Nemo est plus gravis quam vita

When I planned this post yesterday I tried to come up with something to say about abortion that has not been said a thousand times before. It is difficult, because many of the important thoughts have long since been stated, restated, and stated again. There is, however, a new argument rising which must be countered.

A recent editorial was discussing the abortion issue and said something to the effect of "whether or not an unborn child [the author used fetus but I won't] has a right to life does not matter, for the child does not have a right to the mother's womb" (my emphasis). This steps in and attempts to undercut the primary pro-life argument, claiming that the mother has a right to remove a child from her womb just because the child is there.

This reveals the fundamental horror of the abortive mindset. This worldview subjegates life to everything and anything, from convenienve to cost. It does not value existence at all beyond the one who is thinking.

To counter this, America and the world must remember that nothing is more important than life (this post's title, albeit in English instead of Latin). There can be no abortion debate at all if everyone agrees life is of the utmost priority. Until then, we cannot win the abortion debate. Simple as that.