BROOKEN ARROWS

BY: Dave Daubenmire

April 30, 2009

“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”

Psalm 127

Americans had better start having babies and we better start having them fast. The “battle for the culture” is in danger of being lost for lack of ammunition. Apart from absolute Truth, the greatest weapon or asset any civilization will ever have is children. They are the guarantor of our American heritage.

But somewhere along the line, children became a commodity, a luxury if you will, similar to a plasma TV, or a hot tub. Instead of appreciating them as a gift from God, (the first purpose of our existence was to “be fruitful and multiply”) we have treated them as a burden. When President Obama referred to his potential future grandchildren as “punishment” he was merely reflecting the humanistic view that children were not really “an heritage of the Lord,” but rather a burden to be borne as a duty to marriage.

We have become so hedonistic in America…not so much in an intentionally sinful way…but in a selfish, humanistic way so prevalent in our society. We have become what Paul warned us about in II Timothy “lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.” Next to salvation, God’s greatest gift to us is the ability to procreate, to replicate the image of God through our children who will, in turn, “speak with the enemies in the gate.” Our children are the weapon God has given us to “replenish and subdue the earth.”

We love to blame all of America’s problems on the liberals, the Democrats, the homosexuals, or if that fails, the Devil. Blaming someone else makes us feel better. We learned that one from Adam, “The woman YOU gave me…” Let me help us all out here. For the most part our problems are self-generated, “those who oppose themselves” Paul called us. Our rejection of Truth has led to the multiplicity of moral issues we face today and the abandonment of our children by God.

Come on now, you can handle the Truth; we have turned marriage into the legal means by which adults can enjoy sex. God created marriage for the production of arrows. Remove the potential for conception and the marriage bed becomes nothing more than a playpen where fleshly urges can be satisfied. God created sex; He created it to be enjoyed in the marriage bed, but His obvious purpose was procreation, not pleasure. Biblically, marriage legalizes sex. Sex, without the possibility of conception, makes the act pleasure-driven and hedonistic. Pleasure is a wonderful gift of the sexual union but not the exclusive or sole purpose for it. I believe God made the sexual union pleasurable so that a couple would bond together, stay together, and produce many children.

Homosexuals cannot reproduce and neither can women on “the Pill.” If the purpose of marriage is to legitimize sex, then why shouldn’t “sodomite marriage” be legal? Sexual intercourse is about reproduction, not merely copulation. Neither homosexuals nor women on the Pill are capable of being fruitful and multiplying.

In the past couple of months I have had several discussions with our recently married daughter and son-in-law. I have been encouraging them to start a family. My advice flies in the face of all the conventional wisdom that these two wonderful, Christian, college graduates have been taught. What is the message that the ‘enlightened” world of education has been spreading?

Wait. Wait until you are financially secure. Wait until you own a home. Wait until you can afford them. Wait until you are sure the marriage will last. Wait until you know each other better. Wait until you have lived a little. Plan your family. Be responsible. Wait…
The Lord says multiply; the world says wait. The Lord says children are a blessing, the president says they are punishment, and the secular world says they are a burden on society and even to the earth! The Lord says a man is blessed when his quiver is full; the world says no more than two. The fruit of marriage should transform the world but worldly philosophies and vain deceit has destroyed the marriage fruit.

We have bought the lie that God will not provide for the blessings He bequeaths. We look accusingly at those with large families, laughing at their trading of material possessions for more kiddos. Because we have “rejected life” our culture is dying.
• It takes a fertility rate of 2.11 children per family to maintain a culture.
• No culture has ever reversed the decline once it reached 1.9.
• A rate of 1.3 is impossible to reverse.
• As population decreases so does the cultural influence.
Europe is on her last breath. As of 2007 the European fertility rate was 1.38. France has a rate of 1.8, England 1.6, Greece 1.3, Germany 1.3, Italy 1.2 and Spain 1.1. These numbers are IMPOSSIBLE to reverse. European culture is toast.
But Europe’s population is NOT decreasing, thanks to immigration. But consider this: 90% of all European immigration since 1990 is Islamic.

The Islamic fertility rate in France is 8.1. Thirty percent of those under age 20 are Islamic. In southern France there are now more mosques than churches. In 39 years France will be an Islamic Republic. Well, with that high Islamic population, I doubt it would continue as a Republic!

