By Janie Gallagher 
One of the many ramifications from the radical feminist movement has been an increased effort to ensure that the abortion rights, which are now in place, continue and are even expanded. The mantra of pro-choice advocates is “A woman has the right to govern her own body.” Susan Sherwin, a radical feminist, stated in an article entitled “Fetal Rights”: 
Whatever the reason, most feminists believe that a pregnant woman is in the best position to judge whether abortion is the appropriate response to her circumstances. Since she is usually the only one able to weigh all the relevant factors, most feminists reject attempts to offer any general abstract rules for determining when abortion is morally justified.1 
Sadly, under the guise of standing up for women’s rights, radical feminists have convinced women that it is not only permissible to end the life of their children, but it is their right and only their right to make that decision. Women who would not personally choose to have an abortion have been persuaded that to deny others that right is to deny them a basic human right. Reasons for ending the life of a baby are presented as humanitarian. Pro-choice advocates argue that there are women who are in abusive relationships, have financial difficulties, medical conditions, mental health issues, or are too young to be forced to care for a child. The argument is that for those women, the option of abortion must be there in order to ensure they are not being disenfranchised because of our male dominated society. The choice for ending the life of a child is further couched with rhetoric that downplays and softens the horror of what is being supported. Pro-choice advocates refer to a baby as a pregnancy, a fetus, or a group of cells—dehumanizing the unborn child.  
Interestingly, much of the current literature from the Pro-choice movement has moved away from arguing over “when life begins.” In fact this statement can be found on The Pro Choice Action Network:   
…the abortion services community is well-aware of what is really inside a pregnant woman. But so is almost everyone over the age of six. The pro-choice movement and abortion providers are in the business of protecting and respecting women’s human rights, their moral autonomy, and their choices. We want every mother to be willing and every child to be wanted. We are pro-woman, pro-child, pro-family, and pro-life, in the true sense of that term.2  
Instead of trying to convince us that a fetus is not an unborn child, the pro-choice advocates focus on convincing us that ensuring the right of a woman to abort an unwanted child is the humanitarian thing to do—and unfortunately, women are being persuaded.  
It is ironic that feminists, a group who claims to stand for the absolute rights of females, essentially disenfranchises a large group of those females through their stance on abortion rights. At least half of the victims, and possibly more because of the use of selective abortions permitted in other countries, are females. Nothing could be more juxtaposed than one female asserting her rights as a feminist, while denying an unborn female the basic right of life. Ironically, the pro-choice arguments would preclude them from disavowing the right of a woman to abort based on gender. If the mother decides for whatever reason that raising a boy is more appealing to her, she would have the right to end the life of any female child she would carry. So the very means of assuring the absolute right of females also removes the rights of unborn females.  
Even more concerning is that the arguments now being asserted by pro-choice advocates could very easily be used to allow infanticide—a child who has had an accident and would ever after be a financial burden to the parent could be killed. It would be the humane thing to do. The scenarios are endless. Will we allow ourselves to become so desensitized to the idea of murder for a humanitarian reason that eventually society will be allowed to judge the ultimate worth of an individual based on his/her ability to contribute to society? 
Let us never forget or refrain from fighting for the sanctity of the life God has given us. “Whosoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man” (Genesis 9:6 ).