The 'Forced Birth' Falsehood
The argument that pro-life laws "force women to give birth" betrays the mistaken premise undergirding the pro-abortion case: They believe sex without any consequences is a fundamental right, bolstered ultimately by an adjacent right to kill any child who may come into being solely as the result of freely chosen sexual activity. Children, in other words, must face lethal consequences in order to enable adults to have sex without taking responsibility. In a very literal sense, unless a pregnant woman miscarries or has an abortion, pregnancy will naturally end in giving birth. But it's illogical and deceptive to claim that abortion restrictions therefore "force birth." Abortion restrictions don't require women to give birth; they require pregnant women not to prevent birth by killing their unborn child. Read more...