As I considered the horrific late-term abortion laws being promulgated in New York and Virginia of late, my brain, always a bit unruly and recalcitrant, took a detour. It had been my desire to write a column on those laws and why they are so very wrong, but my thoughts instead bent to the overall arguments for and against abortion and what the eventual outcome is likely to be.
In short, I believe that at some point, the pro-life position is likely to win.
Pastor Bo WagnerI know that many of my fellow Christians may scoff at that notion, rightly pointing out that sinful mankind is not exactly getting any better as the generations go by. But sinful mankind was not getting any better during the slavery years either, and that evil was finally overcome as well.
The reason that I believe the pro-life position will win is that, when people finally view some of the main pro and con arguments side by side, one side will be seen as right and the other as simply unconscionable.
The first argument to consider is what I call the “I versus others” argument. The very foundational argument of the pro-choice side is, “It’s my body; I can do what I want to with it.” The response from the pro-life side is, “It’s a baby; you have no right to kill it.” The pro-choice side, therefore, takes the “I” position, while the pro-life side takes the “others” position. One side comes across as selfish, the other as selfless. I vividly remember the first time I heard those two sides expressed and how much it reminded me of the historical arguments for and against slavery: “It’s my property” versus “He’s a human being.”