Protecting the Right to Choose

January 22 marks the 35 anniversary of Roe v Wade, theSupreme Court case that legalized abortions in the United States. This is something tobe celebrated and protected especially with the skyrocketing number of pro-life (ie anti-abortion) whacktivists just dying to yank away a woman’s rightto choose. Frighteningly, pro-life members easily stand to outnumber those who are pro-choice for the simple fact that pro-life populate more rapidly because they give birth to EVERY baby they conceive unless the baby is miscarried ordies at birth while pro-choice proponents actually think and consider whether or not they should bring another child into the world.What literally makes me quiver though is this movement of conservative evangelical Christians known as Quiverfull. Members believe it’s their duty to fak like rabbits or whichever animal faks the most and churn out as many babies as the woman’s body is capable of popping out in order to populate God’s army. WHAT THE FAK is that about weask? Women participants are literally mass production baby factories spitting out a new ‘soldier’ yearly if ‘God blesses her with another pregnancy.’ Bad enough if these hell-bent nuts had babies at the  average national rate but they’re on a mission to fak their way towards the majority share of the population and if they succeed those of us with our heads screwed on straight will be screwed because they will make sure no one has the right to abort as much as a baseball game for rain.

In a 2006 article in The Nation, one Quiverfull mother had 14 kids by the ripe old age of 39. Now there is an over achiever, and surely she’ll gladly shoot a few more out the ole birthing canal should she be so blessed before menopause thankfully steps in to stop the fakin madness. Thank you Mother Nature at least for that much intervention! These warped puppies definitely a cause for concern given their ability to outnumber those of us ableto exercise some responsible discretion when it comes to the trivial matter of procreation because we’ve both feet firmly planted on the ground. However, in the nutty kingdom of ‘God’s army’ feet not on the ground but permanently in the air with all the faking, grunting, and birthing going on. then again, we can'

While these an extreme example, the growth of the pro-life movement – especially via this type of extremist behavior and their ultimate mission to do whatever it takes to get their point across – does pose a serious threat to the current status of legalized abortions. Those dead-set against abortion to the point of pro-life whacktivism shove their noses wherever they can trying to change what is right now still achoice. Whether through peaceful, yet still annoyingly intrusive methods of protest or through more violent means taken by anti-abortion terrorist organizations, such as the Army of God, that engages in very Christian activities such as bombing abortion clinics, there is a very serious threat to a woman’s right to choose whether or notshe’s having the baby she’s conceived. Just because we can choose today does not mean we can sit back and think it’s safe to assume we can choose tomorrow or next year. Like all other rights in the U.S. we can’t assume they’re safe but rather must take on a protective stand before this pro-life surge managesto get its way and have abortion outlawed via the permeation of government with like-minded religious individuals who seem to have forgotten separation of church and state means you leave your religious beliefs at the door when you occupy a public office.