California is an evil place.
Los Angeles Times Calls Killing Babies in Abortion “An Act of Self-Defense”
An Alaska cartoonist made the argument Monday that, even if unborn babies are valuable human beings, aborting them is an ethical form of “self-defense.”
Published in the Los Angeles Times, Holly Todd’s “op-ed comic” points to maternal mortality rates to make her claim. Through a series of cartoons, she argues that pregnancy is “dangerous” and deadly self-defense is culturally acceptable, therefore abortions must be ok.
“Anti-abortion advocates argue that an embryo should be accorded all the rights of a born human. Even if one accepts this argument, given the deadly risks, does a pregnant person not have a right to self-defense against someone threatening their safety?” Todd asks in a cartoon depiction of a pregnant mother.
“U.S. culture has long accepted self-defense as a valid reason to use deadly force. Fetishized it, even,” she continues in another comic showing people carrying guns.
Her argument seems to make sense initially, but abortion data and a bit of reflection quickly expose its flaws.
The unborn baby is not trying to kill the mother, nor is it intruding on her body, as is the case in situations involving self defense. The natural habitat for an unborn baby to begin life and develop is in its mother’s womb. And in nearly all abortion cases, the mother made a choice to have sex with the knowledge that the act can lead to the creation of a child’s life, a child for whom she and the father are responsible.
Todd’s claims about the risks of pregnancy and maternal mortality do not support her pro-abortion argument either.
She says pregnancy is “dangerous” and abortions are needed to protect women’s lives, but statistics show nearly all unborn babies are aborted for elective reasons. A 2022 study of state abortion data by the Charlotte Lozier Institute found only 0.2 percent of abortions were done because of risks to the mother’s life or a major bodily function.
What’s more, in the United States, approximately 93 percent of OB-GYNs do not provide abortions, a strong indication that killing unborn babies is not life-saving health care.
More at: https://www.lifenews.com/2023/07/11/los-angeles-times-calls-killing-babies-in-abortion-an-act-of-self-defense/