Pro-life represents human value
By Donna Milliron
IV Leader Staff
Rebuttal to Adam Holmberg article in Feb 24 edition:
A person does not have to be a Christian to be Pro-Life.
There are Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and yes, even atheists who value human life
and count themselves among the millions of Americans who call themselves
Pro-Life.
Adam Holmberg and John Kerry state that they believe
opposition to abortion is based on an article of faith. I propose that to be
Pro-Life is not a religious value, but simply a human value.
Mr. Holmberg says we cannot legislate faith, but to a certain
extent we can legislate morality. He goes on to mention laws against
prostitution and gambling as examples of morality. I ask, why are these moral
laws acceptable, but laws protecting life unacceptable?
Actually, we do have laws, which protect human life. It is
against the law to kill someone. It’s illegal and you don’t have to be a
Christian to find it immoral. Our government has laws to protect people.
I expect our government to protect the lives of all us; the
unborn, the physically disabled, the mentally handicapped, the elderly, the
unloved and the unwanted.
Two hundred years ago, our government endorsed slavery. Our
country was involves in a major controversy trying to determine if black slaves
had human rights or were property of other.
In 1857, the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled
that blacks, free or slave had no rights under the Constitution; that they were
not created equal, but were inferior.
In 1973, in a similar ruling, the Supreme Court, in Roe v.
Wade, ruled that unborn children had no rights under the Constitution; that they
were not created equal, but were inferior.
Now those who are pro-abortion or pro-choice argue that a
mother’s rights supersede the rights of the child. To give the unborn rights,
takes away the rights of the mother.
Those women would suffer undue economic and social hardship.
Those women would no longer be bale to lead the life they wanted to.
The slaveholders had the same argument. To give blacks rights
too away the rights of the slaveholders. Slaveholders would suffer undue
economic and social hardship. They would no longer be able to lead the life that
they were accustomed to.
Without people of moral conviction, 150 years ago, we might
still be a nation where half our population is enslaves by other.
Perhaps today, people with moral conviction may be able to
convince others that all human beings have intrinsic value, simply because
they’re human and deserve moral consideration.
Perhaps our government, at our insistence and because it’s
right, will legislate protection for all those who are unable to protect
themselves.
Perhaps we can become a society at its finest, where we all
safeguard the rights those who need us the most.