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The
PlainTruth
About
ABORTION!
Why
So Little Understood?
by
Ronald S. Toth
Who has the right to choose whether the unborn live or die?
T
HINK
of itl In just 50
years this world has
changed from abortion
being unacceptable (with
minor exceptions) to abor–
tion being an accepted form
of birth control.
Most today fail to realize how
radical a change this is.
Forty years ago Nazi Germany
was condemned for sterilizing the
"unfit." Twenty years ago abortion
was still illegal as an alternative to
unwanted pregnancy. The term
"abortionist" conjured up the dregs
o f society-a monster who de–
stroyed unborn babies.
Earlier in this century both
national laws and the medica) Hip–
pocratiG oath protected the unborn .
No one then questioned abortion
being murder.
But worldwide attitudes within
the last 20 years have changed so
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drastically that the turn of events
can be likened to throwing a light
switch.
Flipping the switch to "off"
throws a brightly lit room into
blackness. Society has flipped the
switch from light to darkness- to
"off' ' for the unborn.
Why
Abortions
Of course tbere are the relatively
rare tragic cases of girls becoming
pregnant through incest. These sad
cases naturally draw compassion
and sympathy.
And women need to protect them–
selves against rape. Local police or
reference librarians can provide
much needed information about
rape. Any woman who becomes vic–
timized by a rapist should seek pro–
fessional help
immediately.
Don't
delay. Don't wait three months or
three weeks or even three days. Seek
medica] advice
immediately.
But the abortion issue today does
not
center on such tragic cases as
incest or rape. The
genuine
reason
for today's high abortion rate- an
overwhelming 97 percent of the
cases in the United States, for
example- is simply one of
conve–
nience.
Preserving the life of the mother,
the expectation of a defective child,
rape and incest account for only 3
percent of all abortions in the
United States. In this latter part of
the 20th century, abortion is thus
not a lifesaving operation.
lt
is a
major form of birth control.
Gaining lnternational Acceptance
Beyond the borders of the United
States- in the Soviet Union,
Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romanía
and Japan, just to name a few–
abortion now has become an
accepted, integral part of birth con–
trol efforts. In 1985, about
55
mil–
/ion babies worldwide
will be
aborted- nine induced abortions
The PLAIN TRUTH