Five Signs the Pro-Life Cause Is Winning
5) Abortion Advocates on the Defensive
While Roe still stands, legislators in numerous states have begun chipping away at the implications of that decision. Supporting their efforts is increasing evidence of corruption at abortion clinics.
Planned Parenthood's advocates have sought to redirect the discussion by pointing to all the other health care services their clinics provide for low-income women. But implicit in Planned Parenthood's downplaying of abortion and emphasizing of other services is a stunning admission: abortion is a problem. Planned Parenthood's talking points indicate that fewer and fewer Americans can stomach the idea of "abortion as health care."
And then there is the admission that abortion is a "tragic choice." On a recent episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg explained her reason for being pro-choice: the low-income woman who already has too many children. When confronted about women who simply get abortions out of convenience, she called them "idiots." Why does Whoopi have such a visceral reaction to abortion-for-convenience? Because she's an inconsistent advocate of abortion rights: she recognizes that the fetus is a human being and that abortion snuffs out this life. The fact that she (and others like her) sees abortion as a "tragic choice" implicitly speaks to the immorality of the procedure.
The tipping point in favor of the pro-life cause is not evident to all. Time magazine recently chose Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards for their 100 Most Influential List (a decision akin to choosing segregationist George Wallace over crusader Martin Luther King, Jr.). There is much work to be done.
The abortion debate will not go away. The fundamental issue at stake is not reproductive freedom but the desire to extend human rights to all -- even the smallest and most vulnerable human beings among us. Those who continue to ignore or deny the humanity of the unborn are increasingly on the defensive because new technologies are opening the window into the womb. What we find there are not tissues to be discarded, but human lives worth protecting.