He showed the most anger towards partial birth abortions. “When you say you can murder a child halfway out of the womb, you’re not far from saying you can murder it a day or two out of the womb,” he said.
He told the story of a case in California where a man shot the pregnant owner of the house that he was robbing. The shot killed the baby inside her but not the woman herself and the man was charged with homicide. “Why is he charged with homicide and an abortionist is not?” Stein asked. “What’s the difference?”
Stein compared the anti-abortion movement to the anti-slavery movement. “The early abolitionists were considered crazy,” he said. “It took a moral revenge for people to realize something bad was happening there. The people up North loved the black man enough to start a movement. This now is a movement of love towards America’s unborn.”
He gave his own ideas to help remedy the situation, such as a national policy for giving subsidies towards adoption. Stein stressed more cash flow in general, including more aid to single women with babies and greater programs for day care.
Stein admitted that he doesn’t think this dispute will be resolved in his lifetime. He did, however, predict that Roe v. Wade will be overturned at some point. “It may take a hundred years, but I don’t think it can be a law forever,” he said. He noted that Roe has come out as an active pro-life crusader and he also made the point that the “great majority” of people in the pro-life movement are women.
He said he believes a way to start the process is for students to show love towards their parents and thank them for the gift of life. “It is so hard to raise a child,” he said. “Just think of your parents doing everything for you for twenty years! And think, ‘How often do I say thank you?’ You can make your parents’ day by just making a phone call and saying, ‘I’m thinking about all you’ve done for me.’ It will at least start the process rolling and can ultimately solve all our problems.”
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