Once again, the pro-choice movement has made
a public statement so tone deaf and ironic
that it’s hard to believe.
This time, it was a Father’s Day post on
Twitter by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
In the tweet, NARAL wrote: “Happy Father’s
Day to all the pro-choice dads out there!
Men for choice support equality and value
bodily autonomy – and that makes them great
role models!”
Oh, boy.
Where do I start?
Well, let’s think about what good fathers
do.
Good fathers always advocate for, provide
for, and protect their children, inside and
outside the womb.
Good fathers are always looking out for what
is best for their children, not what is best
for themselves.
And Father’s Day is a celebration of good
fathers and a day to challenge all fathers
to be good fathers.
So, in an attempt to celebrate Father’s
Day, NARAL singled out pro-choice dads by
wishing them, and only them, a Happy Father’s
Day, again assuming that these are good fathers
being celebrated.
But do the attitudes and beliefs of pro-choice
men really warrant such an outpouring of celebration?
One of the core beliefs of the pro-choice
movement is that it is always wrong to force
someone to be a parent.
So, if a pro-choice man gets a pro-choice
woman pregnant and she chooses to have an
abortion, he will presumably support that
decision, resulting in him not being a father—which
means he violated one of the key aspects of
being a good dad -- protect your child from
harm.
And if he gets a pro-choice woman pregnant,
who chooses to have the baby, but he doesn’t
want the baby or provide for the baby, and
it is wrong to force him to be a parent, then
he is choosing NOT to be a father even though
his child is born—again, violating one of
the aspects of being a good dad.
So far, this doesn’t sound like cause for
a Father’s Day celebration…
Now, if a pro-choice man gets a pro-life woman
pregnant and she has the baby, but again,
he doesn’t want the baby, he is once again
being forced to be a parent according to pro-choice
logic.
Therefore, he is saying no to fatherhood.
But even if he and the mother both want the
baby, he still has the attitude that if the
mother wanted to have an abortion, he would
support her decision, as any good pro-choice
man is supposed to do.
Sadly, this implies that he, unlike a good
father, is unwilling to advocate at all times
for the well-being of his child.
Again, I am not seeing much of a reason for
Father’s Day celebration of so-called pro-choice
dads, let alone singling them out for celebration
to the exclusion of pro-life dads.
Especially since pro-life dads are actually
the ones we should be celebrating.
One of the core beliefs of pro-life people
is that life begins at conception and therefore,
both fatherhood and motherhood both begin
at conception.
So, if a pro-life dad gets a pro-choice woman
pregnant and she decides to have an abortion,
guess what?
That pro-life dad still considers himself
a father.
He was looking out and advocating for the
well-being of his child, like good dads do.
And if a pro-life dad gets either a pro-life
or pro-choice woman pregnant and she decides
to keep the baby, a decision he of course
supports, not only is he a father to the child
inside the womb, but he will be a father to
that child upon its birth and beyond.
Now, call me crazy, but these seem like the
kinds of dads we should be wishing happy Father’s
Day to.
Regardless of the circumstances, they always
choose to be dads.
Pro-choice dads sometimes choose to be dads,
but always reserve the right to say no to
fatherhood.
Yet, NARAL in its tone deaf tweet makes it
a point to only wish a Happy Father’s Day
to pro-choice dads.
So, I am a pro-life dad—one who was actually
encouraged to support aborting my first son,
but I didn’t … and I don’t deserve a
happy Father’s Day wish…hmmm?
I guess scoring ideological points on Twitter
is more important than actually celebrating
a holiday in the way it’s intended to be
celebrated.
Either way, one of my favorite sayings is
that every day is Father’s Day when you’re
somebody’s dad, so, even though Father’s
Day has passed, I want to wish a Happy Father’s
Day to ALL the dads out there.
And may God bless you daily as you serve him
faithfully.
