As I wrote in the first installment of this series, an estimated 57 million preborn human beings have been killed in America in just the last 42 years. That’s roughly 1.3 million a year, 108,000 per month, 3,600 per day, or 2.5 human beings per minute.
Based on these astounding statistics, we can conclude there is no other victimized people group, race, religious class, or population that even comes close to those numbers.
There are more babies aborted in America every year than the number of U.S. soldiers who’ve lost their lives in every U.S. conflict from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror.
More black babies are aborted each week than the number of African Americans who were lynched in all of American history. If you are a black preborn baby in New York City today, you have a better chance of being aborted than born.
The so-called “leading cause of death in America” is heart disease (roughly 600,000 people a year), but abortion kills more than twice as many people.
In my last post, I introduced the idea of the Power Group and the Victim Group. First, the Power Group determines itself to be more valuable than the Victim Group, and then it decides to diminish and destroy the Victim Group.
If we look at discrimination through the lens of the Power Group’s attempts to dehumanize preborn humans, what can we determine? Have they successfully ignored, rejected, and mischaracterized this particular Victim Group and thereby distracted the populace from attributing value to it?
A recent Salon article chronicled the journey of an abortion clinic worker who, after participating in abortions, passionately confirmed her pro-abortion stance.
Abortion is fraught with so much negative sentiment, and in a sense, abortion is plucking a life from existence that has yet to have the opportunity to thrive. No one is claiming it’s pleasant. There is nothing black and white about abortion. It’s every shade of gray. But for us pro-choicers, the woman’s life trumps the embryo or fetus. That’s the bottom line. We place value on a woman’s ability to know what is best for her. It simply needs to be a safe and legal option. When I started at the clinic, all I saw was the individual moment of pain, but over the years I began to see a much richer portrait—women coming out the other side, relieved, even if it was simply a relief to have the procedure behind them. They could go back to their lives.
Seeing every side, the whole complicated and profound process, I came out more pro-choice than ever. I started to see it from a purely biological standpoint. We were removing an unwanted growth to preserve the woman’s chosen course.
The pro-abortion movement has brilliantly and deftly convinced many in the United States that preborn humans are no longer in the same class as the rest of us. And this article includes many of the abortion industry’s most effective marketing tactics:
- “There’s nothing black and white about abortion.”
This is a new tagline of the abortion industry. Abortion isn’t simple. It’s complex. It’s an individual choice made up of any number of circumstances that you and I can’t possibly understand. Anyone who thinks abortion is a black-and-white issue is simplistic and judgmental. The killing of a preborn child can’t be seen through such a definitive moral lens. So don’t even try.
- “The woman’s life trumps the embryo or fetus.”
The author uses the term “woman’s life” to elicit sympathy, but she is intentionally misleading us. She’s not referring to the life of the mother being threatened—she is referring to the mother’s choices being threatened.
The author won’t even stoop to call the child a child. Instead, she uses the clinical terms embryo and fetus to push the assertion that whomever is inside the mother’s womb isn’t human. Yes, she admits that he or she is a life, but she qualifies it by stating that this life “has yet to have the opportunity to thrive.” That phrase is a sneaky way of discriminating against the preborn child—the child is deemed worthless because he or she has yet to thrive. What a foolish, baseless way to qualify a human being.
This is blatant, evil discrimination that doesn’t even bother to disguise itself. A woman’s right to choose life or death for her child is more valuable than the life of the child. Choice trumps life.
This phrase also uncovers what I believe is the primary marketing push of the abortion industry—to make abortion all about the woman. This is a powerful method to dehumanize the child, because it ignores the existence of the child altogether. We can easily kill what we pretend doesn’t exist.
- “We were removing an unwanted growth to preserve the woman’s chosen course.”
Notice how the author once again completely rejects the fact that the preborn child is human. She relegates the child to a nonliving, subhuman “growth.”
Such brazen devaluation of human beings is now so commonplace that we accept it as truth—which was the objective of the abortion industry from the very beginning:
- Abortion is complex, so we must not take a black-and-white position. To do so is simplistic and judgmental.
- Abortion is solely about the mother. We don’t talk about, don’t think about, and don’t contemplate the other human life involved.
- Abortion is the removal of a biological problem. The preborn child is a growth, a tumor, or inanimate tissue.
Distract the populace from the act of killing innocents. Make abortion about women’s rights, women’s health, or protecting women’s choices. Convince the populace of the inhumanity of the Victim Group.