In the last 30 years the Muslim population of Great Britain has increased from 82,000 to 2.5 million! A thirty-fold increase! There are over 1,000 mosques in that nation.

In the Netherlands, 50% of all newborns are Muslim and in 15 years half of the population will be Islamic. Russia’s Muslim population is now 23 million. One in five Russians is a Muslim. In just a few years 40 % of the Russian army will be Muslim.

The Belgian government has estimated that by 2025 one third of all European families will be Muslim….a mere 17 years away. The German government estimates that there are currently 52 million Muslims in Europe and that the population will double to 104 million in 20 years.

Closer to home, Canada’s fertility rate is 1.6 (remember 2.11 is required). Between 2001-2006 Canada’s population increased by 1.6 million; 1.2 million of which was through immigration. Muslims are the fastest growing population in Canada.
In “Christian” America, the fertility rate is 1.6. Because of Latino immigration, our fertility rate rises to the breaking point of 2.11. In 1970 there were 100,000 Muslims in America. Today, there are 9 million! Islamic sources estimate that by 2040 there will be 50 million Muslims living in America.

As mathematicians love to say, the numbers don’t lie. A few weeks ago President Obama declared that America is not at war with Islam. If anyone gets the chance to speak with him, perhaps you could ask him this question for me: “Is Islam at war with America?”

It turns out that while Americans were laughing at the primitive culture that Islam produced, the joke was ultimately on us. While we drove Pontiacs and took birth control, the Muslims rode camels and had babies. Their “choice” preserved their culture. America’s “choice” has killed ours. We have aborted more than 50 million arrows.

Want to get booed out of your church? Start preaching against birth control. It flies in the face of the prosperity gospel. Children ARE prosperity. We have not valued the birth right. Our pulpits have been complicit in the de-population of Christianity.

Momar Kadafi is reported to have said, “There are signs that Allah will grant victory to Islam in Europe without swords, without guns, without conquest. We don’t need terrorists, we don’t need homicide bombers. The 50 million Muslims will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.”

Our nation is under an invasion and there is no one standing at the gate with whom they must speak. We must encourage Christian couples to start having babies. The future of our nation depends on them. At some point, as the war intensifies, Christians will reach for arrows to shoot at the enemy. What will we do when we find our quiver is empty?

SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwzjWRMDpqg

THE STATEMENTS OF THE PRO ABORTIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ANTI LIFE CULTURE

WITH THE ANSWERS FROM THE PRO LIFE MOVEMENT AND WORD OF GOD.

PART ONE: ARGUMENTS CONCERNING LIFE, HUMANITY, AND PERSONHOOD

1. "It is uncertain when human life begins; that's a religious question

that cannot be answered by science."

1a. If there is uncertainty about when human life begins, the benefit of

the doubt should go to preserving life.

1b. Medical textbooks and scientific reference works consistently agree

that human life begins at conception.

1c. Some of the world's most prominent scientists and physicians testified

to a U.S. Senate committee that human life begins at conception.

1d. Many other prominent scientists and physicians have likewise affirmed

with certainty that human life begins at conception.

1e. The possibility of human cloning does nothing to discredit the fact

that all humans conceived in the conventional manner began their lives at

conception.

2. "The fetus is just a part of the pregnant woman's body, like her

tonsils or appendix. You can't seriously believe a frozen embryo is an

actual person."

2a. A body part is defined by the common genetic code it shares with the

rest of its body; the unborn's genetic code differs from his mother's.

2b. The child may die and the mother live, or the mother may die and the

child live, proving they are two separate individuals.

2c. The unborn child takes an active role in his own development,

controlling the course of the pregnancy and the time of birth.

2d. Being inside something is not the same as being part of something.

2e. Human beings should not be discriminated against because of their

place of residence.

2f. There is substantial scientific reason to believe frozen embryos are

persons, and should be granted the same rights as older, larger and less

vulnerable persons.

3. "The unborn is an embryo or a fetus-just a simple blob of tissue, a

product of conception-not a baby. Abortion is terminating a pregnancy, not

killing a child."

3a. Like toddler and adolescent, the terms embryo and fetus do not refer

to nonhumans, but to humans at particular stages of development.

3b. Semantics affect perceptions, but they do not change realities; a baby

is a baby no matter what we call her.

3c. From the moment of conception, the unborn is not simple but very

complex.

