Hurricane Harvey was a killer. It has left more than 40
people dead and 30,000-plus homeless…so far. A vast swath of Texas has been
ravaged. Damage is in the hundreds of billions of dollars. On a positive note,
if there is one, the tragedy prompted literally hundreds of organizations and
countless Americans to donate money, goods and time to help those whose lives
have been turned upside down by the storm.
Obviously
moved by this beneficence, NARAL (also known as the National
Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League or NARAL Pro-Choice
America), a pro-abortion organization, took to its official Twitter account
recently to bemoan the lack of abortions occurring in Texas due to Hurricane
Harvey. It directed followers to support the Lilith Fund, which wants to help
Texans get abortions in the storm’s wake. A picture on Lilith Fund’s Twitter
site contains the message: “Join
us in supporting Harvey survivors seeking an abortion but cannot afford it.”
Apart from the sloppy syntax, the message is a shocking example of using a
tragedy to push one’s agenda, and perfectly illuminates the fact that these
groups core mission isn’t about providing a choice, but about performing
abortions.
Think
about it. In the aftermath of a deadly and destructive hurricane, NARAL and the
Lilith Fund want to make certain that anyone who didn’t die- or lose their baby-
as a result of the storm can “abort” their baby even before they can move back
into their house or bury their mother who was swept away in the floodwaters.
Nothing
crass or creepy about that!
The Lilith
Fund’s website states that abortion is a “fundamental right,” and that “We
envision a society in which equal access to abortion is guaranteed for all,
regardless of economic situation.” It further avers: “Restrictions on abortion
access and funding are discriminatory because they especially burden low-income
patients. We oppose all efforts to restrict abortion rights and are committed
to fighting for access to abortion.”
Abortion
is not a “fundamental right.” It is not a right, period. Fundamental rights can’t
be granted by humans, or they could just as arbitrarily be taken away by
humans. In fact, nothing that harms
another person can be a fundamental right. Fundamental rights protect every individual equally, from undue harm by others or government.
That is why the Founders enumerated them in the Declaration of Independence: “Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Notice the first one, the right to life. That is the first “fundamental
right,” without which no other right- of any kind- matters. That is very
different from “the right to deprive someone else of life for your convenience.”
Isn’t it?
And, in
truth, it is largely poorer people who get abortions. Perhaps NARAL and the
fine (unaborted) folks at the Lilith Fund believe that the easier we make it
for poor people to get abortions, the sooner we’ll run out of poor people.
The
Lilith Fund is named after a demon who steals away babies in the night.
And
after hurricanes, apparently.
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