On Oct. 8, Dan Josephson wrote an article against the Bascom Hill drawings that commemorated victims of abortion. The article states that, the value of an unborn fetus differs by one's personal and moral opinion."" This insinuates that somehow one life is more valuable than another. It's not up to us to decide who will live and who will die; whether unborn, partially born or fully born a living human being cannot be devalued.
The chalked slogan, ""Abortion stops one heart and breaks another,"" considers not only that abortion kills a child but also the affliction it causes the mother. In fact, post-abortive women show significantly higher rates of depression and suicide than other women.
We cannot forget those who are traumatized by rape or incest. As agonizing as that experience is, aborting the conceived child does not erase the horrendous act. Furthermore, if carrying a child for nine months is ""some sadistic form of punishment,"" what do we call murdering the innocent someone who is a part of you? The physical and emotional torture of an abortion is compounded with what the victim already experiences from rape or incest, and women should never be subjected to that.
The pro-life advocates had no mindset to be ""menacing,"" 'judging"" or ""close-minded."" They acted with care, sympathy and genuine respect for life, both for the unborn child and that of the grief-stricken mother.
Hear post-abortive women speak for themselves on Nov. 6 in B102 Van Vleck at 8:00 p.m.
- Bryna Mulcrone
UW-Madison Student