3d. Prior to the first trimester, the unborn already has every body part

she will ever have.

3e. Every abortion stops a beating heart and terminates measurable brain

waves.

3f. Even in the earliest surgical abortions, the unborn child is clearly

human in appearance.

3g. Even before the unborn is obviously human in appearance, she is what

she is-a human being.

3h. No matter how much better it sounds, "terminating a pregnancy" is

still terminating a life.

4. "The fetus may be alive, but so are eggs and sperm. The fetus is a

potential human being, not an actual one; it's like a blueprint not a

house, an acorn not an oak tree."

4a. The ovum and sperm are each a product of another's body; unlike the

fertilized egg, neither is an independent entity.

4b. The physical remains after an abortion indicate the end not of a

potential life but of an actual life.

4c. Something nonhuman does not become human by getting older and bigger;

whatever is human must be human from the beginning.

4d. Comparing preborns and adults to acorns and oaks is dehumanizing and

misleading.

4e. Even if the analogy were valid, scientifically speaking an acorn is

simply a little oak tree, just as an embryo is a little person.

5. "The unborn isn't a person, with meaningful life. It's only inches in

size, and can't even think; it's less advanced than an animal, and anyway,

who says people have a greater right to live than animals?"

5a. Personhood is properly defined by membership in the human species, not

by stage of development within that species.

5b. Personhood is not a matter of size, skill, or degree of intelligence.

5c. The unborn's status should be determined on an objective basis, not on

subjective or self-serving definitions of personhood.

5d. It is a scientific fact that there are thought processes at work in

unborn babies.

5e. If the unborn's value can be compared to that of an animal, there is

no reason not to also compare the value of born people to animals.

5f. Even if someone believes people are no better than animals, why would

they abhor the killing of young animals, while advocating the killing of

young children?

5g. It is dangerous when people in power are free to determine whether

other, less powerful lives are meaningful.

5h. Arguments against the personhood of the unborn are shrouded in

rationalization and denial.

6. "A fetus isn't a person until implantation or until quickening or

viability or when it first breathes."

6a. Implantation is a gauge of personhood only if location, nutrition, and

interfacing with others makes us human.

6b. Quickening is a gauge of personhood only if someone's reality or value

is dependent upon being noticed by another.

6c. Viability is an arbitrary concept. Why not associate personhood with

heartbeat, brain waves, or something else?

6d. The point of viability changes because it depends on technology, not

the unborn herself. Eventually babies may be viable from the point of

conception.

6e. In a broad sense, many born people are not viable because they are

incapable of surviving without depending on others.

6f. A child's "breathing," her intake of oxygen, begins long before birth.  

6g. Someone's helplessness or dependency should motivate us to protect

her, not to destroy her.

7. "Obviously life begins at birth. That's why we celebrate birthdays, not

conception days, and why we don't have funerals following miscarriages."

a. Our recognition of birthdays is cultural, not scientific.

7b. Some people do have funerals after a miscarriage.

7c. Funerals are an expression of our subjective attachment to those who

have died, not a measurement of their true worth.

7d. There is nothing about birth that makes a baby essentially different

than he was before birth.

8. "No one can really know that human life begins before birth."

8a. Children know that human life begins before birth.

8b. Pregnant women know that human life begins before birth.

8c. Doctors know that human life begins before birth.

8d. Abortionists know that human life begins before birth.

8e. Feminists know that human life begins before birth.

8f. Society knows that human life begins before birth.

8g. The media know that human life begins before birth.

8h. Prochoice advocates know that human life begins before birth.

8i. If we can't know that human life begins before birth, how can we know

whether it begins at birth or later?

PART TWO: ARGUMENTS CONCERNING RIGHTS AND FAIRNESS

9. "Even if the unborn are human beings, they have fewer rights than the

woman. No one should be expected to donate her body as a life support

system for someone else."

9a. Once we grant that the unborn are human beings, it should settle the

question of their right to live.

9b. The right to live doesn't increase with age and size, otherwise

toddlers and adolescents have less right to live than adults.

9c. The comparison between baby's rights and mother's rights is unequal.

What is at stake in abortion is the mother's lifestyle, as opposed to the

baby's life.

9d. It is reasonable for society to expect an adult to live temporarily

with an inconvenience if the only alternative is killing a child.

10. "Every person has the right to choose. It would be unfair to restrict

a woman's choice by prohibiting abortion."

