What is misleadingly called a “right to be life” by right-to-life proponents is only a right to be born, provided the mother happens to live in a state that prohibits physician assisted abortion services.

Any fetus conceived must be carried to term by a an unwilling mother (who is subjected to involuntary servitude as a surrogate in violation of the 13th Amendment, as well as deprived of her right to liberty and equal protection under the 14th Amendment) due to religious beliefs of others that life begins at fertilization of an egg – even where that fertilization is involuntary in the case of rape and incest!

Following the end of the fetus’ enforced residence in its mother’s womb for nine months, the unwanted baby is on its own for the rest of its life without any comparable intervention in its life choices by the state in which it happens to reside – until end-of-life decision-making (whether it’s through the death penalty or physician-assisted suicide, depending on the laws where he or she lives.)

Why do the rest of us allow those professing to support the state’s power “to protect potential life” call itself “right to life” when it protects only the right to be born?

David Lourie
Cape Elizabeth

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