Frequently Asked Questions
1) What’s the connection between the Holocaust against the Jews, lynching of blacks and abortion?
There are strong parallels between all forms of genocide. In each case, there is a defenseless class of people targeted for killing. Each time, the perpetrators of the genocide started by dehumanizing the victim class - calling them non-persons, parasites, sub-human, animals, etc. In Germany, the Nazis made it lawful to kill Jews. In the United States, slave owners and racists made it lawful to abuse and even kill slaves. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Roe vs. Wade decision, made it lawful to kill unborn children for any reason or no reason at all. Even if some of the motives are different, the end result is the same - huge numbers of dead victims.
2) Shouldn’t a woman who’s been raped have the right to an abortion?
What about the rights of the baby? An abortion will never erase the fact that she’s been raped. The rape was a violation against her, but if she has an abortion, you are adding insult to injury. She will then bear responsibility for the death of her child. We want to care for both mother and baby, and give them counseling, medical care and practical help. If the woman is unable to raise the child herself, there are many couples who are waiting to adopt. If we punish the innocent child for the sin of its father, we are making a grave error. In some parts of India, when a woman is raped, she is seen as unclean. The family is so ashamed that she may be sold into prostitution, or male family members may even try to kill her - an innocent victim - to get rid of the embarrassment. We recoil in horror from that practice, and then we turn around in the U.S. and do the same thing to the other innocent victim - the baby.
3) It’s my body. What right do you have to control what I do with my body?
You certainly have the right to control your body before you become pregnant. But once you become pregnant, there is another body - the child’s. It may even be a male child. Once the woman becomes pregnant, she has participated in beginning another human life and she needs to take responsibility for her actions. In addition, the law forces a man to use his body to earn money for child support of the child he helped conceive.
4) What about a baby who is horribly deformed? Isn’t it better to spare that child a life of suffering?
What kind of a society are we creating by killing off sick or disabled human beings? People with limitations have a right to life just like so-called “normal” or healthy people. Prenatal tests cannot predict defects to a certainty, nor can they de ter mine the severity of the disability. Why not let these children be born and have a chance to grow and accomplish what they can? Even if a child is likely to die soon after birth, we should let nature take its course and give the child food, water and comfort measures. Then the family will be able to hold the baby and love the baby, rather than violently end its life. Do those of us who will die later have the right to kill those who will die sooner?
5) I’m pro-choice. I wouldn’t have an abortion, but I don’t think I have the right to tell others what to do.
Our laws “tell people what to do” all the time. We have laws against rape, murder, child abuse, stealing, etc. Abortion takes the life of an innocent human being, so we should have laws to protect them since our constitution guarantees us all the right to life. If you have a friend who is planning to have an abortion, and you persuade her not to abort, you will have saved a human life. You may also spare that woman potential physical, emotional and spiritual consequences. Your argument is the same one that some people had about slavery, if you don’t like slavery, don’t own one. That condones slavery, just as you are condoning abortion by wanting people to have that choice.
6) Isn’t abortion illegal after the first trimester?
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the 1973 companion cases of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton gave women the right to abort during all nine months of pregnancy. Some abortion clinics will only perform abortions up until 12 weeks, but there are abortionists who specialize in third trimester pregnancy.
7) Do you believe all abortions should be illegal?
We believe that abortion is justified only when the mother’s life is imminently in danger, as in the case of tubal pregnancy. In this case, both mother and baby will die unless the developing baby is surgically removed from the fallopian tube.
8) What about a woman whose life is in danger?
These conditions are extremely rare, with the exception of an ectopic or tubal pregnancy. In that case, the baby is growing inside the mother’s fallopian tube and as it grows, the tube may rupture (or burst) and that can threaten the woman’s life. Medicine cannot save the baby’s life at this point; only by removing the developing embryo from the tube can the mother have a chance for survival. Later in the pregnancy, there are conditions such as toxemia, which can threaten the mother’s life. In these cases, the baby can be removed alive by c-section or labor can be induced. With these methods, both baby and mother will likely survive.
9) What right do you have to judge anyone?
Was killing Jews right? Was killing blacks right? If you say no, then you’re being judgmental too. You’re being judgmental about some forms of genocide, we’d like you join us in being judgmental about all forms of genocide.
10) Don’t impose your morality on me!
Governments impose morality on us every day by outlawing such acts as kidnapping, rape and theft. These laws are based on morals which protect vulnerable people from those who would “choose” to do them harm. Unborn children are the most vulnerable class of human beings and liberal abortion laws permit them to be killed just because their parents want them dead. It’s interesting to note that during the 1960’s, many people opposed civil rights legislation saying, “you can’t legislate morality”. Dr. King responded, “It is true, the law cannot make the white man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me.”
11) How many children have you adopted?
There are very few babies available for adoption because they’re being aborted. The National Adoption Information Clearing house estimates that in the 1990’s only 120,000 adoptions occurs each year in the U.S., and this figure includes the adoption of older children and babies from overseas. Compare this small figure with the 1.5 million annual U.S. abortions reported by the Guttmacher Institute. Many of our colleagues are on waiting lists now to adopt children, but they aren’t available. They’re being killed by abortion.
12) We don’t have the money to pay for handicapped children and sick children born prematurely.
It is simply untrue that Americans do not have the resources to care for sick babies. We spend more money per year on beer ($74 billion) and pet acquisition ($63 billion) than we do on pediatric care for children ($49 billion). We have the means, we just don’t have the will, because we’re a selfish nation.
