Sunday, 6 November 2011

AN OFFER

To all those who are 'pro-life' instead of 'pro-choice';*
Suppose a woman is walking home from church and a man grabs her and rapes her and then zips himself up and goes his merry way. She is traumatised and her husband gives her lots of love and support as does the rest of her family.
Suppose, when her rapist gets home he wakes up to what he has done and in his horror kills himself.
Then suppose the woman finds she has caught on. And she decides the best thing to do, her choice, is to have the foetus aborted. She feels nothing but disgust at the idea of getting rid of something that was put there against her will. She would rather die herself. Her husband and family are 100% behind her.
Suppose her husband and Mum escort her to the local clinic and as she gets out of the car and heads into the clinic you come running up to her begging her not to go through with it.
She shakes her head and gets back into the car and thinks about it for a minute and gets back out and says to you;
"OK, yes, I will exercise my choice and not get rid of the foetus if you are willing to come to a solicitor with me and provide the money and care needed to bring it to term and then after it's born take it and support it and see it's cared for till it attains it's majority. No 'go home and give us** a week to decide'. Decide now. If not, if you can't say 'yes' and put your money where your mouth is now, it's bye bye foetus."
What would you say, gentle pro-lifer?

*You know, I am pro-life. Sometimes, I astonish myself at how pro-life I am. My philosophy, which I live by, is that harming any living thing, even slugs and spiders is wrong unless my own life is in danger. But when it comes to a woman's body and what is growing therein I am pro-choice. That is choice. Not 'have an abortion or else' but, 'it's up to you and I support you no matter what'.
**I am, of course, using the word 'us' in the Lancashire way, which can mean 'me', as in; 'hey, give us a lend o' your pen'.