40 Days for Life began yesterday. This week’s reason to be pro-life is that the argument of choice in abortion would never be mirrored in other moral areas.
Nobody is pro-choice when it comes to robbing a bank.
Nobody is pro-choice when it comes to academic honesty.
Nobody is pro-choice when it comes to drunk driving.
Nobody is pro-choice when it comes to bullying in school.
I could go on but I think you get the picture. I mean, how ridiculous does it sound to say, “well, I personally would never rob a bank, but I think it should be up to the individual, we shouldn’t make it illegal. People should have the choice to rob someone. What if it’s the only way for them to take care of all their debts?”
Or, “It’s not right to cheat on tests, but even if we make it against the rules, people will still do it, so it shouldn’t be against the rules.”
Or, “Even though someone could get seriously hurt, even killed by a drunk driver, it should be the driver’s choice to be intoxicated while driving. It’s their body, and their car, and nobody has a right to tell them what they can and cannot do with it.”
“I have a right to bully the kids at school. I didn’t ask to be put in school, it was a situation that I didn’t choose. Why should I have to suffer through spending all day with bunch of nerdy kids. I just want to punch them in the face, and its my choice.”
You see how dumb and irrational those arguments are? Nobody in their right mind would argue for a pro-choice stance for any of those issues, and rightly so. Yet, with abortion, we completely throw this rationality out the window. For some reason, this issue is different. I don’t know why. The only thing different is that it is more gruesome, more brutal, and more life-ending than any of the above situations (with the exception of drunk driving, which has a very high potential to end lives).
The point is: we don’t have the right to choose to rob a bank without suffering the consequences. We don’t have the right to choose to cheat on tests in school. We don’t have the right to choose to drive drunk. We don’t have the right to choose to bully others. WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL AN UNBORN HUMAN BEING. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are. Nobody has the right to choose to end another’s life.
Mary, Mother of the Church,
Pray for our nation, and for our mothers, specifically for those mother’s who are considering aborting their children. Intervene in their hearts, and pray for the Lord’s mercy and love to rain down on them.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
St. Gianna Molla, pray for us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