10a. Any civilized society restricts the individual's freedom to choose

whenever that choice would harm an innocent person.

10b. "Freedom to choose" is too vague for meaningful discussion; we must

always ask, "Freedom to choose what?"

10c. People who are pro-choice about abortion are often not pro-choice about

other issues with less at stake.

10d. The one-time choice of abortion robs someone else of a lifetime of

choices and prevents him from ever exercising his rights.

10e. Everyone is pro-choice when it comes to the choices prior to pregnancy

and after birth.

10f. Nearly all violations of human rights have been defended on the

grounds of the right to choose.

11. "Every woman should have control over her own body. Reproductive

freedom is a basic right."

11a. Abortion assures that 650,000 females each year do not have control

over their bodies.

11b. Not all things done with a person's body are right, nor should they

all be legally protected.

11c. Pro-lifers consistently affirm true reproductive rights.

11d. Even pro-choicers must acknowledge that the "right to control one's

body" argument has no validity if the unborn is a human being.

11e. Too often "the right to control my life" becomes the right to hurt

and oppress others for my own advantage.

11f. Control over the body can be exercised to prevent pregnancy in the

first place.

11g. It is demeaning to a woman's body and self-esteem to regard pregnancy

as an unnatural, negative, and "out of control" condition.

12. "Abortion is a decision between a woman and her doctor. It's no one

else's business. Everyone has a constitutional right to privacy."

12a. The Constitution does not contain a right to privacy.

12b. Privacy is never an absolute right, but is always governed by other

rights.

12c. The encouragement or assistance of a doctor does not change the

nature, consequences, or morality of abortion.

12d. The father of the child is also responsible for the child and should

have a part in this decision.

12e. The father will often face serious grief and guilt as a result of

abortion. Since his life will be significantly affected, shouldn't he have

something to say about it?

13. "It's unfair for an unmarried woman to have to face the embarrassment

of pregnancy or the pain of giving up a child for adoption."

13a. Pregnancy is not a sin. Society should not condemn and pressure an

unmarried mother into abortion, but should help and support her.

13b. The poor choice of premarital sex is never compensated for by the far

worse choice of killing an innocent human being.

13c. One person's unfair or embarrassing circumstances do not justify

violating the rights of another person.

13d. Adoption is a fine alternative that avoids the burden of child

raising, while saving a life and making a family happy; it is tragic that

adoption is so infrequently chosen as an alternative to abortion.

13e. The reason that adoption may be painful is the same reason that

abortion is wrong-a human life is involved.

14. "Abortion rights are fundamental for the advancement of women. They

are essential to having equal rights with men."

14a. Early feminists were pro-life, not pro-choice.

14b. Some active feminists still vigorously oppose abortion.

14c. Women's rights are not inherently linked to the right to abortion.

14d. The basic premises of the abortion-rights movement are demeaning to

women.

14e. Many of the assumptions that connect women's welfare with abortion,

the Pill and free sex have proven faulty.

14f. Some of the abortion-rights strategies assume female incompetence and

subject women to ignorance and exploitation.

14g. Abortion has become the most effective means of sexism ever devised,

ridding the world of multitudes of unwanted females.

15. "The circumstances of many women leave them no choice but to have an

abortion."

15a. Saying they have no choice is not being pro-choice, but pro-abortion.

15b. Those who are truly pro-choice must present a woman with a number of

possible choices, rather than just selling the choice of abortion.

15c. "Abortion or misery" is a false portrayal of the options; it keeps

women from pursuing-and society from providing-positive alternatives.

16. "I'm personally against abortion, but I'm still prochoice. It's a

legal alternative and we don't have the right to keep it from anyone.

Everyone's free to believe what they want, but we shouldn't try to impose

it on others."

16a. To be pro-choice about abortion is to be pro-abortion.

16b. The only good reason for being personally against abortion is a

reason that demands we be against other people choosing to have abortions.

16c. What is legal is not always right.

16d. How can we tell people they are perfectly free to believe abortion is

the killing of children, but they are not free to act as if what they

believe is really true?

PART THREE: ARGUMENTS CONCERNING SOCIAL ISSUES

17. "'Every child a wanted child.' It's unfair to children to bring them

into a world where they're not wanted."

17a. Every child is wanted by someone-there is no such thing as an

unwanted child.

17b. There is a difference between an unwanted pregnancy and an unwanted

child.

