Faithful American Christians need to look an ugly reality in the face: There are lots of people who are OK with murdering unborn babies. We have basically had a holocaust of the innocent in this nation. Millions of Americans cannot look that enormous sin in the face, so they deny what’s happening, whether through anger or disengaged ambivalence. Many of our neighbors think that killing a baby can make bad situations better. Allowing mothers to have doctors kill their own children is somehow contorted into the compassionate thing to do.
The highly-motivated see a need to “shout your abortion.” They exchange law and justice for maximized license and individualism. The rot had been growing, with generations of pro-abortionists pushing for legalization and maximal access, with a deeply sympathetic media establishment. It’s been many decades since the progressives kicked thoroughly orthodox Protestants out of society’s upper crust. The Holocaust horrified us enough to back away from certain excesses and reaffirm some kind of inherent worth of human life, but only for a little while. Any hopes of a strong foundation for social morals were tossed out with the religiously orthodox Protestants, their understanding of the commons, and their Biblical convictions. Progressives continue to champion abortion, especially since their supposed “constitutional right” has evaporated. The indignation of pro-abortionists helps explain some of the pendulum swing post-Dobbs, but not all of it.
Many others take on a posture of moral ambivalence. And this ambivalent populace strongly preferred the pre-Dobbs world. As one commentator noted, “People hate talking about this issue, let alone being asked to take a stand on it. They much prefer the status quo they became used to under Roe—the one that allowed them to wave their hands of any responsibility and place the burden of the decision on someone else.”
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St. Jude's Anglican Church
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