Many argue for the 'right to
choose' based on the assumption that freedom of choice - which
applies to shopping, who you marry and what career you pursue -
applies to all of life.
This of course is not the case.
First, because, for example, we
do not have the 'right to choose' whether we will pay taxes,
steal, set fire to our neighbour's house or car, and many other
behaviours. Secondly, because every right we own must be given
us by someone.
Why then do many believe we have
the 'right to choose' to kill? Some believe this about the
unborn because they do not know what abortion is and does.
(For
images of this child after abortion, search the web. They
are readily available.)
Yet it is vital to know because
the decision affects not only ourselves but the life of the other; the
creation of God whose life is at risk. Many don't want to know a) because
the reality of abortion is graphic and painful to know, and b) to know makes
us responsible for what we know.
