The midterms are coming and governmentally reckless Democrats, once quietly woeful about their chances to maintain congressional majorities, suddenly have higher expectations as many voters seem to agree with them that it is fine to kill unborn babies. In some states, abortions are suddenly facing tough restrictions as many call the legislative perpetrators, mostly Republicans, heartless, anti-feminist and downright religious.
Recognizing he is on the popular side, President Joe Biden emphasized abortion at a recent fundraiser to help Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections with cash and tough talk. He said the fetal annihilation, producing 62 million lifeless bodies since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, was really about freedom. In another reported abortion speech, this one in Illinois, Vice President Kamala Harris said, “Extremist, so-called leaders trumpet the rhetoric of freedom while they take away freedoms.”
These verbal gouges of Republicans against abortions left me inspired, not by way of imitation but by way of locating common sense. I found it and I hope Harris will forgive me for trumpeting an old saying: “The freedom to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.” If that sounds extreme, let me further explain that even freedom has its limits, a chief one being to do no harm. If that were not a widely shared view, our nation of liberty would soon be a nation of chaos and bloody noses all over the place.
Abortion even in early stages does harm. Pregnant women and medical assistants are not simply getting rid of troublesome gobs of tissue but are instead ending lives begun at conception and denying such potential miracles as love, beauty, humor, joy and cognitive awareness. This is a not just any harm, but a final harm, the eradication of endless possibilities often leading to long-term grief for a self-inflicted loss.