There are strong parallels between all forms of genocide. In each case, there is a defenseless class of people targeted for killing. Each time, the perpetrators of the genocide started by dehumanizing the victim class - calling them non-persons, parasites, sub-human, animals, etc. In Germany, the Nazis made it lawful to kill Jews. In the United States, slave owners and racists made it lawful to abuse and even kill slaves. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Roe vs. Wade decision, made it lawful to kill unborn children for any reason or no reason at all. Even if some of the motives are different, the end result is the same - huge numbers of dead victims.
2) Shouldn’t a woman who’s been raped have the right to an abortion?
What about the rights of the baby? An abortion will never erase the fact that she’s been raped. The rape was a violation against her, but if she has an abortion, you are adding insult to injury. She will then bear responsibility for the death of her child. We want to care for both mother and baby, and give them counseling, medical care and practical help. If the woman is unable to raise the child herself, there are many couples who are waiting to adopt. If we punish the innocent child for the sin of its father, we are making a grave error. In some parts of India, when a woman is raped, she is seen as unclean. The family is so ashamed that she may be sold into prostitution, or male family members may even try to kill her - an innocent victim - to get rid of the embarrassment. We recoil in horror from that practice, and then we turn around in the U.S. and do the same thing to the other innocent victim - the baby.
3) It’s my body. What right do you have to control what I do with my body?
You certainly have the right to control your body before you become pregnant. But once you become pregnant, there is another body - the child’s. It may even be a male child. Once the woman becomes pregnant, she has participated in beginning another human life and she needs to take responsibility for her actions. In addition, the law forces a man to use his body to earn money for child support of the child he helped conceive.
4) What about a baby who is horribly deformed? Isn’t it better to spare that child a life of suffering?
What kind of a society are we creating by killing off sick or disabled human beings? People with limitations have a right to life just like so-called “normal” or healthy people. Prenatal tests cannot predict defects to a certainty, nor can they de ter mine the severity of the disability. Why not let these children be born and have a chance to grow and accomplish what they can? Even if a child is likely to die soon after birth, we should let nature take its course and give the child food, water and comfort measures. Then the family will be able to hold the baby and love the baby, rather than violently end its life. Do those of us who will die later have the right to kill those who will die sooner?
5) I’m pro-choice. I wouldn’t have an abortion, but I don’t think I have the right to tell others what to do.
Our laws “tell people what to do” all the time. We have laws against rape, murder, child abuse, stealing, etc. Abortion takes the life of an innocent human being, so we should have laws to protect them since our constitution guarantees us all the right to life. If you have a friend who is planning to have an abortion, and you persuade her not to abort, you will have saved a human life. You may also spare that woman potential physical, emotional and spiritual consequences. Your argument is the same one that some people had about slavery, if you don’t like slavery, don’t own one. That condones slavery, just as you are condoning abortion by wanting people to have that choice.
6) Isn’t abortion illegal after the first trimester?
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the 1973 companion cases of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton gave women the right to abort during all nine months of pregnancy. Some abortion clinics will only perform abortions up until 12 weeks, but there are abortionists who specialize in third trimester pregnancy.
7) Do you believe all abortions should be illegal?
We believe that abortion is justified only when the mother’s life is imminently in danger, as in the case of tubal pregnancy. In this case, both mother and baby will die unless the developing baby is surgically removed from the fallopian tube.
8) What about a woman whose life is in danger?
These conditions are extremely rare, with the exception of an ectopic or tubal pregnancy. In that case, the baby is growing inside the mother’s fallopian tube and as it grows, the tube may rupture (or burst) and that can threaten the woman’s life. Medicine cannot save the baby’s life at this point; only by removing the developing embryo from the tube can the mother have a chance for survival. Later in the pregnancy, there are conditions such as toxemia, which can threaten the mother’s life. In these cases, the baby can be removed alive by c-section or labor can be induced. With these methods, both baby and mother will likely survive.
9) What right do you have to judge anyone?
Was killing Jews right? Was killing blacks right? If you say no, then you’re being judgmental too. You’re being judgmental about some forms of genocide, we’d like you join us in being judgmental about all forms of genocide.
10) Don’t impose your morality on me!
Governments impose morality on us every day by outlawing such acts as kidnapping, rape and theft. These laws are based on morals which protect vulnerable people from those who would “choose” to do them harm. Unborn children are the most vulnerable class of human beings and liberal abortion laws permit them to be killed just because their parents want them dead. It’s interesting to note that during the 1960’s, many people opposed civil rights legislation saying, “you can’t legislate morality”. Dr. King responded, “It is true, the law cannot make the white man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me.”
11) How many children have you adopted?
There are very few babies available for adoption because they’re being aborted. The National Adoption Information Clearing house estimates that in the 1990’s only 120,000 adoptions occurs each year in the U.S., and this figure includes the adoption of older children and babies from overseas. Compare this small figure with the 1.5 million annual U.S. abortions reported by the Guttmacher Institute. Many of our colleagues are on waiting lists now to adopt children, but they aren’t available. They’re being killed by abortion.
12) We don’t have the money to pay for handicapped children and sick children born prematurely.
It is simply untrue that Americans do not have the resources to care for sick babies. We spend more money per year on beer ($74 billion) and pet acquisition ($63 billion) than we do on pediatric care for children ($49 billion). We have the means, we just don’t have the will, because we’re a selfish nation.