Dear Young Woman, Abortion is the Wrong Right to Fight For

Young Woman, you are worth more than you ask for.

When Roe vs. Wade—the infamous ruling that made abortion legal in the United States—was overturned in June 2022, you probably felt like women’s rights took a giant step backward. Now, as abortion rights continue to wax and wane, you might even be wondering: Whatdoes the future hold for you and other members of your gender?

I want you to see that it’s okay. Abortion is the wrong right to fight for. Because when it comes to women’s rights, Young Woman, you could have so much more.

Abortion is the Wrong Right to Fight For—Fight For These Instead

The Right to Be Loved

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. -Romans 12:9

Do you know what love is, Young Woman? Do you get to experience it every day?

Consider this common scenario. Boy tells girl he loves her. Girl gives herself, body and mind, to Boy. Girl becomes pregnant. Boy tells Girl he’s not ready for this. Boy drives Girl to the local abortion clinic where doctors violate her body, just so he doesn’t have to be responsible.

That isn’t love, Young Woman.

The Right to Be Respected

Rewind for a moment and consider what activity leads to the need for an abortion. Physical intimacy, usually outside the confines of a loving marriage. Yes, Young Woman, people make mistakes, but I wonder.

Why do we allow this?

You are a whole person, not just a body. Your body comes with a mind and soul.
Don’t give yourself to anyone who isn’t willing to work for and defend all three.

Never let anyone treat your body like a playground, amusement park, or Las Vegas stage. You don’t have to give yourself over to the first boy who asks (or demands). Fight for respect! You are a whole person, not just a body. Your body comes with a mind and soul.

Don’t give yourself to anyone who isn’t willing to work for and defend all three.

Perhaps the lack of respect you feel is for yourself. You think you’re not good enough to expect respect from someone else, so you give yourself away. Young Woman, push pause and please read my post about how priceless you are!

Abortion is the wrong right to fight for. Fight for respect!

The Right to Meaningful Relationships

Meaningful relationships are built on mutual trust, love, and respect. It’s the difference between a house built of brick, and one fashioned out of paper mâché.

Meaningful relationships are built on mutual trust, love, and respect, Young Woman. It’s the difference between a house built of brick, and one fashioned out of paper mâché. Make the world see you as an equal player in your relationships, not as a passenger going for a ride. You have thoughts and feelings, desires, dreams, fears. You want a partner who treats you as equal, not as a toy for his pleasure.

Don’t fight for abortion, Young Woman. Fight for young men to own up to solid brick relationships with you and your fellow ladies.

The Right to Appropriate Care

Are you aware of the physical effects abortion has on a woman’s body? How about the emotional? Abortion is a violation of everything it means to be woman, yet so many people want you to think you want this.

Abortion is a violation of everything it means to be woman, yet so many people want you to think you want this.

Abortion is the easy answer (albeit, one with tough consequences). Leaders and political figures want abortion to remain legal because they don’t know what else to do with a young woman facing an unwanted pregnancy. It’s easy to shove her into an abortion clinic and declare the problem solved. But when the clinic spits her back out, she’s on her own to deal with the aftershock.

This isn’t right, and you, Young Woman, should not settle for that. You and your fellow women deserve the proper care for the whole person. The proper medical care and the proper emotional support for the long-term.

Your body is a temple. Don’t forget it.

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,

-Corinthians 6:19

Don’t let the world make you think you should want this! Abortion is the wrong right to fight for. By fighting for the right to abort, you give up so many greater, more valuable rights that could be yours.

Young Woman, you are worth more than you ask for.

Resources For a Christian Teen Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy

• Lost Virginity: Is it Too Late For Me?
• How Should a Christian Teen Handle an Unwanted Pregnancy? (article from 412 Teens)
• Dealing With Unplanned Pregnancy (resources from Focus on the Family)