Bill Maher recently said something so obvious, yet so very hard for pro-choice folks to admit. It eases the pro-choice conscience to claim abortion is merely a choice. It is also reassuring to say pro-lifers have nefarious intent by opposing abortion: they want to repress women, oppose freedom, are extremists, absolutists, etc. Maher, while still pro-choice himself, in a candid moment destroys the carefully constructed pro-choice justification. His two guests, shocked Leftist journalists, frantically seek to explain this awful heterodoxy. Which of the three of them is being honest?
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“That’s why I don’t understand the 15-week thing, or Trump’s plan [to] leave it to the states,'” he said. “You mean, so killing babies is OK in some states? I can respect the absolutist position. I really can.”
“I scold the Left when they say, ‘Oh, you know what? They just hate women, people who are pro-life,'” he continued. “They don’t hate women. They just made that up. They think it’s murder, and it kind of is. I’m just OK with that. I am. I mean, there’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.”
“What?” Maher said after his statement was met with awkward silence from Morgan, Tett, and the audience.
The crowd appeared nervous: we are not for murdering children, are we? The pro-life side does not have have an actual argument, does it? Please, say it ain’t so. Pro-choice folks have avoided this obvious truth for sometime. Today’s political logic is: ignore the truth unless the truth forwards your narrative. Maher’s reaction to the crowd and his guests seems a bit naïve; he doesn’t understand the game of maintaining the narrative at all costs.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, in 1992, said abortion should be rare, tacitly acknowledging the act is not good. “Safe, legal, and rare” was the moderate position for pro-choice folks for years after. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4823634/user-clip-bill-clinton-january-22-1993-safe-legal-rare
In 1992, the pro-choice argument had not yet been perfected. It wasn’t the critical issue that won or lost elections. However, thirty years later President Clinton’s moderate position of “safe, legal, and rare” has evolved into: “shout your abortion” . There is no longer any shame for pro-choice advocates. We must always avoid any such pain or embarrassment.
Besides, this mantra is not good for business. Abortion has become a winning political issue for the Left. Relatively few of us take the strict “life begins at conception” stance. In 2022, shortly after Roe v Wade was overturned, a Kansas referendum that would have banned abortions failed badly (in a deep red state) what-just-happened-in-kansas. That vote made clear large portions of the Republican Party (more than 1 in 3) do not agree with the party platform. Indeed, most Americans are in the middle: abortions are okay, but some restrictions are needed.
Ever since, Republicans, including President Trump during the current campaign, have run from the issue. Many Republicans cater to that middle-of-the road faction, avoiding the clarion call for justice.
Slavery was a hot button issue in its day as well. For eighty years, our politicians took the middle ground on slavery, yet, from a moral perspective, there was no middle ground. Slavery was finally decided by a war because the middle ground was no longer sustainable. There is no sensible middle ground on abortion either. Abortions should not change from an innocuous, legal choice before 15 weeks to murder after 15 weeks. Abortion is either murder or it is not. President Clinton implicitly admitted it is murder in 1992 and Bill Maher explicitly said it in 2024.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? What could one give in exchange for his life? Mark 8:36-37
Safe, legal, and rare was an attempt at honesty, but it is no longer a winning approach for pro-choice advocates (unfortunately, winning is all that matters in politics). It implied too much shame on those who supported abortion. The conscience needed to be eased and the pro-life side blamed for halting progress, freedom, women’s rights, and so forth.
Mr. Maher’s comments are jarring to those who gradually stepped away from “safe, legal, and rare”, returning us to the notion there is indeed a reason to be ashamed of abortion.
Maher gets points for his candor and moxie. Unfortunately today, it is difficult to speak the truth, even an obvious one, unless it supports your narrative. The typical pro-choice stance comes from folks like Whoopi Goldberg.
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“It’s you, your doctor, and God. That’s who you have to be conversational to, and it’s not mentioned in the big ten, I’m just going to say,” she explained.
“The Ten Commandments?” co-host Joy Behar asked.
“God was pretty clear. Here is the stuff that will make your life better on Earth. Don’t lie because you don’t want people lying to you. Don’t mess with somebody’s wife because you’re going to be mad if someone is messing with yours,” Goldberg said, explaining her understanding of the Ten Commandments.
Catholic co-host Sunny Hostin interjected, “Evangelicals would say ‘thou shall not kill’ and it applies to it.”
“I think ‘thou shall not kill’ cannot be used as the block because we allow wars all the time,” Goldberg said.
This is the orthodoxy we are accustomed to: twist yourself into a pretzel to defend your precious narrative.
