I question whether this power struggle between pro-lifers and pro-choice activists is actually the moral issue that so many have come to believe it is about. Medical institutions are all about controlling people, all the while making as much profit as they can. They do not stand to make any money from an aborted fetus. They make money off the mothers who willingly place their trust in them. The “routine” exams and ultrasounds are just the beginning of a long term investment that promises ongoing profits for the doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. The mother’s rights begin to be taken away from the moment her pregnancy is confirmed. Her infant, both pre and post-partum is subject to an array of procedures and vaccinations; and if it is a boy, to circumcision. Her child, like herself, then becomes in many ways, property of the medical system. If a mother refuses medical treatment that she believes is unnecessary, she risks being reported to Social Services (the medical and social law enforcement.) They can claim that she is an unfit mother and seize her child from her. A couple of thousand years ago, the Catholic church had this same level of power.
The large number of women on fertility drugs who seek to have a baby of their own, hand over thousands of dollars to the medical “professionals” in order to make their dream come true. When a woman encounters complications in her pregnancy, doctors will insist on doing a C-section, because they can charge more than they can for a vaginal birth. Babies that are born prematurely will be kept alive with tubes and machines that cost thousands of dollars. This not only ensures huge profits for the doctor, but also adds a notch to his already inflated ego.
I believe that the moral question we need to ask ourselves is not, whether or not abortion is the taking of a life, but is it moral for the medical community to own the lives of mothers and their babies? It really is not at all about “saving” a baby’s life, but about prolonging as many lives as they can to ensure their continued ability to possess nearly all of the world’s wealth.
The pharmaceutical giants control and manipulate the doctors and hospitals. They have brainwashed the politicians in order to maintain control over women, to strip them of their power. Many women don’t realize that this crusade, led by men who resent the fact that women have been steadily gaining back their power for the past fifty years, is only the first step in taking away all the rights of women and people of color.
All religions were created by men, to control women. The Catholic church has diminished in power, but Big Pharma now fills those shoes. They too, are made up mostly of men who are not about to give up their power. Women; however, are far smarter and stronger than they realize. The pro-lifers may succeed at overturning Roe v Wade, which is really just a smoke screen in their efforts to strip women of all their power. Those women who need abortions will find a way to get them because laws are man-made and laws are made to break. We have more women in our government now. We even have a female vice-president; but these women are being manipulated. If we (women) do not stand up together and unite in the fight for our rights, we could slide backwards; but our children and our daughters are depending on us. Let’s not let them down.
