Pro Life or Anti Abortion?

I recently joined the Virtual March for Life owing to my inability to join the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Owing to the large event occurring today, I thought I would post something concerning the pro life movement in America.

It is easy to identify one's self with a movement without fully understanding the moral consequences. This can be seen in the pro life movement and the pro choice movement. These two opposing movements reveal how a moral issue can become more about politics than morality. Owing to my association with the pro life movement, I will look at how many pro life supporters have become corrupted in their thinking.

Sometimes I wonder if the pro life movement should be renamed the anti abortion movement. I say this because I have noticed that many who label themselves as pro life are limited in their respect for the sanctity of life. In many cases, the individual who decries the pro choice movement is calling for indiscriminate bombing of areas of the Middle East. Many of those who argue against the pro choice movement owing to its categorizing of what lives are worth saving commit the same fallacy with respect to warfare.

I am not arguing against "Just war," but it seems as though there is a double standard for many who consider themselves defenders of life. For example, I find it disturbing to hear someone attempt to justify the bombing of areas of the Middle East with high concentrations of civilians. Politically speaking, it is too easy for an individual to be against abortion, but in favor of killing innocent populations in a "the ends justify the means" type of fashion.

Those who support the pro life movement must come to an understanding of what defending life truly means. Unfortunately, some who consider themselves pro life are more anti abortion than pro life. To them the movement is more about supporting a political movement than upholding an objective moral standard that places value on human life, no matter the age or religion.

On this day of marching in support of the unborn, may the marchers examine their standards of morality. After all, it is hard to convince those on the other side that we defend life when some are calling for an end to abortion in America and, at the same time, supporting a 400,000+ square kilometer parking lot in the Middle East.