Have you hugged your abortion doctor today? Yes, today is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. A day of “remembering those who put their lives on the line daily to make choice possible” — the same “doctors” who eliminate real choice from the options that women have.
It is an outrage to celebrate such a heinous act. As the Feminists for Life state, abortion is not a symbol of women’s rights or choice, but instead is a “reflection that our society has failed to meet the needs of women.” We must not support abortion but instead support “systematically eliminating the root causes that drive women to abortion.”
Abortions need to be minimized. Since Roe v. Wade, abortion has killed 46 million children. Only 2.8 percent of women cite maternal health risks as their reason for an abortion. On the other hand, 25.5 percent of women simply wanted to postpone child bearing. These women, instead, need to embrace personal responsibility. There are over 3000 pregnancy crisis centers to counsel women.
Abortion is too common. Over 1.2 million abortions occur every year — that boils down to one abortion every 24 seconds.
When feminists argue that women’s rights are synonymous with abortion, they fail to mention the way in which abortion is destructive to women. Approximately 10 percent of women suffer immediate consequences, of which one-fifth are considered life-threatening. According to the Heritage House, after one legal abortion, the chance of premature birth increases threefold.
Abstinence is the fundamental way to decrease the necessity for abortions. After abstinence, programs must be in place to provide women with true options. “Choice” does not refer simply to whether or not you murder a fetus. Real “choice” refers to options of adoption and pregnancy crisis centers to provide counseling, shelter, and clothing. These “heroes” that selflessly “put their lives on the line” are doing nothing more than perpetuating a situation that will benefit their $400 million business.
I am a woman and I am pro-life. There are better options out there for us. I am not putting out a call to make abortion illegal; instead, I call to women to unite for the rights of our gender and the betterment of our society to make the need for abortion obsolete.
We must decrease the need for abortion and have a day of appreciation for abstinence, adoption, birth control and condoms — the alternatives to abortion. We must show our appreciation for the people who make adoption possible, who provide counseling to women and who educate men and women on safe and responsible sex — not the people who claim to “risk their lives” to take 3,600 lives a day.
Jessi Schober
