Posted on 04/17/2009 2:30:42 PM PDT by wagglebee
The story is heartbreaking. A woman showed up at an abortion clinic “in flip-flops and in tears,” having walked for an hour to have her fourth child aborted after her boyfriend lost his job. “‘This was a desired pregnancy—she’d been getting prenatal care—but they re-evaluated expenses and decided not to continue,’ said Dr. Pratima Grupta,” in the Associated Press report.
Yes, it’s a heartbreaking story. But columnist Bonnie Erbe sees it quite differently. “In the long run,” she asks, “can we agree that this unwed couple’s decision not to bring a fourth child into the world when they are having trouble feeding themselves and three children is no tragedy?”
After a brief analysis of the expenses of raising a child, Erbe then reiterates that their “fact-based, rational decision” is “no tragedy: it’s a good decision.” In fact, she believes, we’d all be better off if we could recapture the national mood we had just after Roe v. Wade, when abortion “was not something women whined about publicly on the scale many seem to now.” Unbelievable! It’s as if abortion is a good thing.
It’s appalling to see the shift in pro-choice attitudes that’s accompanied the worsening of our economy. For a while, pro-choicers were willing to humor mothers who were grieving over their aborted children. Not that they were willing to give up advocating the killing of those children, but some of them still recognized that these actually were children being killed, and that they had little to gain by denying it.
Just a few years ago, I spoke on this program about a group of abortion clinics where women were counseled to see abortion as “a loving act,” and encouraged to do things like write messages to their aborted children and take home colorful stones as mementos.
Well, things may be changing. Now, it appears, there’s no time or place for sentiment over one’s aborted child—“not when the economy is depressed, jobs are scarce and family incomes are dropping,” as Erbe says. Get the job done and quit your whining, would seem to be her motto.
And she’s not alone. Katherine Ragsdale goes her one better by calling abortion a “blessing” when it enables women to continue their education or career. And Ragsdale has just been named the new dean of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts!
Just the other week, you may remember, I talked about British official Jonathan Porritt and his desire to cut his country’s population in half for the sake of the environment. Although Erbe bases her concern on the scarcity of economic resources instead of environmental ones, the message is fundamentally the same: Fewer humans means better living for those of us who do get to live.
If you remember your history, the famous satire by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, suggested that Irish children be eaten to save resources. That’s just about where the pro-abortion movement seems to be heading—except this time there’s no satire about it.
Maybe it’s just as well that the abortion movement is starting to show its true colors. In stark contrast with the crisis pregnancy centers and the church volunteers who would lovingly help provide for parents in need, the “pro-choice” movement can now be seen for what it truly is: “no-choice” movement. Death is your duty to save the environment or the economy.
It is truly horrifying that we live in a world where the most unimaginable becomes reality.
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Amen.
Somehow they insist that, against conscience, non-aborting doctors must refer to abortionists. But will abortionists ever ask their clients if they would like to try listing their upcoming baby for adoption rather than killing it in utero? Sauce for gander does not seem to be sauce for goose.
Such as not being politically correct to tell single women - If you don’t want or cannot afford to care for kids, keep your damn legs shut or get on birth control if you can’t control yourself.
Sacrificing the unborn child for career or education - the new Molech.
This line of thinking extends to Seniors as well. The statists believe that Seniors have outlived their usefulness in society (remember Jocelynn Elders?) and need to do us a favor and DIE and leave what they have to the Government, so these sick hating statists can TAKE those resources in the form of Government programs.
Exactly, there are millions of couples who are willing to do anything to adopt a baby.
The left loves to talk about how adoption rates have increased, but they fail to acknowledge that nearly all of these adoptions are from China and Eastern Europe. For all intents and purposes, there aren't any babies in America to adopt.
How about placing the other half of the blame on the deadbeat dads?
Oh, wait. I forgot. This is FR, where every problem in the world is caused by women.
sarcasm
The law does allow for collecting child support (not abortion payments) from non supporting fathers.
It’s beside the point. Over 90% of these cases are not rape, and most of those are shack-ups without benefit of marriage vows. This means the woman could and should say no but didn’t.
Why not private adoption? This would produce revenue for the Mom....
The adoptive family would pay for her medical, food and boarding.....plus a fee....
Death versus life......
The culture of death isn’t interested in adoption, they want blood.
To “Bonnie Erbe” I would suggest that she perform a super late abortion on herself and make room for this innocent child. In fact Bonnie’s will could make it much easier for this whole family if she were a truly caring and thoughtful human being.
Bull, it shifted with the election of Obama.
"The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men."
Psalms 12:8
Unfortunately I know....
The question was more of a musing, maybe rhetorical.....but still I had to state it.........
I’d infinitely sooner have Sarah Palin’s “progressive” than Obama’s.
AND this means the man could and should not attempt to have sex with the woman.
It takes two to make a baby. Blame the women all you want - as long as you blame the men, as well.
What’s the difference?
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