17c. "Unwanted" describes not a condition of the child but an attitude of

adults.

17d. The problem of unwantedness is a poor argument for eliminating them.

17e. What is most unfair to "unwanted" children is to kill them.

18. "Having more unwanted children results in more child abuse."

18a. Most abused children were wanted by their parents.

18b. Child abuse has not decreased since abortion was legalized, but has

dramatically increased.

18c. If children are viewed as expendable before birth, they will be

viewed as expendable after birth.

18d. It is illogical to argue a child is protected from abuse through

abortion since abortion is child abuse.

19. "Restricting abortion would be unfair to the poor and minorities, who

need it most."

19a. It is not unfair for some people to have less opportunity than others

to kill the innocent.

19b. The rich and white, not the poor and minorities, are most committed

to unrestricted abortion.

19c. Prochoice advocates want the poor and minorities to have abortions,

but oppose requirements that abortion risks and alternatives be explained

to them.

19d. Planned Parenthood's abortion advocacy was rooted in the eugenics

movement and its bias against the mentally and physically handicapped and

minorities.

20. "Abortion helps solve the problem of overpopulation and raises the

quality of life."

20a. The current birth rate in America is less than what is needed to

maintain our population level.

20b. The dramatic decline in our birth rate will have a disturbing

economic effect on America.

20c. Overpopulation is frequently blamed for problems with other causes.

20d. If there is a population problem that threatens our standard of

living, the solution is not to kill off part of the population.

20e. Sterilization and abortion as cures to overpopulation could

eventually lead to mandatory sterilization and abortion.

20f. The "quality of life" concept is breeding a sense of human

expendability that has far-reaching social implications.

21. "Even if abortion were made illegal, there would still be many

abortions."

21a. That harmful acts against the innocent will take place regardless of

the law is a poor argument for having no law.

21b. The law can guide and educate people to choose better alternatives.

21c. History shows that laws concerning abortion have significantly

influenced whether women choose to have abortions.

22. "The anti-abortion beliefs of the minority shouldn't be imposed on the

majority."

22a. Major polls clearly indicate it is a majority, not a minority, who

believe there should be greater restrictions on abortion.

22b. Many people's apparent agreement with abortion law stems from their

ignorance of what the law really is.

22c. Beliefs that abortion should be restricted are embraced by a majority

in each major political party.

22d. In 1973 the Supreme Court imposed a minority morality on the nation,

ignoring the votes of citizens and the decisions of state legislatures.

23. "The anti-abortion position is a religious belief that threatens the

vital separation of church and state."

23a. Many nonreligious people believe that abortion kills children and

that it is wrong.

23b. Morality must not be rejected just because it is supported by

religion.

23c. America was founded on a moral base dependent upon principles of the

Bible and the Christian religion.

23d. Laws related to church and state were intended to assure freedom for

religion, not freedom from religion.

23e. Religion's waning influence on our society directly accounts for the

moral deterioration threatening our future.

PART FOUR: ARGUMENTS CONCERNING HEALTH AND SAFETY

24. "If abortion is made illegal, tens of thousands of women will again

die from back-alley and clothes-hanger abortions."

24a. For decades prior to its legalization, 90 percent of abortions were

done by physicians in their offices, not in back alleys.

24b. It is not true that tens of thousands of women were dying from

illegal abortions before abortion was legalized.

24c. The history of abortion in Poland invalidates claims that making

abortion illegal would bring harm to women.

24d. Women still die from legal abortions in America.

24e. If abortion became illegal, abortions would be done with medical

equipment, not clothes hangers.

24f. We must not legalize procedures that kill the innocent just to make

the killing process less hazardous.

24g. The central horror of illegal abortion remains the central horror of

legal abortion.

25. "Abortion is a safe medical procedure, safer than full-term pregnancy

and childbirth."

25a. Abortion is not safer than full-term pregnancy and childbirth.

25b. Though the chances of a woman's safe abortion are now greater, the

number of suffering women is also greater because of the huge increase in

abortions.

25c. Even if abortion were safer for the mother than childbirth, it would

still remain fatal for the innocent child.

25d. Abortion can produce many serious medical problems.

25e. Abortion significantly raises the rate of breast cancer.

25f. The statistics on abortion complications and risks are often

understated due to the inadequate means of gathering data.

