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Abortion is being touted as the greater good, deeply moral, and even lifesaving in a new book, which writer Sady Doyle hails in an article this week<\/a>. Usually even those who proclaim \u201cwomen\u2019s rights\u201d as the cause for abortion advocacy have the decency to acknowledge it\u2019s not ideal to abort, but this article says that\u2019s all bunk and that abortion is \u201cgreat.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, as Doyle reviews the book Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights<\/em><\/a>, by <\/em>Katha Pollitt,<\/em> she highlights points that are astounding to hear, even by pro-abortion extremists.<\/p>\n

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Progressives, Pollitt says, can and must treat abortion as an unequivocal positive rather than a \u2018necessary evil\u2019; there is no ethical, humane way to limit abortion rights. The fact that Pollitt needs to make this argument in 2014, however, seems to indicate that pro-choicers have long been a little too nice for our own good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Too nice? That\u2019s what these writers say. Doyle merges her voice with Pollitt\u2019s \u2014 a resounding pro-abortion unity. The language of \u201csafe, legal, and rare,\u201d which has been shouted from the statehouse to the White House, they say, is actually too apologetic. In fact, all this talk about abortion being a difficult choice is really problematic. Abortion should be unapologetic because it\u2019s so wonderful.<\/p>\n

Pollitt\u2019s book, Doyle notes, is convincing and important because \u201cabortion is not only necessary but good for society.”
\nShe then outlines several reason why abortion should be a celebrated moral act, which include such things such as how \u201cbirth control and abortion are the only ways to provide such a guarantee” of pursuing success, careers, etc. because if \u201cwe are to have leaders and geniuses with uteruses, we must provide them with the reproductive freedom necessary to go to school and build careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

No mention exists of the freedom they have to help people have children through adoption. No mention exists of owning one’s actions \u2014 only of killing the result of them in great celebration.<\/p>\n

So much for the idea that abortion isn\u2019t used as birth control.<\/p>\n

Her next reason is that pregnancy is a health risk because some women have died from it, sometimes. She cites rare complications that might possibly happen to a slight few as some reason all should abort if they feel like it.<\/p>\n

The next two reasons are ignorant and even frightening. Doyle says \u201cabortion saves lives,\u201d apparently because of the aforementioned \u201csome women have died from pregnancy\u201d idea. She adds that \u201cI don\u2019t have the right to force you to risk life and limb, or go through drastic and painful physical experiences like labor, simply because I prefer that you stay pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then \u2014 just about the time you wonder if you\u2019re reading an article in The Onion<\/em>, because surely no one in her right mind could think this is logical or true \u2014 Doyle drops the last drop of ignorance into an already full bucket and says that \u201cabortion prevents suffering \u2014 not only the emotional, physical and financial suffering of parents, but that of infants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, she just said that abortion prevents the suffering of infants<\/em> \u2014 you know, the ones it rips out of the uterus and kills after they are able to feel pain. But she says since some babies have defects and might die, they should not live; therefore, abortion not only saves the woman\u2019s life, but prevents the suffering of a baby.<\/p>\n

Citing babies that live only a few days because of defects, she argues how cruel this is, never considering that maybe it is redeeming to a family to see life born, even if one’s son or daughter dies. Countless stories exist of these children. In fact, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep<\/a> photography offers free photography for these families to be able to cherish the only chance they have to meet their child. This is a gift, not an act of cruelty.<\/p>\n

But Doyle argues<\/a> that we are actually in the wrong \u2014 that a culture of life is wrong:<\/p>\n

The culture of \u2018life\u2019 that anti-choice movements want actually brings tragedy and death by failing to recognize reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pro-lifers, Doyle says, are not grounded in \u201clogic or science. They\u2019re emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

This, she concludes<\/a>, we don\u2019t deserve respect.<\/p>\n

Progressives have apologized for being right. But we don\u2019t have to. Abortion saves lives, improves lives, and makes for a stronger society\u2026. We like abortion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There you have it. This is the heart of the abortion industry. If the baby gets in the way, kill it. Now. Without apology. Because the mom\u2019s life is the only one that matters. Abortion saves lives. Never mind how many it kills to preserve human selfishness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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