Can I say something? It's a baby
It's a baby. When a woman gets pregnant,
it's a baby growing inside her.
Not a clump of cells, a blob of tissue or a
product of conception.
It's a baby. A growing baby with a unique
DNA, bursting with life
growing an developing inside her
Why is abortion said to be a heart-wrenching decision?
It wouldn't be, if it was just a clump of cells or a blob of tissue
Maybe it's because it's a baby.
Some abortion activists have said
Abortion is just like getting your cavities filled.
A routine procedure, in and out and you're done, problem solved.
Why then do women suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder from it?
Why then are thousands of women still
scarred by it and it still talking about it?
Why then do woman regret doing it?
And why the whole organization set up to help women heal from it?
Maybe it's because it involves a baby
You see, it wouldn't be a problem it it were
just like getting your teeth fixed
No one's ever had to go to counseling after getting a root canal
maybe it's because abortion is not like
that at all
maybe it's because it's a baby that's
being cut up, killed
and vacuumed out of the mother
I've been pregnant four times and
given birth to four babies
When that pregnancy test turns positive i know it's a baby
And when I tell other people I'm pregnant, they know too
that's what the word "pregnant" means,
you're pregnant with child
We only have to deny it's a baby
when we want to do something unthinkable, something violent to the child
But that doesn't change what we're doing
And that doesn't change what the baby is
And that doesn't change whether it's
legal in America
or illegal in countries like the Philippines, Brazil, or Colombia
When laws change, reality doesn't
A baby doesn't morph into another species when someone decides she's not wanted
Slaves didn't stop being human with slavery was legal
And they didn't all of a sudden become human
when Abraham Lincoln declared their
freedom
They were human and they were people along
Likewise, whether abortion is legal or illegal, it's still a baby
Whether she is
wanted or unwanted, she's still a baby
So let's admit the obvious, call it for what it is
and start the conversation about abortion with one truth: it's a baby
it's one of those inconvenient truths
abortion activists don't like to admit
And we can see why. Because when it's a baby in there
It changes everything
