We existed as a prosperous nation for quite some time under the banner of slavery, slavery of the African-American people.
The slavery that was once considered necessary is now undoubtedly declared evil. We wonder whether we're not experiencing something similar today. People said the economy would collapse without slavery; perhaps it did, but were human rights not more important than the economy? People ignored science and common sense. They consistently argued against all evidence that an African-American was not a human being because if it was affirmed that an African-American was human, all arguments for slavery would collapse. Foolishness was legislated through the Three-Fifths Compromise. Was this not similar to the Holocaust, when the Nazis used pseudo-science to convince so many that Jews were not human? We know that African-Americans and Jews are human beings, deserving of every right granted to any human.
Today, here in this nation and across the globe, we continue to defy science and common sense. Science has shown us the marvelous occurrences during the conception of a human life. Science has made it clear that conception marks the commencement of a new and unique life. This is not a matter of faith; it's a matter of science. And where there is human life there must exist human rights. Yet we continue to act ignorantly, not thinking through the implications of such logic. We are truly experiencing the slavery of our time, the mass denial of human rights to a group of people: the pre-born. More than 40 million pre-born humans, with legitimate human rights, have been killed by abortion in the U.S. since 1973.
We beseech you in urgency but not in hate. Just as the majority of slaveholders did not have malicious intent, nor do we believe abortion doctors, women who obtain abortions, or men who encourage abortions have malicious intent. But that fact does not make abortion legitimate or permissible. Just as slaveholders had to be stopped, so do those carrying out abortions. Just as economics clouded the truths of slavery, so it clouds the truths of abortion. Slavery was not an issue for only men to decide. Abortion is more than just a women's issue. For since we have allowed abortion to be a common occurrence, we've come to accept it. We realize this is sensitive, but truth must win out over sensitivity and political correctness.
Consider this: By our founder's standards, we have an illegitimate government. The purpose of the government is to protect its citizens. We live in a society today that kills unborn humans, entitled to natural rights. A society endorsed by its government. This is so much more than conventional politics; it's the largest human rights violation of our time. We must reconsider abortion in a new light, with a new seriousness.
It's easy to look at other nations and denounce them for their low value for human life. While there is truth here, we need to look at ourselves. If a human fetus is a human life, as science clearly proves, then that fetus has every entitlement to human rights, no matter what stage of development. It is a life, whole and unique. If this is true, what have we done?
Even if you're skeptical of whether it is a human life, if you're not certain, are you truly willing to take the risk that it may be life? That we may be killing millions of humans? You cannot support abortion rights unless you are sure that a fetus is not a human life. Just as science and common sense caught up with us in the days of slavery, so it has caught up with us again. If we are talking about human life, then we are talking about something very, very serious.
Friends, we cannot compromise human lives for our sexual desires. Sex has consequences, and this movement for abortion rights is a war on reality and responsibility. Abortion is not just another form of birth control.
We're begging you to see this issue in a new light. One will say, "I'm against abortion, but I don't believe I can impose my will on others." Was that legitimate for slavery? No. The fact of the matter is, every law of any kind is imposing someone's belief on another; that is precisely what law is. Another will say, "Well I don't think abortion is wrong, but let's work to reduce them." Truly, more flawed logic. Why should abortions be reduced if there is nothing wrong with them? If there is nothing wrong with abortion, why do so many women regret their decisions? Why is the choice so hard? It makes no sense to hold that abortion is a tragedy, and also hold that the procedure should be broadly legal. It must be asked why it is tragic. It either is or is not the death of a human being. There's no in-between. Those in a position of policy making must have their logic questioned on this issue.
Still more will say, "We have many other problems in this nation and abroad ... poverty, lack of health care, failing education, a tanking economy ... we cannot deal with abortion now." We respond by saying that these other problems are significant and need attention. Yet how can we credibly fight these things while millions are being killed, millions who have no voice to speak? Allowing life to live is the first step in social justice. Friends, humanity is flawed at best. But we love you, and care about how this population lives. So please, join with our cause: ending the killing of the innocent and supporting human rights. Talk about this. Rethink it logically. Be serious. Do not focus on uniting or dividing, but focus on the truth.