The abortion industry successfully persuades many of us to believe that because preborn people are small, not fully developed, and not viable outside the womb, then they aren’t fully human and they aren’t valuable. Those assertions aren’t true, of course, but they’ve been repeated so often that they’re now accepted as true.
Therefore, I challenge you to find any other people group who’s been ignored, rejected, mischaracterized, misrepresented, denied, or lied about more than preborn human beings.
Yes I do believe health care is an issue that needs to be addressed for pro-life issues. From the cradle to the grave should be the mantra. I think you are wearing some finely tinted rose colored glasses. The church takes care of squat when it comes to the issue.… Read more »
I have never met a person who is a compassionate pro-choice person be selective. I’ve seen atheists serve in soup kitchens and give to people on the street. I hear their cry for justice for all. They are humanists that can’t quite come to terms with the justifications of the… Read more »
A pro-abortion person is, by definition, selectively compassionate. They want to extend compassion to a mother and the option to extend death to the pre-born. One group gets compassion, the other group gets death. That is selectively compassionate. That doesn’t mean they are non-compassionate to all, which is why they… Read more »
Rebecca – I didn’t say healthcare didn’t need to be addressed – it said it wasn’t directly related to protecting the pre-born. The right to life is primary and is necessary in order to even debate rights related to healthcare. IOW, if someone doesn’t hold to universal healthcare, that doesn’t… Read more »
You say on one hand that you are “a former right winger”, yet on the other hand you say, “I do believe health care is an issue that needs to be addressed for pro-life issues. From the cradle to the grave should be the mantra.” Most conservatives do not think… Read more »
By the way, I believe people hate poor people not the unborn. Listen to today’s rhetoric. The bible tells us to not despise the poor, but we continue to do so. We blame them for their condition. We want the to suffer, to shame them and to make them swim… Read more »
Many people I know, who are pro-choice are deeply compassionate people, concerned about the born. Many of them are more interested in solutions for the human cause of suffering than I see in churches, which often apply a, just get saved and you will have everything you will need to… Read more »
Rebecca – I certainly agree than many abortion advocates are compassionate. They are, however, selectively compassionate. They care deeply only about certain classes of people. A genuine pro-life person believes in extending compassion to all classes. Though some churches have a simplistic view of the Gospel and its application to… Read more »
Abortions are blood sacrifice’s to the devil, let alone the slaughter of the innocent! Someone said (no one here) said the other day that we no longer worship Ba’al, nothing more need’s said but Wrong! *Yes, more Reborn needs to speak out for the unborn! The Reborn has super powers… Read more »
Abortion: the intentional destruction of a human being from conception to live birth. How complex is that? For other stages of human development it’s simply called murder. With the advent of Obamacare, we have become a nation that not only tolerates abortion but subsidizes it. Thanks Brian for stepping up… Read more »
Our original sin keeps popping up again and again: declaring our independence of our Creator God, and acting like we don’t need Him. Adam and Eve decided to judge whether what God had told them was right or wrong for them. Now some are choosing to accept or reject the… Read more »
Brian…i have one problem here..what is the church in america doing about all these!why is the church silent?
Some churches do quite a bit to protect innocent life, though the majority of churches are silent. I wrote a book about this topic and you can download it for free here. I’d love your thoughts.
God Bless Those Women Who Do Not Choose Abortion Because Their Physician Suggests It As A Convenience! My 42 year old daughter, just three months into a second pregnancy, received a horrible diagnosis from a physician that her unborn child was not developing properly, that the child’s brain development was… Read more »
Wonderful story and thank you for sharing with all of us!
There are two supernatural beings at work in the world, influencing mankind. God the author of life, and the Devil, the inventor of the lie. God preaches love, forgiveness, hope, and charity. He wants us to live with Him in Heaven forever. The devil foments war, strife, crime, privation, suffering,… Read more »
I use to hand out booties at abortion clinic in NC..One girl took a pair looking at them longingly and sadly so I asked her what made her decide to have abortion. She said her DR.told her to have it done because she had asthma, and would probably die during… Read more »
These people are sick. I believe life begins at conception. The development of the BABY starts with the sperm and the egg. At 8 weeks these precious little ones have feet and probably a beating heart. I don’t think I should be forced to pay for someone killing a baby,… Read more »
I really like this article Brian. I think you did an excellent job. Here is my little two cents. I think another reason they are hated so much is due to consent. While you can consent to the sex act, pregnancy happens whether you “consent” or not.If you look at… Read more »
Great comments, Dena. Please send me the article when you are finished as I’d like to read your further perspective on this.
