The Epiphany
of Our Lord is the Christian feast observed on Jan. 6. An “epiphany” is an appearance. In today’s
readings, with their rising stars, splendorous lights and mysteries revealed,
the face of the child born on Christmas day appears.
In honor of
this day, I thought I’d bring you a little exchange of the pro-life position to
a pro-choice individual using what science has made known to us on when human
life actually makes its appearance in this world, ie when life begins…
Pro-lifer:
What do you think about abortion?
Pro-choicer:
I don’t know. I mean, if a woman already has three kids and can barely feed
them, I don’t see why she has to be forced to bring another child into the
world.
PL: I agree
it would be really tough to not know how you are going to provide for your
children. I don’t know how I’d handle that situation. But can I ask you a
question?
PC: Sure.
PL: Let’s say
this woman knows she can take care of three children and she actually wants a
newborn. Should she be allowed to kill one of her other children, such as her
two-year-old, so that she can make ends meet?
PC: No! I
mean, she could always adopt that one out.
PL: Yeah, but
what if she doesn’t want to worry about what will happen to that child after
she adopts him out? Maybe she’s worried about him being abused by a stranger.
Why would you say she shouldn’t be allowed to kill her two-year-old?
PC: Because
the two-year-old is a living, born human being. It’s completely different! Are
you saying that a woman should be forced to drop out of school or lose her job
just because she’s pregnant?
PL: I don’t
think women should be fired just because they are pregnant—that’s definitely
unfair. But let’s say a woman gives birth and finds that she can’t finish
school or keep her job because her baby demands too much of her. In fact, most
moms I know find born babies to be harder to handle than unborn babies. Should
women be allowed to kill their newborns if that will help their education or
career?
PC: Of course
not, but you’re confusing the issue.
PL: How am I
doing that?
PC: You’re
talking about killing babies, and I’m just talking about women’s choice.
PL: A choice
to do what exactly?
PC: To not be
a mother if they don’t want to be one.
PL: I agree
with you that no woman should be forced to become a mother.
PC: You do?
PL: Of
course. We also agree that it’s okay to force a woman to stay a mother by
forbidding her from killing her born children. She can put them up for adoption
and give up being their legal mother, but she’ll always be a biological mother
as long as the children are alive.
PC: But
that’s because you can’t kill people.
PL: Ah! So
that’s the issue. It’s not really about poverty or choice, since you and I
agree those reasons wouldn’t justify killing born people like two-year-olds.
But if the unborn are just as human as a two-year-old, then why not treat them
like we treat two-year-olds and make it illegal to kill them just because they
are unwanted?
(exchange
found in Trent Horn’s book “Persuasive Pro-Life” in the chapter named “The
Pragmatists”)
God Bless
Nathan
Nathan
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