The pro-choice position

WE have to be familiar with the so-called pro-choice

position that is now becoming the prevalent ideology affecting many

countries and especially the young ones, the so-called millennials. We

need to be familiar with it so that we can be better prepared to deal

with it, since it is now invading our own country. In fact, there is

now a strong foreign-funded pressure to instil this kind of liberal

pro-choice view on us.

  

            The pro-choice position, of course, refers to the

so-called life-issues, like abortion, population control, same-sex

marriage, divorce, euthanasia, etc. It has an eminently moral question

that we need to be clear about.

  

            We need to understand that there are moral principles that

derive from the very nature of things, and especially of our own. And

they have a universal applicability, going beyond our natural and

artificial differences in race, culture, religion and other

categories.

  

            In a nutshell, the pro-choice position can be expressed in

the following words as expressed by many of its advocates and

followers: “I am pro-choice, even if that means abortion. I am also

for same-sex unions, and I also support legalizing divorce. What

people want to do with their lives and their body should not be

controlled by other people’s religious beliefs.

  

            “If you do not want abortion, don’t get one. If you don’t

want to marry one of the same sex, by all means, don’t. Don’t divorce

if that’s what you prefer. But to take away other people’s choices

because you don’t agree with them is evil and wrong. The terrible

thing is that many people can only imagine a world where their

religion is absolute. What tyranny!”

  

            It’s incredible that this view can be held even by very

educated people, and people who are even products of Catholic schools

and other very prestigious centers of learning.

  

            At least two possibilities can explain this disturbing

phenomenon. One is that these schools are not anymore teaching morals

and are just focusing on technical things. And two, that the students

may be taught morals but are not internalizing them. Of course, there

are still many other possible explanations.

  

            With this pro-choice position, one is practically saying

that there are no absolute moral principles with a universal

applicability, that everyone is absolutely free to do whatever he

wants to do. In other words, one makes himself his own lawgiver, if

not his own god. He cannot be told and taught anything. He has to be

left alone. He can do anything he likes.

  

            It is amazing that many people with this position do not

realize that they are going against even the very basics of common

sense. We are never alone. We can never be alone. We have to live by

certain laws. We cannot escape the fact that we have to submit to

certain do’s and don’ts.

  

            Abortion is not about exercising the right over a woman’s

body. Whether one is a believer or not, abortion is simply killing a

human person. A fetus inside the mother’s womb is not just a clump of

cells. A fetus just cannot be but a baby.

   

            And the so-called same-sex marriage is a contradiction

since marriage can only be between a man and woman. It is not meant

only for good-time, for giving in to what our flesh desires. It is

meant for procreation, for education and upbringing of children and

family, and the good of society.

  

            Divorce simply goes against the very nature of marriage.

It is rejecting one’s commitment of love however the marriage may go.

The concerned parties in marriage promise “to have and to hold, from

this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in

sickness and in health, until death do us part”

   

            Let’s hope that families, churches, schools, offices and

the government units help in clarifying these moral life issues both

with clarity and charity always. Hardly anything is gained when we

start fighting.