When evil people seek to enslave or kill other groups of people, they attack the humanity of the other group.
In 1996 Gregory Stanton the president of Genocide Watch presented a briefing paper called "The 8 Stages of Genocide" at the United States Department of State.
These eight stages of genocide are:
1. Classification
2. Symbolization
3. Dehumanization
4. Organization
5. Polarization
6. Preparation
7. Extermination
8. Denial
Not all the above stages are necessary, but they are common when genocide occurs.
Abortion is a form of genocide. You can see some of the above steps being followed.
The unborn babies are classified as different from the rest of us. They are labeled "fetus" rather than human. They are dehumanized when they are no longer thought of as people, but as some sort of pre-cursor that is different from the rest of us. The pro-abortion people have successfully dehumanized unborn children in the minds of many people. They are reduced to a "choice", or just a part of the mother's body. It is easy to take a group of people and dehumanize them when you focus on the differences rather than the similarities that we share. Every person is different and unique, yet the same as all of us.
The perpetrators deny any wrong doing. They excuse their actions as acceptable because of legality. Something that is legal is not necessarily moral and right. The laws of the land cannot conceive of every evil. There are some laws that are morally wrong. If through some twisted logic you can say that a fetus is not a human, then it becomes easy to say that the commandment "thou shalt not kill" doesn't apply.
As with other rights, our rights end where another's rights begin. In other words, our rights can't interfere with another's rights.
A woman has a choice to have sex or not. Her choice ends when another life begins. At that point, our God given rights apply to the baby too. We all have a right to life.
Nobody is perfect. So I don't accept the pathetic excuse to excuse abortion when the baby has something wrong with it.
The Constitution Party has an excellent line of reasoning supporting their anti-abortion stance.
Here is their quote from the above link (from here to the end of the page):
The Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". The Preamble of the Constitution states a purpose of the Constitution to be to: "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity".We declare the unalienable right of Life to be secured by our Constitution "to ourselves and our Posterity". Our posterity includes children born and future generations yet unborn. Any legalization of the termination of innocent life of the born or unborn is a direct violation of our unalienable right to life.
The pre-born child, whose life begins at fertilization, is a human being created in God's image. The first duty of the law is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood. It is, therefore, the duty of all civil governments to secure and to safeguard the lives of the pre-born.
To that end, the Constitution of these United States was ordained and established for "ourselves and our posterity." Under no circumstances may the federal government fund or otherwise support any state or local government or any organization or entity, foreign or domestic, which advocates, encourages or participates in the practice of abortion. We also oppose the distribution and use of all abortifacients.
We affirm the God-given legal personhood of all unborn human beings, without exception. As to matters of rape and incest, it is unconscionable to take the life of an innocent child for the crimes of his father.
No government may legalize the taking of the unalienable right to life without justification, including the life of the pre-born; abortion may not be declared lawful by any institution of state or local government - legislative, judicial, or executive. The right to life should not be made dependent upon a vote of a majority of any legislative body.
In addition, Article IV of the Constitution guarantees to each state a republican form of government. Therefore, although a Supreme Court opinion is binding on the parties to the controversy as to the particulars of the case, it is not a political rule for the nation. Roe v. Wade is an illegitimate usurpation of authority, contrary to the law of the nation's Charter and Constitution. It must be resisted by all civil government officials, federal, state, and local, and by all branches of the government - legislative, executive, and judicial.
We affirm both the authority and duty of Congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in all cases of abortion in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2.
In office, we shall only appoint to the federal judiciary, and to other positions of federal authority, qualified individuals who publicly acknowledge and commit themselves to the legal personhood of the pre-born child. In addition, we will do all that is within our power to encourage federal, state, and local government officials to protect the sanctity of the life of the pre-born through legislation, executive action, and judicial enforcement of the law of the land.
Further, we condemn the misuse of federal laws against pro-life demonstrators, and strongly urge the repeal of the FACE Acts as an unconstitutional expansion of federal power into areas reserved to the states or people by the Tenth Amendment.
In addition, we oppose the funding and legalization of bio-research involving human embryonic or pre-embryonic cells.
Finally, we also oppose all government "legalization" of euthanasia, infanticide and suicide.
Originally posted October 22, 2009
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