Terrorism, Child Abuse, and Abortion

Relying on Fr. Frank Pavone for this note and having made similar remarks regarding starvation, slavery, and the Holocaust, if a political candidate told us he was in favor of terrorism and that he would do whatever it took to pass more laws favoring terrorism or, at least, block all laws against terrorism, we would not vote for him. If he or she went to a Planned Terrorism conference and spoke out in favor of terrorism, we would not vote for him or her. If he wanted to support a large business organization that made terrorism common and promoted it, providing terrorist services in the community, we would not vote for him, regardless of whatever else he or she might say. Why? Because we see something inherently wrong with terrorism.

Why, then, do we do so when it comes to abortion? Because some are blind to the violence of abortion and because a bit of a cover up is taking place, masking the violence in terms of something that sounds positive, i.e., women's healthcare, reproductive choice, reproductive rights, privacy, the right to choose, and the rest. It is essential that we keep in mind what abortion really is, for it is when we see it squarely that we realize how absurd it is to accept the sorts of politicians who are willing to compromise when it comes to other people's lives, though not typically their own.

A similar argument is present regarding pro-child abuse positions. Would we accept a candidate who was in favor of passing laws that promoted child abuse, made child abuse more common, made child abuse *legal*, etc.? Of course not. That is because there is something wrong with child abuse, just as there is something wrong with terrorism, starving other people on purpose, genocide, etc. The same is true of abortion. Abortion is a form of child abuse, ending in death, if successful. Abortion is a form of terrorism. It is a form of murder. It is a form of violence against an innocent human individual. It is all of these things, regardless of what we call it and how we try to mask it.