhere from last night to nine months ago.
The fact stands (in most cases) that the adult who carries the child already exercised her freedom to choose. She and her partner must face the responsibility of their choice to enter into intimacy, in the face of the odds (however great or small) of creating a new individual human (who happens to be in an embryonic state).
The child in the womb is not part of the “woman’s body”, it is genetically and factually for all intents and purposes a unique and separate individual. Saying that a mother has a right to destroy the human fetus that depends upon her is as risky as being “pro-choice” for fathers who don’t want to be burdened by providing for their children.
Christopher Atkinson