Last week American Christianity lost a great leader, thinker, writer, and activist in Richard John Neuhaus. (See Michael Gerson’s “Apostle of Life” for a summary of his life and work.) After reading Gerson’s reflections on Neuhaus’s life, I was drawn to First Things - an online journal on religion, culture, and public life – where I read one of Neuhaus’s articles (published just this month).
In his article, “The Pro-Life Movement at the Politics of the 1960s“, Neuhaus describes how ironic it is that the Left has abandoned their aims and objectives that they once held so dear during the 1960s. Instead, Neuhaus points out, the Left has become a “conservative” movement defending the status quo of pro-abortion. It is the Pro-Life movement that is the progressive movement chalenging the system and the established media in order to protect the rights of the society’s weakest members – the unborn.
It’s a fascinating read that highlights the intellectual sinking sand that pro-abortion folks seek to build their arguments. The “intellectuals” who argue in favor of abortion admit that there is NO logical way to define when a “fetus” decidedly becomes a person. (Some pro-abortion “intellectuals” are even as honest to say that their logic DOES lead to the conclusion that it would be okay to kill a newborn “fetus” !?!)
As we approach yet another anniversary of Roe v. Wade it is high time that our talk of social justice includes defending the cause of the helpless of the helpless – the unborn!
