The Roots of Our Disrespect for Life, by Robert B. Greving

By Robert B. Greving, Crisis Magazine, Oct. 25, 2023

Robert B. Greving teaches Latin and English grammar at a Maryland high school. Mr. Greving served five years in the U.S. Army J.A.G. Corps following his graduation from the Dickinson School of Law.

Contraception precipitates abortion. To be against abortion but silent on contraception is like being against racism but silent on bigotry.

October is “Respect Life” month. In the minds of most, “respect life” means fighting abortion, and it is left at that. To leave it there, though, is to pull out the blade of a weed but leave the root intact; and if you don’t pull out the root, the weed will grow back. The root, in this case, is the seldom—if ever—mentioned sin of contraception and the “contraceptive mentality” that it has spawned. It is the woolly mammoth in the room that is never talked about.

Contraception precipitates abortion. To be against abortion but silent on contraception is like being against racism but silent on bigotry. …

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