Abortion and Moral Degeneracy

I oppose abortion for a variety of reasons, but I do not believe that anybody who opposes abortions early in a pregnancy is by definition morally degenerate. 

Many people are convinced that early in a pregnancy, a fetus is not a human being in the sense that we normally think of one. For instance, a fetus without a reasonably developed nervous system might be seen as equivalent to “brain dead;” in other words, a body without a mind. 

But most people with a conscience would draw a line somewhere early in a pregnancy, before a fetus is recognizably human, and any moral human being should be able to agree that a fetus that could survive outside the womb is a human being, and killing the infant is akin to infanticide. 

“No one is pro-abortion.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/AJtI9iXxfz

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) November 11, 2025

At least you would think so. Except…life has been systematically redefined in such a way that a person’s moral worth is largely defined, at least in some circumstances, as determined by whether they are wanted or not. This is especially true at the beginning and end of life, where the dignity and worth of a human life becomes for many people entirely contingent on what the people around them decide. 

Remember the plot from the stories where human sacrifice is performed in order to be awarded with fame, fortune and material gains?

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 8, 2025

The liberal position on abortion, at least in America, is that fetuses are essentially Schrödinger’s humans. Whether a fetus is a human being or a clump of cells is entirely dependent upon the whims of the person carrying it. If somebody strikes a woman and kills a fetus that is a month along that the mother wants, it is murder. If the mother goes into an abortion clinic at 8 months and has an abortion, it is a choice and even praiseworthy. 

Actress Cynthia Nixon posted a picture of her wearing a “Make Abortion Great Again” hat. But when was abortion ever great? The left went from “safe, legal and rare” to slogans like this and the horrendous “Shout Your Abortion” campaign. pic.twitter.com/t17pbILzcg

— Ackchyually (@Ackchyually2000) July 5, 2025

For all the talk about how seriously women take abortions and how only they can determine what is right for them, the fact is that for a large number of women who have been inculcated with the belief that abortion is a sacrament, this simply isn’t true. Quite the opposite. You can find all sorts of people online who are extremely casual about abortion, seeing it as one more means of birth control, and who believe that until a baby is born, it has no inherent moral worth. And perhaps not even then. 

Lily Allen singing “Abortions, I’ve had a few, but then again, I can’t remember exactly how many *laughs*… I wanna say 5, 4 or 5?”

Interviewer: “Yeah I’ve had about 5 too”

These people aren’t poor desperate victims, they are murderers

pic.twitter.com/uMNDe5vHTN

— Dr. Calum Miller (@DrCalumMiller) July 3, 2025

You can find videos of people celebrating their abortions, “shouting” their abortions, casually discussing how many they have had, and the Democratic Party position is that there should be no limits on abortions at all, at any time in the pregnancy. 

The irony of @MileyCyrus using a birthday cake to promote abortions when abortions deny babies a birthday.https://t.co/CGU2vvxt08 pic.twitter.com/lQ2frbQAQ3

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) June 4, 2019

The reason? Moral worth is completely arbitrary. Whether a living being counts are worthy of protection or not depends entirely on their whim. An unborn puppy is precious and worthy of protection because people love puppies. An unborn infant could be a burden or impact on one’s career, so it should be taken out with the trash. 

Pro choice students at TCU – Texas Christian University sign a petition to save new born puppies from being aborted, but refuse to sign a petition to protect human babies.

This is a CHRISTIAN University. pic.twitter.com/O8n84G5qW2

— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) November 7, 2025

You would think that this is morally incoherent, but that is because you would expect people to have moral principles, not merely personal preferences. 

I didn’t even realize at first that the cake’s image is the mom literally chucking the baby away. Shooting it like an object at a basketball hoop. Her own baby. I’ve been pro-choice my whole life but this is pro-abortion. This is evil in human form. And if that offends you, good! https://t.co/T7ugjV6sOu pic.twitter.com/ZHT6mBdIj9

— Theo Jordan (@Theo_TJ_Jordan) June 14, 2023

It is fascinating to see people who get all teary-eyed at the prospect of a serial killer getting executed or a gang member getting deported be indifferent to the prospect of a fetus 8 months along getting killed. But, in a twisted way, it makes sense to them. They don’t have moral principles. They have feelings, and they respond mainly to the opinions of the people around them. 

Feminist Dressed Baby in “Thank God for Abortion” Outfit for Halloween https://t.co/pqMP0UTYY0 pic.twitter.com/9WYQH8BUCn

— Stop Abortion Now (@LifeNewsToo) November 3, 2025

The de-Christianization of America has inevitably led to the de-moralization of America. Not that Christianity is the only religion that can serve to provide a moral foundation, but rather, Judeo-Christian values undergird the moral foundations of our society. The West used to be known as Christendom; now it is…what? My preference-dom?

That we have arrived at a society where unborn puppies—and yes, I love puppies too!—are seen as having moral value but unborn human beings don’t is beyond troubling. It is moral decay. 

I have no desire to force women to become something they don’t want to become; that is not the point. I want to live in a society where moral limits bind people. Yes, that means that responsibilities constrain our lives; that we would rather not have those responsibilities does not absolve us of honoring them. 

Instead, we live in a society where thousands of people are proud of stealing, looting, assaulting people they dislike, and even assassinating them. Jay Jones is embraced. Luigi Mangione is a hero. Antifa are freedom fighters, celebrated because they oppose the president. 

I would ask, “What is wrong with these people?,” but we all know the answer: when God is dead, everything is permitted.