David Galinsky Health DOES ABORTION SANCTION EVIL? By Joseph Kellard from Capitalism Magazine/Feb.98 This interesting article written by Joseph Kellard is a pro-choice article that examines the issue of abortion from a moral perspective. He comments on the opinions of Christian Conservatives and compares their thinking to Adolph Hitlers feelings on abortion. Kellard points out the irony of anti-abortionists when they say that all life is precious, when they actually discount the life of the pregnant woman.
Conservative syndicated columnist, Cal Thomas is quoted as saying that abortions legalization is a goose-step toward Nazi concentration camps. He said that pro-abortionists are creating a culture of death, much like the Nazis did. He goes so far as blaming the violent acts of criminals on people who support abortion. Other conservative anti-abortionists call the legalization of abortion the American Holocaust. Kellard quoted Adolph Hitler in Mein Kampf, as saying I put an end to the idea that a womans body belongs to her…Nazi ideals demand that the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand. Hitler sentenced Aryan women who had abortions to hard labor after the first offense, and to death after the second offense.
Kellard goes on to say that Conservative Christian anti-abortionists have similar beliefs to Adolph Hitler. He actually feels that in some ways Hitler was more lenient because some anti-abortionists believe that a woman should be executed after her first abortion, not her second! Kellard believes that Hitler and anti-abortionists both deny individual autonomy and render people submissive. He goes on to criticize the idea that all life is precious, because in fact the womans life is not considered as important as the embryo or fetus. This makes a woman no more important than a farm cow, who is demanded to breed whenever she gets pregnant.
This is the way Nazi youth were trained. Finally, Kellard comments on the anti-abortionists idea of the legalization of abortion breeding a culture of death.He names the anti-abortionists, who kill pro-abortionists or bomb abortion clinics, as the ones to blame for giving murderers and terrorists emotional fuel. In this article, Joseph Kellard lists the common criticisms that anti-abortionists have against pro-abortionists. He takes each criticism and turns them around and points the same finger of disapproval against the anti-abortionists.
