If you notice what I usually post on this blog, you’ll soon find out that it’s mostly contemplative stuff, a bit of dreaming and a bit of rambling. This time I’m going to be talking about something rather more controversial, and it’s going to be one of the few times I’m actually going to take a stand on something.
Two years ago, we had an entire quarter of the schoolyear devoted to abortion and contraceptives- or rather, not using them. Our teacher was adamant that abortion without good reason (good reason here meaning things like ectopic pregnancies) was murder. By the end of that quarter, nothing could convince me otherwise.
I’m pro-life myself, but there are times when I become something more along the lines of anti-pro-life. This kicks in when I see the pro-life extremists in action- demonstrations, hate mail, and basically any hostile action, not only against hospitals that offer abortion services, but even against schools that teach about it. I’m not against sex education at all- in fact, I’m all for it, since it’ll give us young people the information we need to make our choices in life. Some people, however, are against even this, and demonstrate it in a way that is disrespectful and sometimes even violent. I cannot understand how a value that prioritizes the human life can have such complete disregard for the dignity of other humans.
Anti-abortion extremists in the US have apparently been posting the home addresses of doctors and nurses on their website, and another site in the UK seems to be taking after them. Not only are they disrespecting people by sending them hate mail, they’re also risking their lives by making them targets for other extremists! Shouldn’t this be illegal? Isn’t this a violation of privacy, which should be a basic right of all humans?
Perhaps as people defend the lives of unborn, helpless children, the tendency is to forget that others have lives of their own as well. Perhaps the tendency is to forget that everyone was created by the Lord and that we are all deserving of a certain amount of dignity, and a certain amount of respect.
(under orders)
Hey, great blog. Haha.
Yep, I’m pro-life too. I think, though, that the anti-abortion extremists try so hard to protect unborn helpless children and think of those who are involved in termination of pregnancy procedures as, well, definitely not helpless and unborn. I think they see those fetuses as things that need protecting, and probably don’t see why the “killers” should be treated nicely.
Not sure though. That’s just my opinion. I don’t think that that kind of thinking is justified. Personally, I’m pro-life but I’m not an extremist.
lol this reminded me of that time we discussed ethics in religion class. they made us watch an abortion video…so there. it was very unsettling.
i, for one, am not an avid member of the christian community but i have a very clear perception of what is right or wrong. i agree that divulging information should be illegal, however being an extremist will not accomplish anything.