Yes, of course, God, whom many on your side deny exists, is actually on the pro-choice side. “Do not murder” does not mean what you think it means.
Unfortunately for Leftists, other (pro-choice) comedians also let the cat out of the bag. The truth cannot be held down indefinitely. Comedian Bill Burr said the following in a comedy routine:
“I’m 100 percent pro-choice – always have been. Always have been. Pro-choice always made sense to me. Because I don’t like people telling me what to do. And I always was just like, ‘It’s your body? Who the [expletive] am I to tell you what to do with your body?’ So that always made sense, alright?
“However, I still think you’re killing a baby. See? That’s where it gets weird. Like, I sit on the fence, and the whole thing makes sense to me.”
“… If we’re gonna be honest, that is the whole purpose of the procedure. You know, you’re not going in there because you got an earache. You’re going in there because you’re like, ‘I got a baby in there. Get it the [expletive] out of here.’ Right? You walk in with a baby, you come out without one.”
Comedian Louis C.K. also raised abortion during a comedy routine in 2017:
“I don’t think it’s killing a baby, though. I mean, it’s a little like killing a baby. It’s a 100 percent killing a baby. It’s totally killing a whole baby.
Comedians often reveal troubling aspects about reality. Our culture should occasionally defer to them to reveal truth. Or maybe not? Instead, it is more comfortable to run back to the media, folks like Whoopi Goldberg, to reassure us truth is something other than an unbearable reality. Maybe these comedians should stay in their lane. Please, tell us again we are not actually killing babies. We want to sleep well tonight.
The Bigger Problem
I am willing to grant that Goldberg and Maher are sincere. Both attempt to be logical and practical. Both defend a practice their peers and political allies are steadfastly committed to. I concede both attempt to do the right thing, Maher by speaking an uncomfortable truth to allies and Goldberg by absolving guilty consciences. However, both widely miss the mark.
Mr. Maher is extremely callous towards life itself: “we have eight billion people in the world and you won’t be missed. ” Perhaps he will not be missed if he exits the world today? Perhaps he is willing to sacrifice his last few years to make a point about saving the right of abortion?
George Floyd, one lone individual, a lifelong criminal and drug addict, died, and the nation was lit on fire protesting his death. Did anyone say he was just one of eight billion? What did Maher say about Floyd himself? Millions mourned when John F. Kennedy, Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, and other celebrities died unexpectedly. We mourned Betty White who died at the age of 99. We especially mourn the loss of our parents, grandparents, mentors, former teachers, friends, even when we no longer need their help. We mourn most especially for the deaths of our children, for lives that were never fulfilled and can never be replaced. We have all experienced pain from the the loss of one single individual, even individuals we never knew personally. If each of us is just one of tens of billions of people who have ever lived or will ever lived, why do we care about individual deaths? Mr. Maher has surely mourned the loss of someone during his sixty-eight years, so why does he dismiss the lives of millions of aborted children? Does he not realize the contradiction?
Ms. Goldberg, on the other hand, understands admitting abortion is murder loses the argument. She knows if abortion cannot be shown to be positive and good, so much of what she and other liberals believe falls apart. She adamantly grasps any argument to defend its value and deny its evil, buttressing her arguments by saying she believes in God and Judaism is integral to her life:
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Goldberg said the Jewish faith and traditions are integral parts of her life, “I practice nothing. I don’t go to temple, but I do remember the holidays. Religion is a lot of work, it’s exhausting. So I keep it simple, I have a pretty good relationship with God. We talk.”
Ms. Goldberg wants us to know she is not a godless person and she cares about others. Perhaps so. She also attacks the folks on the Right: they care about babies but not mothers; they use women; they want women barefoot and pregnant. She is entitled to her opinion, but this pitch is embarrassingly wild. She places personal convenience ahead of the lives of children. She also doesn’t talk to God often enough. She equates the death of an innocent baby, who harmed nobody and cannot defend itself, with deaths in war. If God allows us to kill an evil enemy, she implies, surely he must also allow us to kill innocent babies as well. Huhn?
Ms. Goldberg correctly states some killing does not violate the “Big Ten”. For example, killing animals for food certainly is not considered sinful. We are not to kill indiscriminately, but we we can eat from what God provides.
he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them. Luke 24:41-43
We may also kill for self-defense or in our country’s defense; however, in most instances, killing, murder is the more appropriate word, is not allowed. Yet, in 2024, Ms. Goldberg chats with God and abortion is added to the exception list. Really? I stand informed. Unfortunately, one exception does not open the door for other exceptions, no matter how hard you wish. Perhaps Ms. Goldberg needs to read more Torah passages. Life is the correct “choice”.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants Deuteronomy 30:19
Raising children is often trying, yet also extremely fulfilling. Parents experience more pain and lower lows, but they also, experience more joy and higher highs. Furthermore, parents’ legacy, experience, wisdom, knowledge, love, and more endure via their children and beyond.
