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On May 28, the Center for Reproductive Rights pushed a video called, “Global leaders call for safe legal abortions.”<\/a> In it, leaders from various nations discussed why they believe abortion must be safe and legal for women.<\/p>\n

\"GuptaIndia’s Anuradha Gupta, from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, stated that the problem stems from the “low status of women\u201d and “a really callous attitude towards health of women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nepal’s Arzu Rana Deuba, a Member of Parliament, said about women: \u201cMost of the parts of the world, we are not counted for. We are invisible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, Kenya, claimed that, unless men and women are treated as equals, “we will always deal with issues that put women down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luisa Cabal, Vice President of Programs for the Center for Reproductive Rights, called on governments to “commit to a vision of women\u2019s equality, women\u2019s empowerment, women\u2019s autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, all of these leaders’ statements seem accurate. Throughout much of the world, women are downtrodden, abused, and unheard. Their rights are not even considered – much less celebrated.<\/p>\n

And yet, the answer to this very valid problem is not to marginalize and abuse yet another group of human beings – the unborn. We do not bring equality to women by encouraging them to torture and abuse their children. So why are world leaders encouraging women’s equality by supporting the killing of innocent children, through means<\/a> that are often tortured and abusive<\/a>?<\/p>\n

If we were talking about any other people group, leaders would never say that, in order to become equal and empowered, a group should unite to persecute and kill a different helpless minority. (In fact, this is called genocide.) And yet, this is exactly what this call for abortion worldwide is.<\/p>\n

Luisa Cabal claimed that “abortion\u00a0is<\/em> a human rights issue,” and she’s right. It is. But it’s a human rights issue because it takes the lives of innocent human beings through means that are often cruel and painful, and always inhumane.<\/p>\n

Nana Oye Lither, Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection in Ghana stated: \u201cI do not want to see any African woman \u2013 or any other woman across the globe \u2013 dying because she did not receive abortion care…Let us save the lives of women.\u201d But what about the lives of the children that Ms. Lither is supposed to be protecting? What about the social equality involved in never taking the life of an innocent human being? What about preventing the deaths of the millions of children dying every year through abortion?<\/p>\n

Carmen Barroso, a Regional Director from International Planned Parenthood Federation, said that women need a “safe alternative to an interrupted pregnancy.” But how can abortion – in any form – be an “alternative to an interrupted pregnancy”? Abortion itself is <\/em>an interruption to pregnancy because it kills the living child. Women’s equality does not require that we play word games and make what we support sound different than it actually is.<\/p>\n

Is it both true and tragic that women are marginalized, given a low status – or no status at all, and abused in many countries worldwide? Absolutely. Should we push a solution forward that saves the lives of women who are in danger? Absolutely. But should we do this through marginalizing yet another group of human beings and giving them no status whatsoever? Absolutely not. The answer to death is not more death. We do not save lives through killing more lives.<\/p>\n

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A woman and child helped by Compassion’s Child Survival Program<\/p><\/div>\n

To bring equality and empowerment to women, we work to provide real healthcare in their nations. Compassion International’s Child Survival Program<\/a> is a stellar example; the results speak for themselves. Groups like Partners International <\/a>work around the globe to provide necessary medical attention to women and<\/em> their children. These are the kind of answers we need.<\/p>\n

We fight the cultural norms that take away women’s voices, their property, and their status as autonomous human beings. But we never do this by taking away another human’s voice, status, and life<\/em>. If we do that, what have we truly accomplished?<\/p>\n

Equality only works when every human being has equal rights. Every human of every race. Every human of every gender. And every human at every stage of life.<\/p>\n

As a pastor from Zambia said<\/a>, “It is time to say, we have lost enough lives, and we should not wait until another life is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

This goes for women and <\/em>their children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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