 |
|
Save The Babies. End Abortion
|
The common sense
conservative policy for abortion
Written
by Allen West on January
22, 2014
So
often I speak with people who say, “Republicans have to stop talking about
social issues, stop saying anything about abortion.” Well, I have to humbly
disagree. There must be a common sense conservative policy on social issues,
including abortion. If not, progressive socialists will continue to drag
Republicans down that rabbit hole believing they own the issue, which they do
not.
Today
marks the 40th anniversary of legalized abortion in all 9 months of pregnancy,
for any reason in America and the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision. Let me
quantify what that actually means.
According
to an analysis by LifeNews.com, there have been approximately 55,772,015
abortions since the 1973 decision. And in the black community there have been
approximately 13 million black babies aborted.
Further
breakdown of the LifeNews.com analysis shows there are more than 3,300
abortions daily and 137 abortions per hour every hour in the United States. It
means about every 30 seconds, a human life is aborted in the United States.
I
certainly support women’s reproductive health. I believe we should be doing
everything to find cures for ovarian, cervical, uterine, and breast cancers.
But I do not believe women’s reproductive health is synonymous with killing
babies.
As
a matter of fact, I can almost bet most Americans would agree abortion should
not be a primary means of birth control.
We
should not promote infanticide in America, which is exactly what late term
abortions are. I wholeheartedly disagree with President Obama who as a state
senator in Illinois supported legislation stating that a baby that survives an
abortion still deserves to die — what type of monster takes that position? And
no, having a baby is not a punishment Mr. President.
What
disturbs me the most is that politics have overtaken our sensibility. Women’s
rights are not just defined by killing babies. And it is pure politics of
demagoguery and fear to make women believe that anyone is trying to dictate
what they do with their bodies.
However,
do not try the heinous practice of ending the life of an unborn child behind a
discussion on rights. We are talking about something that has grown to epidemic
proportion and no one seeks to force women into back alleys. Let’s talk about
this issue responsibly.
In
the past 50 years we appear to have lost the war on poverty. But in the past 43
years we have lost nearly 54 million future Americans — they were not a burden,
they were a blessing, God’s everyday miracle of life. Lives who will never know
the American dream — and in the black community, will never know of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.’s dream. We can do better and I am proudly a pro-life
Conservative. Good thing I don’t live in New York State.
No comments:
Post a Comment