By Tom Klocek

The Democrats have vowed to keep abortion front and center during this election cycle. Their push for abortion is graphically evident at the Democratic National Convention by the grisly presence of a mobile abortuary provided by Planned Parenthood. They have virtually nothing else to run on. The record of the Biden-Harris administration has been constructed with one lie upon another, from inflation being only temporary to the strength of our military and economy (with its $35 trillion debt) to “slashing” the deficit to “the border is secure.”

Abortion hurts women and society, a characteristic of this administration, just like their attempted changes to Title IX hurt women.

Cardinal Dolan of New York has identified the Democrat Party as the “Party of Death.” In other words, it has made abortion the centerpiece of its policies, with some Democrats going so far as to say pro-lifers are not welcome in the party.

In order to support abortion, they need to keep the lies coming and obfuscate or deny the truth about life. They have even tried to claim biblical and religious support for their culture of death. This issue is about the dehumanization of life. In Europe and Canada, we have seen an increase not only in abortion (e.g., Ireland) but also euthanasia.

As for a biblical perspective, there are many references to being formed in the womb, but this one is pretty clear: “You knitted me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13) To support the tearing apart of this work of God in the womb is contrary to God’s will.

We are told that abortion means freedom, but that is a huge lie. Abortion enslaves the women who have them and is enslaving society. During the 2022 March for Life, I heard the witness of a woman who had been pressured to have an abortion in her youth. She listed the lies that she was told throughout the process of getting an abortion. Despite being told that she would recover and heal, she is still suffering. She cannot bear children, and she suffers the pain of no children, n0 grandchildren, and the loss of the love she failed to give — and as a result does not experience herself. This poor woman is still enslaved by that abortion. And she is not alone. Millions of women have similar stories.

Democrats also claim that killing an innocent child is an act of love. They won’t admit that 77% of the population believes that there should be some restrictions on abortion. They lie about the child itself, claiming that it is just a blob of cells, although science has repeatedly shown that we are talking about a distinct human child in the environment designed for him at that stage of life.

Democrats claim they are being denied “reproductive freedom.” Pro-lifers have nothing against reproductive freedom. What we object to is the careless, unabashed willingness to kill innocent human beings. Biological science shows that at fertilization, a new, unique human comes into being; a baby. News flash: Once a woman becomes pregnant, reproduction has already occurred.

Yet this travesty of killing our children and our future continues and even gets celebrated. It’s big money, and money means a lot to politicians, who use it to gain and remain in power.

People’s consciences need to be stimulated to do what’s right. Doing what’s right in the face of adversity is a virtue. Then again, the elites are bent on killing virtue, as it would make them face up to principles of humanity.

Among the abortion lies is that of torturing women with “forced childbirth.” Everyone (well, maybe not everyone) knows that the only form of birth control that works 100% of the time is abstinence from sex. All other forms of birth control have varying degrees of success. These women engaged in consensual sex (rape and incest account for less than 2% of pregnancies) and whatever birth control program they were on failed, and so they are now being “tortured” by being prohibited from killing this new, unique, distinct child they have conceived.

Democrats lie about the humanity of that child from the moment of conception. Bernard Nathanson, the founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), when he saw the child on an ultrasound (with less visual resolution than we have today), gave up his lucrative abortion practice and become an avid pro-life advocate. And one of the most dangerous lies is that the abortion pill is easy, painless, and effective. They continue to hide the number of women who have been harmed or even have died from taking this “medication.”

Another lie is that abortion is an act of love. How can murdering one’s baby be an act of love? An act of love would be to carry the baby to term (which is healthier for the mother than an abortion, and less dangerous) and give it up for adoption. Or, even greater, raise the baby yourself. Certainly this will involve sacrifice, but there is no sacrifice without love and there is no love without sacrifice. And most of those women who do so are happy with their child and with their choice, even victims of rape.

Yet there are a lot of people who call themselves Christians (and even Catholics) who not only believe that abortion is OK but avidly promote it. The Didache, a first-century Christian teaching document, prohibited abortion, as does the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

If you are truly following God, then you have to recognize that God is THE Creator. He created man in His image and likeness. Abortion is an act of destruction, not creation.

The only love in abortion is self-love to the exclusion of all else, meaning you hate everything that is not you, including God, essentially making yourself an idol.