The Culture of Abortion

millennials4life
Jul 26, 2016
3 min read

When examining the horror of the modern holocaust of abortion, one must inevitably come to realise the troubling and even horrifying ramifications of a society that murders its most innocent: the unborn. There is a video circulating which asks college students on campus what they would think if he told them he was actually a woman. Most of them clearly assent and praise him as being brave and an inspiration. What connection does this have with abortion? In a culture of death, a culture that wholly rejects the beauty and sanctity of life, an absolute truth is impossible to defend because the greatest truth is being trampled and brushed under the rug. Prior to 1971 abortion was by and large illegal. The Atlantic calls the year “A public health triumph for women”, further perpetuating one of the great lies advocates of the pro-choice movement spread. Abortion is not and has never been a necessity of women's health care; pregnancy and motherhood are wonderful and natural things for a woman to have and aspire to. With the legalization and eventual mainstream acceptance of abortion, you can begin to usher in arguments that life is not sacred, and things in this world are purely mortal - Marriage is not a divine institution and can be changed and defined by man; the body you have does not “fit” you so it is okay to modify it to fit your delusions of gender; Sexual intimacy is not procreative in nature and thus should be exploited as often as possible for true liberation: all of these all-too-familiar mainstream beliefs can find their progeniture in the one common lie that life is not sacred from the moment of conception until natural death. Taking a look at America and the culture especially among the younger generations, you can see the extreme these beliefs have been taken. Women under 25 make up a staggering 49.8% of abortion recipients according to the CDC. It is this generation in which we also see the glorification of celebrities known for their sexual promiscuity, such as Kim Kardashian, and extra-ordinary rash of “Gender variance and dysphoria”. It is also in this generation we observe the phenomenon which is hookup culture. With the truths of sexual intimacy being intended for the confines of marriage, human sexuality being for the creation of new life, and sexual intimacy being selfless, systematically destroyed and undermined by proponents of abortion, this hookup culture has grown like a weed left unchecked. It has spread to nearly every college and high school campus, even trickling down into middle and grade school. Students are taught by peers that “whatever feels good is good” and “Sexual intercourse is a natural part of teenager-hood”. These bold claims would not be possible without the disassociation of marriage from sexuality by forcibly removing the effects of intercourse through abortion. Relationships among the young are by and large at an all time low because people have become disposable objects of pleasure. Serial dating and unrestrained physical intimacy (47% of U.S. High School students have had sex according to the CDC in 2013) have lead to short relationships and preparation for divorce, instead of loving and healthy relationships and building your companion up unselfishly.

The word liberation means to set free, and yet the cultural liberalization of America as a result of abortion has served only to make us slaves. Slaves to lies. Slaves to physical pleasure. Slaves to a demeaning view of our fellow humans as objects. Slaves to comfort. It's all too easy to have sex with someone for pleasure, but monumentally hard to stay with them after. As Americans and as human beings, we have to fight against the lie of abortion, and fight for the rights of the unborn and the sanctity of life. Pope Benedict XVI may have captured it best “You are not made for comfort, but for greatness”