Where is man’s say in abortion decision?

George Will in a recent column in The Herald seeks to find the elephant in the room. “A life that is human begins at conception. This life, with a distinctive genetic imprint, will reach adulthood…..” However, many today are self-enlightened, choosing to redefine life by imposing a party’s or person’s idea of “viability” upon the concept of life, and personhood is redefined by subjectively injecting personal persuasions of behavior and/or hormone problems redefining a subset of gender-realigned from normative mankind.

Man then vicariously redefines human rights by that redefinition imposed differentiation by their choice as if their rights were different than those of the majority; politicizing them and weaponizing them for their advantage of imposing them upon the majority.

So then Will says, “When, if ever, should personhood be ascribed to that life, with legal protections, regardless of women’s preference?”

Where is the man in this discussion? The right of access to abortion procedures should not be a singular elective, but a medically recommended procedure with life-saving issues paramount for both men and women and children. Life is of higher value to mankind than treating life as an option to be discarded for vain purposes. Planned Parenthood, tax-funded, is accountable for the termination of life of many would-be voters. One should be surprised that neither party has adopted the stand that “Life begins at conception.” That concept is the Gold Standard of humanity.

Samuel Bess

Stanwood

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