How Men Can Help End Abortion – Part 2

In Part 1 of this article (click here to read Part 1) we referenced a quote from Saint John Paul II: “God has assigned as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman.”

We then defined what that quote means for men: God has assigned every man as a requirement, as a moral obligation, to elevate the nobility and character of every woman.

That is a very serious assignment.

And if every man took this assignment seriously and committed himself to actually elevating the nobility and character of every woman in his circle of influence, how might that impact the number of decisions women facing unexpected pregnancies make every year to abort their children?

Of course, answering that question is just a thought experiment, but consider this.

When women who have had abortions are asked why they made the decision to abort, almost all the reasons are based on one very strong emotion: fear.

With that in mind, would a woman have any reason to be afraid of an unexpected pregnancy if the men in her circle of influence were committed, as a duty, to elevating her nobility and character?

Pushing that question even a bit further, if the men in the woman’s circle of influence from the time she was born had been committed to elevating her nobility and character, would she even have faced an unexpected pregnancy in the first place?

And even if she did, would abortion have even come to her mind as an option?

On both questions, I think the answer is no.

I don’t think she would have faced an unexpected pregnancy in the first place because men committed to elevating her nobility and character would instill in her such a strong value of self-worth that she would likely not engage in the sexual act before marriage.

And for young men who were attracted to her, if those men were also committed to elevating her nobility and character, they would not engage in the sexual act with her before marriage either because doing so would not be elevating her character, but degrading her instead.

But let’s say she did face an unexpected pregnancy, and the fear that accompanies it.

If she had been surrounded her whole life by men who were committed to elevating her nobility and character, I think she would be confident that those same men would have her back in any difficult situation.

So I think it is likely that she would lean on those men to continue to uplift her in a challenging situation like an unexpected pregnancy.

Those men in her life would stand in the breach to support her in her time of great need.

I know this thought experiment sounds a bit utopian in our broken world where we have become accustomed to so much depravity and complete lack of virtue among a multitude of men.

But being virtuous, and taking God’s assignment as a requirement to elevate the nobility and character of every woman
is a choice every man must make.

If every man made the choice to uphold the duty God assigned him, I don’t know exactly the numerical impact it would have on reducing the number of unexpected pregnancies, nor the numerical impact on reducing the number of abortion decisions for women facing unexpected pregnancies, but I think it’s a reasonable assumption that the impact would be substantial.

Brett