Where are My Facebook and Myspace Friends? Missing Because of Abortion

Life News ^ | 8/1/08 | Maria Vitale

[wagglebee]

LifeNews.com Note: Maria Vitale is a LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist and the Education Director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation. Vitale has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio.

One of my favorite times of the day is logging onto Facebook, to see what my friends are up to.

I find some friends have posted photos...others have joined groups ranging from UK Beekeepers to Evangelium Vitae...others have become fans of Mother Teresa or Ronald Reagan...and still others are giving status reports on what they did this past weekend.

I love looking at all the different Facebook pictures. One friend has a picture which shows off her artistic talent...another posted a photo which shows off her muscles as a bodybuilder...another posted a profile picture that shows she looks almost just like she did at our high school graduation.

My friends on Facebook are all different ages--some I went to school with, others I know from work. It's amazing to see what they've done with their lives--one channeled her love for entertainment into a career as a talent scout...another tapped into her love for reading to become a reference librarian. I received an e-mail from one Facebook friend who reminded me of how I had cast her as Annie Oakley in a sixth-grade spoof of Hollywood movies.

The Facebook phenomenon reached a milestone last year, when it was reported that it had welcomed its 30 millionth subscriber. Thirty-million people, finding friends, making friends, being friends. It’s been estimated that the Internet’s social networking community may reach one billion in 2009, meaning that, increasingly, people are finding it as important to plug in as to phone home.

Just today, though, it occurred to me that a friend is missing on my Facebook page. That's the friend who wasn't allowed to be born because of abortion.

I know it's worse for Generation Y--one-fourth of their generation has been wiped out by abortion. It's more than 36,000 faces in my state of Pennsylvania, 1.2 million faces nationwide each year...50 million in the U.S. since 1973, when Roe v. Wade was decided. In other words, if all those aborted babies had had a chance to live, Facebook would be more than double its size.

As a result of abortion, we have lost family members, friends, and connections. There are millions of relationships, both online and offline, that simply don’t exist because we’ve been systematically eliminating part of our population. The greatest nation in the world has been impoverished by that compassion deficit that abortion creates.

The next time you sign onto Facebook, MySpace, or another social networking site, why not say a little prayer for the families of those on the missing list? Their lives did matter, and they should be remembered, if only for those precious seconds when you're typing in your password.

[raybbr]

Since the greater proportion of abortions (in my opinion) can be attributed to liberals and the great unwashed let's not forget to honor the missing criminals in our world.

What does that have to do with accusing me of eugenics? I would think that the moralists would be pleased at the prospect of eliminating rapists, murderers, etc.

I never said that aborting them justified it. I am pointing out the absurdity of the author's premise that all those aborted would have been her "friends".

[Antoninus]

Huh? It means we'll see how many others think it's silly.

And you're spending an awful lot of time denouncing something you find silly and basically meaningless. To me, that's the height of silly.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Powerful! Thanks for posting it! Bookmarking...

[Antoninus]

Since the greater proportion of abortions (in my opinion) can be attributed to liberals and the great unwashed let's not forget to honor the missing criminals in our world.

And there you have it. It only took about 10 posts for you to reveal yourself.

[wagglebee]

What does that have to do with accusing me of eugenics?

Everything.

I would think that the moralists would be pleased at the prospect of eliminating rapists, murderers, etc.

You favor eliminating people based upon a statistical model.

[Antoninus]

Crack they might have smoked, crimes they might have committed. Not all people are good. Even fewer cure cancer.

But all have a right to live. By your logic, as Arthur mentioned above, it would be ok to kill 5-year-olds too because they might turn out to be bad people.

[chris_bdba]

I’ve often thought of this when I heard of some 30 something year old woman who can’t find someone to marry? Perhaps they just weren’t allowed to be born?

[raybbr]

And there you have it. It only took about 10 posts for you to reveal yourself.

As what?

[Arthur McGowan]

It’s true that not all people are good.

The fact that some people are good is not the primary argument against abortion.

However, the fact that some people are bad IS an argument that is often made FOR abortion—i.e., that many of those who are aborted would turn out to be criminals.

I am merely pointing out that, IF that argument for abortion is accepted, then logically, it is also an argument for legalizing the killing of all five-year-olds, or ten-year-olds, because among them are also ALL the future criminals in their age group.

Of course, there’s the question: Is it okay to kill people without evidence or a trial? Is it okay to kill people without evidence or a trial, if the reason the evidence doesn’t exist is that the person being executed hasn’t committed any crime?

[Gondring]

Anything to avoid the reality that 50 MILLION babies were deliberately murdered right?

Not at all, and I'm sorry that's how you take it.

As raybbr pointed out, the problem is the hyperbole of these "missing Facebook friends."

Focusing on the facts of the abortions and the numbers of them is one thing. Speculating beyond that is another.

[Gondring]

This guilt is the reason for the extreme antogonism of the left towards pro-lifers. Even within the Republican party, there is intense bitterness among the "country club" Republicans towards grassroots conservatives over this issue.

Agreed.

Then there are the conservatives who get irritated when silly tactics are employed to support a good cause.

[Gondring]

But you just went against the point of the article... that librarian friend might never have been born.

Does that mean abortion is a good thing? No.

But it does point out the flaw in her argument.

[Antoninus]

As what?

Someone who thinks that the murder of 50 million unborn babies could be a net positive for society.

[Gondring]

And that’s one reason we are importing slave labor in the form of illegal immigration.

Well, many people seem to be against the importation of labor. Are you?

[Sgt Joe Friday 714]

That’s true but the 40 million abortions since the early 70’s in the usa have also certainly deprived us of creeps, lowlifes, criminals and other unsavory types, too.

It’s kind of silly to lament all the positive aspects lost and at the same time not entertain the clear truth that we lost a good share of antisocial members of society.

One can be against abortion, like me, and still find this type of heart-tugging a silly and immature exercise.

[raybbr]

Someone who thinks that the murder of 50 million unborn babies could be a net positive for society.

But, I never said that. It's your inference. I was pointing out that along with lamenting the loss of "good" we would have to lament the loss of "bad". To do otherwise would be hypocritical.

[Antoninus]

Then there are the conservatives who get irritated when silly tactics are employed to support a good cause.

And then there are "conservatives" who spend an entire afternoon bashing other conservatives over tactics on an issue that they supposedly agree on.

If you're truly against abortion, let other folks oppose it as they see fit. You are not all-wise and all-knowing. And as you should be able to see from this thread, some of us find this "silly tactic" to be quite profound. Are we not allowed to think so without some sneering ninny telling us otherwise?

[Antoninus]

But, I never said that. It's your inference.

Then please, by all means, disabuse me of my inference. Is the murder of 50 million unborn children a catastrophe and a crime against nature in your mind? Or is it a net positive for society?

I was pointing out that along with lamenting the loss of "good" we would have to lament the loss of "bad".

I lament the legal and premeditated destruction of human life before it has a chance to be "good" or "bad".

[Gondring]

If you're truly against abortion, let other folks oppose it as they see fit.

Then I take it you will not criticize my approach, which is to argue that focus should not be placed on either illogical emotional appeals or legislative force, but by logical and sensible appeal to intellect and emotion.

My approach includes criticizing what I see as counterproductive actions. I appreciate you letting me do this as I see fit.

Thank you.

[raybbr]

Is the murder of 50 million unborn children a catastrophe and a crime against nature in your mind? Or is it a net positive for society?

Why only the two choices? Should my opinion be limited to your words?