Politics Daily: Is Abortion a God-Given Right?

12/28/09

I was shocked when I heard the Rev. Carlton Veazey call a women's right to abortion God-given.

And I was confused.

Whatever could make the Rev. Veazey think God would favor selfish, fornicating women over pure innocent babies? If he's right, we can throw out the House and Senate compromises over abortion and get right on with providing health care for people who need it. Everybody wants to be on God's side. Right?

I must admit that it's hard to see evidence for the reverend's claim. When God kicked Eve and Adam out of the Garden of Eden, he flung a whole fistful of curses at women.

They would love and cling to men (which has turned out to be a doozy of a curse even for God, who's a really fine curser). They would be dominated by men (another good one). And then, oh yeah, right, they would bear children in pain. Curses, domination and pain. So where is this guy coming from? I couldn't get it out of my mind.

I found out that the Rev. Veazey is CEO and president of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Then I found out that he is a National Baptist minister. The mystery deepened. Rabbis and Episcopal priests are the usual suspects when such pronouncements are made.

Then I learned that the reverend is a long-time fighter for civil rights. He considers reproductive rights a matter of justice.

God-given, civil rights, justice. Those labels are not often heard in connection with women's reproductive rights, especially from Baptist ministers.

Then I saw the link. Of course.

What if God didn't despise women? What if he trusted and loved women so much that he gave them the greatest power of all, one that he might very well have kept for himself alone?

He could have given men the ability to bear children. They're stronger, better able to protect themselves and children. He favored men in all sorts of other ways. But in this one way, God favored women.

God also gave women secret signs that a pregnancy has begun. He could have given more visible signs. A nose wart. Sudden baldness. Blue skin. He could have set matters up so that decisions about this new life would be made in public forums.

See the rest of the story at http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/28/is-abortion-a-god-given-right/

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