The choice that terminates any person is inherently evil……”born or unborn.” This choice is based on ignorance and selfishness. When a person understands “genetic recombination” and the Laws of Genetics and learns that the fusion and genetic composition of a given sperm and ovum WILL NEVER OCCUR AGAIN IN ALL… Read more »
Brian thank you for sharing this article and thanks to everyone who shared their comments. We must not give up hope we must pray without ceasing as we ask God for His wisdom be revealed to our world to recognize the sin we are committing so that we would repent… Read more »
Amen. In fact I think we have great reason to be very optimistic. I believe we will see abortion become unthinkable and unavailable in our lifetimes, and God will answer our prayers to that end.
Another great article Brian! You have certainly put your finger on a lot of the fallacies that many have accepted, thus permitting abortion to continue. It is indeed pretty much of a silent holocaust which too many people have been hoodwinked into accepting. But the bottom line is that this… Read more »
Frank – absolutely correct. If you haven’t already checked it out, see http://www.deliverusfromabortion.com. The book details the spiritual nature of abortion and the church’s obligation to end it.
Indeed, the first & best line of defense against abortion (& everything else wrong in America today) should be the Church! Why? Because we are told clearly: 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn… Read more »
Fundalmently the problem is that the world has turned away from God and prayer.
With return to God all these things are answered.
We must work at presenting the love and truth of our Lord to people at all times and PRAY
And repent, yes indeed!
Excellent article, Brian. Language manipulation has been widely used in the past to justify multiple genocides (against the Black, the Jews, etc.). It is again used today to justify abortion exploiting the fact that many people are are easily misled with this tricks. Science and technology are helping us to… Read more »
Thanks, Cornelio, and excellent point.
I don’t think the pre-born are hated. I think their murder is tolerated because they have been rendered non-persons by the rhetoric of the Left, which hates God. Their murder, like other evils today, is tolerated because Americans have lost their faith in God. Too many of those who call… Read more »
I wrestled with the same thoughts when thinking through this article. Here’s my point – I don’t think we, as a nation, can render 60 million people in one group as non-persons without hating them. It would be hard to connect simple indifference to mass killings on an enormous scale.… Read more »
I thinka lot of the cause for the casual acceptance of abortion is that most of us have never seen one done. My first time seeing an actual aboution was viewing the “Here’s the Blood” video, courtesy of LiveAction.org. I don’t think anyone should be forced to see such images… Read more »
I also wrestled with the terminology of ‘hate’ for a little bit. Then it occurred to me that if I tell the world that I don’t support same-sex marriage, I will be reviled as a ‘hater’. I don’t hate gay people. But my lack of support for what they see… Read more »
Have you ever spoken to a woman who has has an abortion? Have you ever counciled a woman who is contemplating an abortion? Have you ever counciled a woman after her abortion? What gives you the right to judge these women? Have you walked in their shoes, felt the anguish… Read more »
Michelle – I’ve probably spoken with hundreds of such women. I also employ several of them at Human Coalition, whose primary work is to compassionately and lovingly work with women who are in those very crisis situations. Our ministry has rescued over 3,100 children and families from abortion by offering… Read more »
It is a great thing that you are, counciling those in such a situation. But I will ask you this: out of the hundreds you have spoken to, the thousands you saved, has any one person told you that they hate their unbaby? I am pretty sure they didn’t. Hating… Read more »
Michelle – You may want to re-read my articles. I mention that the hate is societal and cultural and parents of at-risk babies often do not express hatred towards their pre-born children. Rather the hatred in society permeates our understanding of pre-born babies and their value. Society has deemed pre-born… Read more »
Just today, I saw a video of a doctor explaining what they do with the remains of an unborn child. Plan Parent Hood is selling parts of the baby which they do for profit, This is illegal in selling parts of the child or any human being in America. This… Read more »
I’ve been watching the news and commented on this very story in an email that should come out today. Our country is aghast and acts so surprised. But should we be surprised? When we treat the pre-born as property to be disposed of, why would be horrified to know we… Read more »
Julieta, I agree with you that what Planned Parenthood does is evil. I must offer some gentle correction though. You said “money is the root of all evil”. That is false. The Bible tells us “the LOVE of money is the root of all evil”. Money is morally neutral. When… Read more »
So many people are saying they don’t hear of the pro-life argument in church but they are wrong. Here in England, and I’m sure it’s the case in the U.S. too, there is a massive movement in Roman Catholic churches to save the lives of unborn children. I am quite… Read more »
Thanks for the insightful comment. The church movement exists here, too, but it isn’t yet large enough to get the job done. The good news is its is growing. The population control argument is a false front but is inherent in Margaret Sanger’s original vision for her Planned Parenthood and… Read more »
Good article showing reality. Not only does this reckless disregard of life dishonor God and the child, it dishonors the person who gets the abortion. They hated their own flesh in essence. They viewed the product of their sensuality as unworthy of existing. Shame drives people deeper into shame until… Read more »
Dale – I think self-hate is tied into abortion also. Though, in many cases, the self-hate starts once the abortion is complete. A family makes a decision to abort because our culture (through its collective hatred of the pre-born) encourages and allows it. Once the parents abort, they are now… Read more »
She’s My Mom, Incidental Consequences, and Count The Roses are 3 songs that I have written that celebrate motherhood and even “inconvenient” pregnancies. They will be available on my new album before Christmas. I hope to help change the ugly, ungodly “molechian” attitude toward the unborn to a God-revering and… Read more »
Please, everyone, keep praying for all the members of this World.
