Freedom at the Expense of Life

To those in the pro-Roe movement, Roe v Wade represents freedom (specifically reproductive freedom and sexual “liberation” for women), but to those in the pro-life movement that freedom is at the expense of life for the baby who can’t be seen except with a pregnancy test and a high-powered microscope.

But God sees. 

Someday we will see as He does, and every day, science—in honest assessment—
gets a little closer to this biblical reality. 

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:14-16)

To the pro-Roe movement, it’s just a choice, freedom.  But any honest discussion must recognize the way language has been used to create and control public opinion. How often do you see abortion presented as the race issue it is or ascribe hate crimes to the white collars promoting, or the white coats performing, abortions?

The National Library of Medicine has an article, “Perceiving and Addressing the Pervasive Racial Disparity in Abortion.“  In it, the authors write,

“Abortion has been euphemistically described as a “choice” or a human “right.” The undeniable objective reality, whatever one’s political persuasion or ideological posture, is that each abortion is a death. Death by abortion, however, has proven to be an inconvenient reality for many of our politicians and scientists alike. Mortality and fertility are 2 of the 3 principal determinants, along with migration, of the size and demographic composition of the U.S. population.  Given its high incidence and racially skewed distribution, abortion is unquestionably the most demographically consequential occurrence for the minority community.” 

“The most demographically consequential occurrence for the minority community.”  That statement should echo uncomfortably on the heart of anyone who loves a diverse America.  That’s not politics or mere stats.  It’s not inflammatory or anything other than honesty to point out that a third of African Americans are aborted every year at all stages of development, and to what degree is uncertain, the fetus’ parts are sold to research, according to The New York Times. The current administration lifted the ban on fetal tissue research last year and scientists formerly upset with the Trump-era policy are applauding.

I’m guessing the scientific community has been ethically compromised for quite a while,
well before NIH-funded biolabs, Wuhan research facilities, mandatory vaccinations, and promoting COVID mandates even for children like I saw on a TV ad last night.

How much does a doctor’s or scientist’s soul go for these days,
to sell out the lives of children for no imperative medical necessity?
Never forget, Josef Mengele was a doctor/scientist too.

Imagine if pro-Roe architects, politicians, scientific researchers, and yes, Hippocratic Oath doctors, etc. were to lift the veil and honestly describe early term abortion as dismembering a genetic human being (not a tomato or an earthworm, a trout or a puppy).  Predominantly minority human beings with wholly unique, fully human DNA.

It’d be like seeing the African American community, for example,
and erasing 1 of every 3 of them. That’s the population loss.

Self-destruction of their demographic future is the result of such freedom.  Women have been sold a bill of goods called “choice” but call it racially skewed depopulation and suddenly “safe, legal, and rare” doesn’t make it right.  Safe depopulation?  Legal depopulation?  Rare depopulation?  Does it make it “not depopulation” because minority women have been conditioned to do it to their own offspring? 

(Yes, this discussion should make all of us uncomfortable but it’s important for the soul of our nation and the value of black and brown lives who matter enough that Christ died for all of them. We will focus soon on how we can turn discussion to the beautiful redemption available to all in the New Covenant world. First, we must see things for what they are.)

Back to the National Library of Medicine article,
“Black women have been experiencing induced abortions at a rate nearly 4 times that of White women for at least 3 decades, and likely much longer. The impact in years of potential life lost, given abortion’s high incidence and racially skewed distribution, indicates that it is the most demographically consequential occurrence for the minority population. The science community has refused to engage on the subject and the popular media has essentially ignored it. In the current unfolding environment, there may be no better metric for the value of Black lives.” 

Today’s Principle: Each person by virtue of uniquely human DNA
is of value to God.    

Thank you for reading these thoughts as my attempt toward being a peacemaker in a New Covenant world. Any discussion must begin by acknowledging the truth on all sides and seeing neither side of this debate is without sin. All sides can experience redemption.

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The Series on Roe v. Wade includes:
Http://seminarygal.com/ruminations-on-roe-v-wade
Http://seminarygal.com/life-and-freedom-as-old-as-eden
Http://seminarygal.com/freedom-at-the-expense-of-life