25g. The true risks of abortion are rarely explained to women by those who

perform abortions.

26. "Abortion is an easy and painless procedure."

26a. The various abortion procedures are often both difficult and painful

for women.

26b. Abortion is often difficult and painful for fathers, grandparents,

and siblings of the aborted child.

26c. Abortion is often difficult and painful for clinic workers.

26d. Abortion is difficult and painful for the unborn child.

26e. Even if abortion were made easy or painless for everyone, it wouldn't

change the bottom-line problem that abortion kills children.

27. "Abortion relieves women of stress and responsibility, and thereby

enhances their psychological well-being."

27a. Research demonstrates abortion's adverse psychological effects on

women.

27b. The many post-abortion therapy and support groups testify to the

reality of abortion's potentially harmful psychological effects.

27c. The suicide rate is significantly higher among women who have had

abortions than among those who haven't.

27d. Postabortion syndrome is a diagnosable psychological affliction.

27e. Many professional studies document the reality of abortion's adverse

psychological consequences on a large number of women.

27f. Abortion can produce both short and longer term psychological damage,

especially a sense of personal guilt.

27g. Most women have not been warned about and are completely unprepared

for the psychological consequences of abortion.

28. "Abortion providers are respected medical professionals working in the

woman's best interests."

28a. Abortion clinics do not have to maintain the high standards of

health, safety, and professionalism required of hospitals.

28b. Many clinics are in the abortion industry because of the vast amounts

of money involved.

28c. Clinic workers commonly prey on fear, pain, and confusion to

manipulate women into getting abortions.

28d. Clinic workers regularly mislead or deceive women about the nature

and development of their babies.

28e. Abortionists engage in acts so offensive to the public that most

media outlets refuse to describe them even in the abortionist's own words.

28f. Abortionists, feminists, the past president of the United States and

many congressmen have defended partial-birth abortion, one of the most

chilling medical atrocities in human history.

28g. Abortion clinics often exploit the feminist connection, making it

appear their motive is to stand up for women.

28h. Doctors doing abortions violate the fundamental creeds of the medical

profession.

PART FIVE: ARGUMENTS CONCERNING THE HARD CASES

29. "What about a woman whose life is threatened by pregnancy or

childbirth?"

29a. It is an extremely rare case when abortion is required to save the

mother's life.

29b. When two lives are threatened and only one can be saved, doctors must

always save that life.

29c. Abortion for the mother's life and abortion for the mother's health

are usually not the same issue.

29d. Indirect Abortion to save the mother's life was legal before convenience

abortion was legalized, and would continue to be if abortion were made

illegal again.

“Indirect Abortion” means the Mother may have any life saving procedure necessary even if the procedure means the death of the child. The death of the child is not intended and is not the reason for the medical procedure.

30. "What about a woman whose unborn baby is diagnosed as deformed or

handicapped?"

30a. The doctor's diagnosis is sometimes wrong.

30b. The child's deformity is often minor.

30c. Medical tests for deformity may cause as many problems as they

detect.

30d. Handicapped children are often happy, always precious, and usually

delighted to be alive.

30e. Handicapped children are not social liabilities, and bright and

"normal" people are not always social assets.

30f. Using dehumanizing language may change our thinking, but not the

child's nature or value.

30g. Our society is hypocritical in its attitude toward handicapped

children.

30h. The adverse psychological effects of abortion are significantly more

traumatic for those who abort because of deformity.

30i. The arguments for killing a handicapped unborn child are valid only

if they also apply to killing born people who are handicapped.

30j. Abortions due to probable handicaps rob the world of unique human

beings who would significantly contribute to society.

30k. Abortions due to imperfections have no logical stopping place; they

will lead to designer babies, commercial products to be bred and marketed,

leaving other people to be regarded as inferior and disposable.

31. "What about a woman who is pregnant due to rape or incest?"

31a. Pregnancy due to rape is extremely rare, and with proper treatment

can be prevented.

31b. Rape is never the fault of the child; the guilty party, not an

innocent party, should be punished.

31c. The violence of abortion parallels the violence of rape.

31d. Abortion does not bring healing to a rape victim.

31e. A child is a child regardless of the circumstances of his conception.

31f. What about already-born people who are "products of rape"?

31g. All that is true of children conceived in rape is true of those

conceived in incest.

FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE HARD CASES

1. No adverse circumstance for one human being changes the nature and

worth of another human being.

