PRO-LIFE OR PRO-CHOICE?
Last week’s episode of “30 Days” was about abortion, a very touchy topic no matter what side of the spectrum you happen to be on.
In this episode a pro-choice woman goes to live in a church-funded home where women can safely have their babies and live for as long as they need as long as they follow the founders conditions, which include (among other things) following their somewhat strict code of ethics, participating in chores and working on improving oneself.
This church organization is one of many similar pro-life organizations, which do not allow abortion under any circumstances, even if the woman was raped or the pregnancy threatens the mother’s health or life. Moreover, pro-life ministries and groups fight state to state to make abortion illegal. Some of their tactics are approaching people on the streets, giving out pamphlets about horrific effects of abortion and harassing people on the way to the abortion clinics.
Watching the struggles the pro-choice woman had to face day by day living in the ministry’s home, I came to realize that the preacher and his wife basically found a free set of servants to maintain their house and church. The women there didn’t quite have a choice about what they wanted to do or watch and how their day would progress if they wanted to stay in the home, e.g. they had to start each day with a prayer and be in their rooms by certain time each night. Furthermore, the women there receive a kind of one-sided treatment since they are required to watch videos abortion (in a very negative light) but not videos promoting maternal health and well-being.
The most shocking thing for me was learning that the abortion clinics are still attacked! The attacks and protests are number one contributor to the number of clinics drastically falling. It also forces the clinics to tighten their security, including armed guards.
Abortion is a sensitive topic for many people, no matter whether pro-choice or pro-life they happen to be, however this episode of “30 Days” made me realize one crucial thing about the ‘great’ United States of America: instead of going forward, the whole country seems to be going backward. Now, what would your founding fathers say about that?