Sometimes, I wish I didn’t know about abortion.

I wish I didn’t remember every morning that at least 4,000 of my brothers and sisters were going to die that day through abortion.

I wish I didn’t remember every morning that at least 4,000 moms and 4,000 dads were going to loose their children in the next 24 hours through abortion.

I wish I didn’t know that many of those women would be pressured into ending the lives of their babies.

I wish I didn’t know that a baby is aborted approximately ever 21.6 seconds through abortion.

I wish I didn’t know that those mothers will experience extreme pain and guilt because of their abortions, many wishing they could take that “choice” back.

I wish I didn’t know. I wish I didn’t carry around the burden of this silent holocaust all the time. But to tell you the truth, wishing doesn’t do much. I do know about abortion. And because I know about it, I am responsible to do something about it. I can’t sit on the sidelines and watch. Can you?

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” ~ Helen Keller

“Don’t like abortion, don’t have one!” says an avid pro-choicer. I hear this all the time, and you know what? It makes absolutely no sense. Think about it for a bit:

By telling me “don’t like it, don’t do it”, you assume that I am the only person that matters to myself, and that I shouldn’t care about what happens to other people. You’re saying I have no right to defend my unborn brothers and sisters who are being aborted. You’re saying I have no right to defend mothers who are being lied to. You’re saying I have no right to defend fathers who cannot stop the death of their children. Does that make sense?

Say I lived before the civil war in the southern area of the United States. My neighbors owned slaves, and I couldn’t stand people being treated as if they were not human. I believed that slavery was wrong. Well, “don’t like it, don’t do it”, right? I’m not the one hurting people!

Now say I lived during the holocaust in the middle of Europe. The Nazi’s captured and killed Jews (and other “undesirable” people), and I couldn’t stand the thought of people being treated as if they were not human. I believed killing people was wrong. Well, “don’t like it, don’t do it”, huh? I’m not the one killing people!

Fast forward to modern time. I live in America. Abortionists abort around 4,000 babies every single day, and I can’t stand people being treated as if they were not human. I believe aborting babies is wrong. Well, “don’t like it, don’t do it” right? I’m not the one aborting babies!

So since I’m not the one doing bad things, it makes it okay for other people to do it, right? Wrong. Just because I’m not the one committing the injustice does not mean the victims of injustice are any less deserving of their freedom and dignity as human beings.

How did slavery end? How did the holocaust end? People got sick of their brothers and sisters being treated like dirt, and decided to end the injustice. That is precisely what I strive to do in the pro-life movement, and what all of us are called to do to some degree.

How dare we look at the victim of an injustice and say “You do not deserve to do be fought for.”? How arrogant and self righteous that is! Does this man, an African slave, not deserve to be fought for simply because YOU were not the one to hurt him? Is that what “don’t like it, don’t do it” looks like? I couldn’t even find a picture of a holocaust victim that was okay to put on this blog. Here, here, and here are links to a few of those pictures (but be warned, they are disturbing).

Take a good long look at those pictures. Don’t they make you sick? How could people do that? If you lived back then, you surely would have stood up for a slave or holocaust victim, right? Well, by the blindingly brilliant logic of “don’t like it, don’t do it”, NONE of these victims (slavery, holocaust, abortion) deserve to be fought for. Why? Because we’re not the one hurting them. We’re not the ones killing people, so why should we do anything about it?

I’ll tell you why. It’s rather simple, actually. We should stand up for victims of any injustice because we are human. We fought for our brothers and sisters to be freed from other injustices because they deserve their freedom and dignity as human persons. Are the victims of abortion any less worthy of our blood sweat, and tears just because we’re not the ones having or performing abortions?

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said:

‘Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’

So the doctor said: ‘Ok and what do you want me to do?’

She said: ‘I want you to end my pregnancy, and I’m counting on your help with this.’

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ‘I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.

Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of two babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.’

The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child!’

‘I agree’, the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be okay with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.’

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.