From 'Am I Not A Man?' To 'Am I Not A Baby?'
12:00PM EDT 7/14/2020 MICHAEL BROWN
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11927937_blmrightsideofhistory_jpeg2f6f3218cf0161260580a68564410cbc
(AskDrBrown)
Among the approved messages NBA players can put on their jerseys this season is "I Am a Man." Presumably, this goes back to the famous abolitionist image depicting a black slave in chains with the caption, "Am I not a man and a brother?"

Abolitionists like William Wilberforce understood that a major key to breaking the power of the slave trade was to humanize the black slave. Once that was done, despite the economic arguments in favour of slavery, the moral arguments would prevail, and the backbone of slavery would be broken.

And so it happened, first in England and the British Empire and then in the United States.

Of course, there were many obstacles to overcome, since the black man was viewed as morally and spiritually inferior to the white man. But once he was viewed as a fellow human being with feelings, with relationships, with goals, with desires, as someone who loved and felt pain just as the white man did, slavery had to end.

Pro-life leaders have understood this principle for years, recognising that, to the extent the baby in the womb was viewed as "a clump of cells," the baby was an "it" rather than a girl or a boy.

Even calling the baby a "foetus"—which is scientifically accurate—helped to dehumanise the personhood of the child. After all, no expectant mother says, "Look at my foetus bump!" Or, "Honey, the foetus just kicked!" And no one asks, "What are you naming the foetus?"

People refer to "the foetus" when they want to eliminate "the foetus." Speaking of eliminating a baby in the womb is much more difficult.

Even more extreme is the idea that the baby is just a "tumour," an unwanted, potentially harmful appendage intruding in the mother's body. As expressed by pro-abortion feminist Florence Thomas (about her abortion in France in the mid-1960s), she felt "a relief. An immense relief. This tumour went away, disappeared. I could go back to living."

But if the mother (and father) can recognise that there is a precious human life in the womb, a child with potential and destiny and purpose, a tiny person replete with DNA coding and all, then they would be much less likely to abort that baby.

That's why ultrasound images have helped reduce abortions. Once the mother sees the reality of the life inside her, her perspective often changes.

As noted by Howard Slugh in the National Review in 2015, "Ever-sharper images make it ever harder to deny the humanity of an unborn child.

"One of the most profound pro-life moments of 2014 came at the hands of an unborn child whose 'thumbs-up' bore a striking resemblance to the trademark gesture of Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli. A photo of the ultrasound went viral and inspired mothers to share images of their own unborn children. Millions of people were exposed to a strong pro-life message, even if many of them did not realise it at the time. Even the major news networks, normally reliable shills for 'reproductive justice,' admitted that they were indeed seeing pictures of babies."

It is with the power of these images in mind that I asked my graphics team to create a meme putting two images side by side, the iconic black slave in chains on the left and a baby in the womb on the right. Beneath each image was the appropriate text. For the slave, "Am I not a man and a brother?" For the baby, "Am I not a baby and a sister?"

And we posted the meme with a question: Are you on the right side of history?

It is our prayer that God will use this simple meme to help awaken the conscience of many in this generation. If we do not care about "the least of these," we will not care about the rest.

Mother Teresa was not exaggerating when she said, "Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother." It also kills the conscience of the nation.

At this critical time in our nation's history, when important questions about justice and equality are being raised, let us not lose sight of the little ones, hidden from sight yet terminated and discarded by the hour.

May we rally together on their behalf.

Source

meaning what

‘BABY LIVES MATTER’ painted on street in front of Planned Parenthood!

This happened in Salt Lake City overnight. The artist is pro-life. What a brave patriot. Who wants to see this happen all across America?! I do.
SHARE THIS TO INSPIRE OTHER ARTISTS TO DO THE SAME.

#babylivesmatter

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954278_blmbabylivesmatter7_jpegaa125c8c599b559d1ee49342791d065d

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954279_blmbabylivesmatter8_jpegf527411ed981fd53f82139d4ac83640b

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954280_blmbabylivesmatter9_jpeg0fcdf01674159c7d19bd50bcd5161ae9

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954290_blmbabylivesmatter1_jpeg9b27a9b92363b601decbedc940d266e0

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954329_blmbabylivesmatter2_jpeg0522948b8043585126f271430e49316d

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954330_blmbabylivesmatter3_jpegad1922f17bbd0df696c7ef6449eca22d

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954331_blmbabylivesmatter4_jpege947bd8c2c25ecba53ae96a044395801

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11954332_blmbabylivesmatter5_jpeg6176303a271e7933732e607270179429