Mon 23 Mar, 2009
The Real Victims of Abortion: Those Who Reject Love
Comments (2) Filed under: Abortion, Charity, Culture of LifeTags: Abortion
While reviewing a case of used books, I stumbled on one from the 1980s that reminded me of a very important point. The injustice of abortion is definitely done to the baby, but from the Christian perspective we do not work to end abortion primarily for the sake of the unborn. The book I was reviewing reminded me that God takes care of the unborn. He would not leave victims of abortion without His mercy and love.
No, the people in real danger from abortion are those who reject love. The mothers who put their own needs, desires and convenience before the life of their children. The doctors who are willing to turn a blind eye to what they are really doing because of the great profits to be made. The politicians who refuse to see the truth about the death of babies because being champions of “choice” keeps them in power. These people have rejected love. These are the people who need our help.
And as Christians we believe that this rejection of love is not simple sentiment. Marital love is sacramental. It is a sign of God’s love for humanity, and as a sacramental sign is also effects what it signifies. Marital love brings God’s love to humanity. A husband and wife become one flesh in the marital embrace and conceive new life. They bring this life into the world and they nurture and love this life, bringing their children to the love of God through their own love. To reject new life is to reject God’s love. This is not just a crime. It is a tragedy. People who reject love are the most in need of our help.
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M.A. says:
With all due respect, I believe you left out a major category of people who must also accept responsibility for rejecting love in the form of choosing abortion, and that would be the fathers of those children who are aborted. In fact, many unwanted pregnancies result because of the manipulation of young women by men who have no intention of taking responsibility in case a pregnancy occurs. Even within marriage, women are sometimes coerced into abortion by husbands who percieve additional children as a burden. Sometimes pregnant teens are given the option by their own father of either moving out on their own or having an abortion. I have known women in all three of these categories. Every woman I know who has had an abortion has done so because of the lack of support of – or the total abandonment by – the men in her life. Actually, that’s not quite true – there was one situation in which a co-worker of mine came to work one day in tears because she was pregnant. Consoling her, I tried to get her to see the positives, and I suggested that maybe she and her husband are ready to start a family. Her response: “No, I know he’s going to make me get an abortion just like he did the other two times.” That is not lack of support; it is outright coersion. She would not have chosen this on her own.
Jeffrey S. Arrowood, MTS says:
@M.A. – You are very correct. This was a serious omission on my part. In fact, I had a dear friend in this very situation. She got pregnant and went to the baby’s father to tell him. He said outright that if she wanted an abortion he would help out financially, but if she didn’t want an abortion he wouldn’t help at all. His choice was to get an abortion and if she went against his choice, he would take no further responsibility. This is definitely a rejection of love. Also, anyone who coerces a woman to get an abortion rejects love. Thank you for your valuable contribution to this post!