I have had a difficult time wrapping my head around the fact that so many people, especially women, contributed to the overturning of Roe v Wade. I have concluded; however, that these people are NOT pro-life at all. In fact, their claim that they are pro-life is an appalling, blatant lie.
If they were honest, they would admit that they are pro-HUMAN, to the exclusion of all other life on Earth. The only exception would perhaps be domestic dogs, which are the result of human tampering. In the selfish, ignorant thinking of these individuals, they willfully discard the fact that life on this planet is the result of an intricate balance among ALL other species – including plants and fungi. As humans continue to multiply, pushing other species from their habitat, more and more wildlife is displaced, starved, and even poisoned to the point of extinction.
These people, of which many are made up of Evangelical Christians, believe in childlike fantasies of a vindictive god who has “favored” humans above all other life. Even with so much evidence of the dire state in which we have sunk our planet, they refuse to see what so obviously shows our human negligence. Humans have been the cause of unspeakable suffering inflicted on other animals, even those in our own primate family – chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos. These same people want to continue to exploit the planet’s natural resources. Some still deny that global warming is real and that its acceleration has been fueled by human activity. They delude themselves into believing that lives can be “saved” or that human lives should be prolonged for as long as possible, regardless of the quality of those lives.
Until all humans awaken and acknowledge that life is impermanent, that life eats life, and that everything sooner or later must die, all beings will suffer. When a woman finds herself with an unexpected or unwanted pregnancy, she must ask herself if she has the ability, both emotionally and financially, to care for a child for the next 18 years of her life. In earlier times, when patriarchy was at its height, devout churchgoers were encouraged to have children. This would ensure a steady supply of monetary offerings for the church. Today, it is mainly the medical institutions and Big Pharma applying pressure on women to reproduce. More babies, more C-sections, more preemies, and more sick children requiring medical attention, maintains their profit margin. Pro-life then, is not at all about protecting a life. It is about protecting the pockets of a trillion dollar industry. It is about allowing powerful organizations to have control, not only over a woman’s body, but over any children she brings forth into the world.
Clearly, those who advocate pro-life are seriously misinformed and incapable of reasoning. If you choose to say you are pro “life” you should say what you actually mean, which is selective of only human life. We should think of abortion NOT as an act of murder or violence, but as an act of LOVE. The young of most animals often do not survive their first year of life. Many insects prey upon the eggs, larvae, or pupa of other insects – and rarely on the adults. This is survival of the fittest. The youngest and most vulnerable are sacrificed for the good of the whole tribe, or species.
We may have taken two steps back for each step forward; but I sincerely believe that all women will one day come to their senses and all will be PRO-CHOICE.
