Knock your socks off statement by New York abortion provider Merle
Hoffman:
Chilling is a euphemism. Guilt-free Hoffman doesn’t deny that abortion
is murder. She just considers murder “an act of love.” (here)
Check the logic:
A: All abortion is: stopping a beating heart/terminating a life form.
B: All abortion is good.
Conclusion: Sometimes stopping a beating heart/terminating a life form is
good.
One small detail: the beating heart is an innocent baby’s and the life
form is human.
Therefore:
A: All abortion is the killing of an innocent person.
B: All abortion is good.
Conclusion: Sometimes it’s good to kill innocent people.
Unsettling? We do the same thing all the time. We’ve all peppered our
lives with things we knew were bad. The low end of the scale: “I shouldn’t have
eaten that chocolate cupcake. It was great, but I’m on a diet.” The high end of
the scale: the worst thing you ever did.
The problem isn’t the crime. That can be forgiven, made up for, or at
least bitterly mourned. The real problem is when we just keep going. Eventually
our guilt pines away, and with it our character. No guilt means no turning
back, especially when the stakes are high. Merle Hoffman is an extreme example
of our capacity to justify our actions. The evidence is there, clear as day. We
know exactly what we’re doing. But it’s not wrong anymore.
The antidote is honesty from the very start. Face up to the evidence, whether
it’s a just a chocolate cupcake, or the darkest most shameful secret of your
life. Be strong. Don’t be afraid to call things by their name while you still can. Guilt
hurts. That’s why it’s good for us: it can get us to the operating table.
I would rather survive through the worst of
operations than carry a silent tumor to my grave. Would you?
By Benjamin O'Loughlin
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