Abortion doesn’t have to happen in a clinic, you can get one in a box with Plan B, Ella, Take Action…some are available over the counter and ready to be just checked out and used without medical supervision. We as a nation need to come back to a culture where… Read more »
Very true, Barbara – both surgical and medical abortions are evil practices that need to be stopped.
How can our Nation ever survive this halocoust of murdering our innocent unborn minute after minute.Roe v Wade was the beginning of the end for this Nation. May God have mercy on us.
Indeed, national repentance is the first step towards stopping the holocaust and returning to a culture that values all human life.
Great article! If a baby is not safe in the mothers womb, then, who is safe? ALL lives MATTER, unborn, young, old, able and disable.
Exactly! All life is precious.
satan has plenty of people who are rushing to do his bidding, and what better way than to kill anyone who would be a threat to his kingdom beforebirth. Still, it is a LOVE CALLING FOR CHRIST to reach even these with the LOVE OF CHRIST, For while we were… Read more »
Without question you are correct, Lorenia. While we work tireless to rescue babies and families from abortion and dismantle institutions that provide abortions, we must also pray for abortion clinics workers.
I think it’s a misnomer to say the “most hated.” It’s more adequate, in at least my opinion, to say the most indifferently unwanted, but not hated.
Though I want to agree with you, a nation doesn’t kill almost 60 million of its own because we are indifferent. There has to be a much deeper emotion to account for the bloodshed, and hatred is the only one that explains it. Not every individual hates them, of course,… Read more »
“They will hate you because they hated me first.” I believe that a case could be made for Brian’s position, however outrageous it may sound. The hatred of the unborn is not evident in itself…the suppression of outward hatred toward those being killed is a coping mechanism. However, if we… Read more »
Excellent point! I don’t think we see the normal expressions of hatred towards the pre-born as we normally would see towards other groups. I think it is hidden, cloaked in marketing, and, to your point, transferred to other groups attempting to protect the pre-born.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Those assertions aren’t true, of course, but they’ve been repeated so often that they’re now accepted as true. The Nazis redefined words, too. Killing Jews became “Die Endloesung der Judenfrage”. “The final solution to the Jewish question”. Sounds like something a brilliant and benevolent scientist would come up with, huh?… Read more »
Michael – very true. That’s why we must use words and facts carefully and accurately.
God said I knew the in the womb. The only saving grace to the mess of stupidity is that they belong to the Lord and are with him in glory.
Great wisdom. Breaks my heart I don’t hear this in churches, schools, Congress, block parties etc etc
Great article Brian. It’s hard to read comments by abortion worker and to understand we are surrounded by such heartless, unfeeling, unrepentant people in our society. I am reading Brian’s book Deliver Us From Abortion: Awakening The Church to End the Killing of America’s Children. And I can highly recommend… Read more »
Thanks Becky. I saw a great tweet yesterday (I forget who wrote it) that said, “It’s time for the reborn to care about the unborn.” Perhaps the time is coming when this will be true en masse!
It’s time for the reborn to care about the preborn – Divinely inspired! I will quote this. As a “reborn,” I will help rescue a “preborn.” I was feeling discouraged and reading your article encourages me to continue my pro-life actions. Thank you. God bless you.
Barbara – I do hope you are encouraged. Despite the events of this week, those of us who love justice and want protection for all innocent human beings should be very optimistic. I believe we will see abortion ended in our lifetimes if we all work together to end it.… Read more »