Al Mohler: A Tale of Two Nations — Getting Honest about Sex Selection Abortions
Albert Mohler has this post on his blog addressing recent statements by the Prime Minister of India criticizing sex selection abortions.
In the most important sentence of his speech, the Prime Minister put it all on the line:”No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.”
Time alone will reveal if the Prime Minister’s bold words are backed up by real action.
Feminists find themselves in an excruciating moral bind on this question, because they have argued so assiduously for a woman’s “right” to an abortion for any reason or for no stated reason at all . . .
In a larger sense, however, Americans should recognize that sex selection abortion is practiced here as well . . . While Americans recoil in horror at the widespread scope of the problem in India, the fact is that Americans are guilty of the same practice, only on a smaller scale.