2. Laws must not be built on exception cases.

PART SIX: ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE CHARACTER OF PROLIFERS

32. "Anti-abortionists are so cruel that they insist on showing hideous

pictures of dead babies."

32a. What is hideous is not the pictures themselves, but the reality they

depict.

32b. Pictures challenge our denial of the horrors of abortion. If

something is too horrible to look at, perhaps it is too horrible to

condone.

32c. Nothing could be more relevant to the discussion of something than

that which shows what it really is.

32d. It is the pro-choice position, not the pro-life position, that is

cruel.

33. "Pro-lifers don't care about women, and they don't care about babies

once they're born. They have no right to speak against abortion unless

they are willing to care for these children."

33a. Pro-lifers are actively involved in caring for women in crisis

pregnancies and difficult child-raising situations.

33b. Pro-lifers are actively involved in caring for "unwanted" children and

the other "disposable people" in society.

33c. It is "abortion providers" who do not provide support for women

choosing anything but abortion.

34. "The anti-abortionists are a bunch of men telling women what to do."

34a. There is no substantial difference between men and women's views of

abortion.

34b. Some polls suggest more women than men oppose abortion.

34c. The great majority of prolife workers are women.

34d. If men are disqualified from the abortion issue, they should be

disqualified on both sides.

34e. Men are entitled to take a position on abortion.

34f. There are many more women in pro-life organizations that there are in

pro-abortion organizations.

34g. Of women who have had abortions, far more are pro-life activists than

pro-choice activists.

35. "Anti-abortionists talk about the sanctity of human life, yet they

favor capital punishment."

35a. Not all pro-lifers favor capital punishment.

35b. Capital punishment is rooted in a respect for innocent human life.

35c. There is a vast difference between punishing a convicted murderer and

killing an innocent child.

36. "Anti-abortion fanatics break the law, are violent, and bomb abortion

clinics."

36a. Media coverage of pro-life civil disobedience often bears little

resemblance to what actually happens.

36b. Pro-life civil disobedience should not be condemned without

understanding the reasons behind it.

36c. Peaceful civil disobedience is consistent with the belief that the

unborn are human beings.

36d. Pro-life protests have been remarkably nonviolent, and even when there

has been violence it has usually been committed by clinic employees and

escorts.

36e. Abortion clinic bombing and violence are rare, and are neither done

nor endorsed by pro-life organizations.

37. "The anti-abortionists distort the facts and resort to emotionalism to

deceive the public."

37a. The facts themselves make abortion an emotional issue.

37b. It is not the pro-life position but the prochoice position that relies

on emotionalism more than truth and logic.

37c. The pro-life position is based on documented facts and empirical

evidence, which many pro-choice advocates ignore or distort.

37d. The pro-choice movement consistently caricatures and misrepresents

pro-lifers and their agenda.

37e. The pro-choice movement, from its beginnings, has lied to and

exploited women, including the "Roe" of Roe v. Wade and the "Doe" of Doe

v. Bolton.

38. "Anti-abortion groups hide behind a pro-family facade, while groups

such as Planned Parenthood are truly pro-family because they assist in

family planning."

38a. The pro-choice movement's imposition of "family planning" on teenagers

has substantially contributed to the actual cause of teen pregnancy.

38b. Through its opposition to parental notification and consent, Planned

Parenthood consistently undermines the value and authority of the family.

38c. Planned Parenthood makes huge financial profits from persuading

people to get abortions.

38d. Planned Parenthood has been directly involved in the scandals of

trafficking baby body parts.

38e. As demonstrated in the case of Becky Bell, the pro-choice movement is

willing to distort and exploit family tragedies to promote its agenda.

38f. Planned Parenthood, the pro-choice movement, and the media ignore

family tragedies that do not support the pro-choice agenda.

SUMMARY ARGUMENT

39. "The last three decades of abortion rights have helped make our

society a better place to live."

39a. Abortion has left terrible holes in our society.

39b. Abortion has made us a nation of schizophrenics about our children.

39c. Abortion is a modern holocaust we are accomplices to, and which is

breeding unparalleled violence.

39d. Abortion is taking us a direction from which we might never return.

39e. Abortion has ushered in the brave new world of human pesticides.

39f. Abortion has led us into complete moral subjectivism in which we are

prone to justify as ethical whatever it is we want to do.

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