Abortion is the law of the land. We may never see the Supreme Court reverse itself on its Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973. However, to make it safer and rarer, we can regulate it in a much better manner.
Few people know this, but most modern abortion methods were developed in the Nazi prison camps of the holocaust (according to Abortion and Social Justice, NY: Sheed & Ward, 1972). The documents explaining the methods were put under seal right after World War II along with most of the other captured documents and were not released en masse until the late 1960s. It may be no coincidence that the abortion industry started pushing so hard at this time for legalization. Many of these documents are still available through the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Based on principles found in many macro-economic textbooks, I believe that abortion started negatively affecting our economy about fifteen years after it was legalized by judicial fiat. How? By reducing our birth rate, we reduced the rate at which the economy could grow and reduced the number of young people able to take on the entry-level jobs and be consumers. This forced the government to turn its back on immigration laws (see Immigration). Donald Mann, President of NPG, said that “Macro economic growth requires a growing labor force so that GNP can increase constantly. A growing labor force is only possible if population grows, and population growth in the U.S. depends largely on massive immigration.” By reducing abortion rates, we can improve our economy without illegal immigration.
Late-term abortions are extremely dangerous and must be eliminated. This includes such practices as “partial-birth abortion”—inducing a dangerous breach birth, leaving the head within the birth canal, and destroying the baby’s brain with the medical equivalent of a pair of scissors—are barbaric by any standards. The one exception to late-term abortion should be when the mother’s health is endangered. Even then, the child can be often be delivered by caesarian section and saved anyway. The survivability rate of children born normally after 6-month terms is very high. Mid-term abortions should only take place to save the life of the mother, or in the case of rape or incest.
Abortions performed on minors must be with a parent’s consent. No other medical procedure is allowed without it. Why should this be any different? If complications result (and they do in as many as 25% of cases—see Abortion Complications for more information), the parent must know what is wrong so he or she can make informed decisions about medical care.
Planned Parenthood’s motto is “Every child a wanted child.” In practice, the result is “Every child a wanted child—if not, kill it.” So, what do we do with all the “unwanted” children? First, let’s attack the myth about unwanted children. With an increase in infertility rates here is the USA, there is a shortage of infants up for adoption. This has been true for the last twenty years and more. Many people are forced to go overseas in order to find babies. There are no unwanted infants. As far as the older children go, there are studies that show that “unwanted” children show no more deviance or problems later in life than “wanted” children. There remains the problem of abandoned and abused children. We need to change the laws to make them easier to adopt instead of forcing them into perpetual foster care. Furthermore, we must encourage families to adopt them and provide those families with support to handle the potential for emotional and behavioral problems caused by abuse. Click here for more information.