Certainly sons are a gift from the LORD,
the fruit of the womb, a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
He will never be shamed
for he will destroy his foes at the gate. Psalms 127:4-5
We have far too many bad standards to choose from, Ms. Goldberg’s silly standard being one more of those derailed standards. search-for-meaning-the-beginning-of-our-eternity
From An Actual Authority
During her Senate confirmation hearing, Justice Kentaji Brown-Jackson refused to answer the question “what is a woman?” She appealed to the fact she is not a biologist judge-kentanji-brown-jackson-what-is-a-woman. This is the modus operandi for issues today. Avoid the truth unless it benefits your cause, and if pressed, provide a ridiculous excuse for not addressing the issue directly.
Still, Ms. Goldberg could take a page from the justice’s book. She is not a spiritual leader and does not attend services, so perhaps she should avoid addressing moral questions. She quotes selected passages and interprets the word of God in a juvenile fashion. Many others quote scripture (as I do), but Ms. Goldberg ought to be better prepared before sharing her opinion on God’s word. She demonstrates her ignorance before so many Americans.
Pope Francis is a spiritual leader and in his latest encyclical (March 2024), he addresses this matter in more detail and more logically than Ms. Goldberg. He clearly states: every life matters.
(Dignitas infinita) Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter . . . From this truth, the Church draws the reasons for her commitment to the weak and those less endowed with power, always insisting on “the primacy of the human person and the defense of his or her dignity beyond every circumstance.”
If we discard the life of the unborn, if we dismiss them as inconsequential lives, then how long before we grow callous about the lives of others? Bill Maher and the “Shout Your Abortion” folks seem to be there already. Instead, we should acknowledge every life has dignity and should be treated appropriately.
In addressing some of the many grave violations of human dignity today, we can draw upon the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, which emphasized that “all offenses against life itself, such as murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, and willful suicide” must be recognized as contrary to human dignity.
Unlike Bill Maher, Whoopi Goldberg has enough sense to deny she is an accomplice to murder. If you sincerely believe abortion is not murder, perhaps you will not be held accountable, after all. Still, how can she believe God, who created life in his own image, is unmoved by the destruction of his own creation? Still, she is not the only lost and confused soul. Pope Francis defines our cultural malady:
Pope St. John Paul II writes: “Among all the crimes which can be committed against life, procured abortion has characteristics making it particularly serious and deplorable. […] But today, in many people’s consciences, the perception of its gravity has become progressively obscured. The acceptance of abortion in the popular mind, in behavior, and even in law itself is a telling sign of an extremely dangerous crisis of the moral sense, which is
becoming more and more incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, even when the fundamental right to life is at stake. Given such a grave situation, we need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper name, without yielding to convenient compromises or to the temptation of self-deception.
In this regard, the reproach of the Prophet is extremely straightforward: ‘Woe to
those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness’ (Is. 5:20). Especially in the case of abortion, there is a widespread use of ambiguous terminology, such as ‘interruption of pregnancy,’ which tends to hide abortion’s true nature and to attenuate its seriousness in public opinion. Perhaps this linguistic phenomenon is itself a symptom of an uneasiness of conscience. But no word has the power to change
the reality of things: procured abortion is the deliberate and direct killing, by whatever means it is carried out, of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence, extending from conception to birth.”
Nobody should live by their own moral standard. Follow God’s standard or fall into chaos with a worldly standard. God does not condone abortion, the killing of the most innocent and most vulnerable in our society.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5
Many say the freedom and respect women have today is due to Roe v. Wade. How can the freedom to deprive a child of life be the thing that frees women? It is a horrible act that often enslaves them in guilt and may even rob them of the ability to have another child (at a more convenient time).
Many believe abortions are primarily among young single women overwhelmed by their situation. However, facts show otherwise: abortion as birth control: 60% of women who have abortions, already have a child. 60% are in their twenties; teenagers are a minority. 15% of abortions are for married couples. Abortions are endemic, common among all of our demographics, not limited to just one. Many celebrities have spoken publicly about their abortions. Their reasons are generally for convenience, certainly not because of gut-wrenching life and death circumstances never-again.
Goldberg, Maher, Louis C.K., Burr and countless others seek to justify abortion, but it is indeed murder. Even worse, it is often done for selfish reasons. Abortion is a choice, but not a legitimate one and not one to be celebrated.
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