Abortion is not just one issue among others, like capital gains taxes, tariffs, or reducing automobile emissions. It’s like a snag in a woven sweater. Because a snag is just the protruding loop of a strand which runs all the way through the weave, if you keep pulling on it the whole sweater comes unraveled, and you’re left holding a tangle of loose yarn.
To justify abortion –
You have to stop believing that the greatest protection should go to the weakest and most vulnerable.
You have to stop believing that we have any responsibility for our neighbors.
You have to stop believing that a child is just as human as an adult.
You have to stop believing in a natural bond between mothers and their children.
You have to stop believing that their parents should take care of them.
You have to stop believing that no one may do evil so that good will result.
You have to stop believing that murder is wrong, or else twist the meaning of murder into pretzels.
You have to stop believing that the lives of people we don’t care about matter nevertheless.
You have to stop believing that a burdened conscience doesn’t mean anything, either before or after an act.
You have to stop believing that you are answerable to the author of conscience whether you listen to it or not.
You have to stop believing that keeping it pure and unstained is beyond any price you could name.
And you have to feign ignorance of what you are doing.
This is only the beginning. No wonder we believe so many other crazy things too. If you can believe in abortion, you can believe anything.
We all know that abortion has killed millions, but think what it has done to the living. Think what it has done to the mothers. To the fathers. To the rest of us.