{"id":77583,"date":"2015-10-20T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=77583"},"modified":"2015-10-21T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T01:32:28","slug":"four-non-religious-reasons-to-be-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-non-religious-reasons-to-be-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Four non-religious reasons to be pro-life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A common misconception is that the pro-life movement is a religious one. While the pro-life movement has its religious members, there is a considerable secular following as well, for several reasons.\u00a0Here are four non-religious reasons to be pro-life…<\/p>\n

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1. Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

To debate \u201cpersonhood\u201d is a spiritual, moral, or philosophical argument.\u00a0While \u201cpersonhood\u201d is an abstract argument, \u201clife\u201d is not. Undisputed science, from a host of sources<\/a>, states that life begins at conception.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to note the quickness at which a child develops. Substantial development takes place even within the first 12 weeks.<\/p>\n

First trimester fetal developmental milestones pulled from Mayo Clinic<\/a>, include:<\/p>\n

Fertilization & implantation (process begins approximately\u00a02 weeks from last menstrual period): formation of a new single celled entity, placenta begins to form<\/p>\n

Week 3 (5 weeks from LMP): brain, spinal cord, and other organs begin to form.<\/p>\n

Week 4: (6 weeks from LMP): facial features begin to appear, baby\u2019s heart pumps blood<\/p>\n

Week 9 (11 weeks from LMP): genitals develop<\/p>\n

The start of life is an undisputed fact and is an effective and just measure from which to shape policy.<\/p>\n

2. Pro-life Laws Improve Women\u2019s Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pro-abortionists claim that pro-lifers disregard women\u2019s health. They also add that if abortion was illegal, the procedure would be performed, regardless\u00a0– the only difference being that it would be performed under dangerous, substandard conditions.<\/p>\n

First of all, you can\u2019t have it both ways. If the fear is that abortion\u2019s illegality would make the procedure more dangerous, then why object to laws that hold abortion clinics to higher standards and consequently protect women\u2019s health? Secondly, as Live Action News has previously reported<\/a>, there is substantial evidence to demonstrate that pro-life laws protect women\u2019s health. A study published in the British Medical Journal <\/a>shows that Mexican states with \u201cless permissive\u201d abortion laws experienced lower maternal mortality rates from abortion complications. A Stanford University study<\/a> shows lower rates of abortion complications for American states with those same types of laws.<\/p>\n

Pro-life laws help, not hurt.<\/p>\n

3. The Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Pace v. Alabama<\/i>. The Supreme Court has gotten it wrong before.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAbortion\u201d is not mentioned in the Constitution. The procedure was legalized by determining that it fell under an implied right to privacy found within the Fourteenth Amendment. \u201cPrivacy\u201d is not mentioned in the Constitution either.<\/p>\n

Even abortion advocates and sympathizers criticize the Roe v. Wade<\/i> decision for numerous reasons, including the Justices\u2019 broad definition of privacy. For many, the decision remains a prime example of Supreme Court overreach and legislation from the bench. Ronald Reagan said it best. In Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation <\/i>he wrote, \u201cOur nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy was neither voted for by our people nor enacted by our legislators–not a single state had such unrestricted abortion before the Supreme Court decreed it to be national policy in 1973.\u201d<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Domino Effect<\/strong><\/p>\n

If personhood can be removed from preborn lives, what\u2019s to stop us from removing it from others?\u00a0 We live in a world where \u201cpost-birth abortion\u201d, the murder of newborns, is gaining popularity<\/a>. It\u2019s heartbreaking that Congress has to pass a law<\/a> that says children who survive abortions must be provided standard medical care.<\/p>\n

Abortion advocacy is a slippery slope and opens doors to other injustices. We\u2019re already aware of the racism<\/a> and discrimination inherent in the institution: blacks and children with disabilities are aborted disproportionately more<\/a>. More recently, we\u2019ve been made aware of the trafficking of body parts<\/a>. It\u2019s frightening to think of what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n