

                               ABORTIONISM

                AMERICA'S NEW ESTABLISHED STATE RELIGION

                              by Al Lemmo


   One of the most effective ploys concocted by abortionmongers has 
been to portray the issue as one of conflicting religious beliefs.  
Combined with a concurrent disinformation campaign to destroy public  
understanding of the purpose of the First Amendment, and an unfortunate 
tendency on the part of many pro-lifers to base their position on 
abortion solely on their religious beliefs, the religion ploy has 
enjoyed remarkable success.

   It is my belief, however, that the tables could be turned by 
demonstrating that the philosophy undergirding abortion is the 
underlying philosophy of virtually every degradation that humanity has 
ever suffered.  I propose to apply the term "Abortionism" to this 
philosophy and the cult "religion" that it supports to emphasize that 
all "abortions" - i.e., terminations of fundamental human rights - are 
basically justified by this same destructive philosophy.  Large scale 
aggressive application of terminology that reflects these truths could 
go a long way toward changing common understanding of the abortion 
issue.  Some examples of such terminology are employed in the remainder 
of this article and a much more detailed source of suggested usage is 
available in a companion glossary.

   Abortionism is the world's oldest and most destructive cult.  It's 
central dogma, unchanged through millenia, has held that the 
fundamental and inalienable rights to life, liberty and property are 
not rights at all but conditional grants that may be terminated or 
aborted at any time on the basis of whatever criteria those who have 
the power to do the aborting choose to recognize.  Any portion of the 
human community may be summarily excluded from recognition and even 
destroyed based on these criteria.  The criteria may include race, 
color, creed, national origin, class, sex, abilities and birth.

   The Abortionite dogma is totally opposed to that of the originally 
established "religion" of America which was an inclusive philosophy of 
unconditional and intrinsic human rights.  The only criterion for 
inclusion was to be a living member of the human species, born or 
unborn.  I choose to call this philosophy "Intrinsicism".  The 
Abortionite dogma is then an extreme subset of a philosophy that can be 
called "Extrinsicism", or the belief that fundamental human rights 
derive from extrinsic human sources rather than being inherent with 
each individual.

   The extremism of the Abortionite lies in his willingness to destroy 
(or abort) the fundamental human rights of those he has refused to 
grant recognition or personhood.  Some may recognize these philosophies 
of Intrinsicism and Extrinsicism as similar to Natural Law and 
positivism which will not be discussed here.  The major difference is 
that this approach is not concerned with the origin of human rights, 
only with the necessity of making the assumption that human rights are 
intrinsic with human life and the consequences of failing to do so.

   The choice of criterion (or criteria) for exclusion of a class of 
people from the recognition and protection of the human community is 
what distinguishes the various sects and subsects of Abortionism from 
each other.  It varies from one sect or subsect to the next but there 
is also considerable overlap among the sects.  Some of the more common 
sects of Abortionism, characterized by their exclusionary criteria, 
include the Racist sect which excludes people on the basis of 
ethnicity, the Sexist sect which does so on the basis of sex, the 
Classist sect on the basis of social or economic class, the Creedist 
sect on the basis of religious beliefs and the Functionalist or 
Utilitarianist sect which excludes people on the basis of limited 
utility or abilities.  One of the most common and active Abortionite 
sects in America today is the Birthist sect which excludes people on 
the basis of whether or not they have been born.  They have much in 
common with the Utilitarianists and there is extensive joint 
membership.

   Regardless of exclusionary criterion, the central dogma and guiding 
philosophy of Abortionism - that rights are granted to powerless people 
by powerful people rather than intrinsic with every individual - 
remains intact from one sect to the next.  The reverence for power, 
especially the power to decide whose lives and liberties may be 
destroyed, has always been the common thread among all Abortionites.  A 
Birthist Abortionite slogan neatly summarizes this point with the 
question "Who Decides?"

   Under the principles of Abortionism, millions have had their lives, 
liberties and property rights aborted.  The Racist sect of Abortionism, 
which gained such popularity that it acquired political power in 
Germany earlier in this century, accomplished the abortion of millions 
on the basis of ethnicity.  The Classist sect did the same in the 
Soviet Union on the basis of social class.  Likewise, Native Americans 
had their lives or property rights aborted on a large scale by the 
Racist sect in this country.  Using Abortionism's tried and true 
evangelical techniques to devalue the lives of the target population in 
the minds of the converts (who would be expected to commit the actual 
abortions), black Africans had their liberties aborted on a large 
scale.  Similarly, the Creedist sect aborted millions in many lands on 
the basis of religious beliefs.  The Birthist sect has gained such 
popularity in America that it has succeeded in aborting the lives of 
several tens of millions of prenatal babies.  Only the Universalist 
Abortionites have historically failed to attract much of a following 
because they have not focused their hatred on the basis of any popular 
fear or envy, insisting upon their right to abort anyone's life for any 
reason.  They have commonly been easily recognized as mere criminals or 
sociopaths.

   It should be noted that hatred is not essential as a motivating 
factor for Abortionite exclusion.  Black Africans, for example, were 
typically not hated by their Abortionite oppressors.  The Abortionites 
simply engaged in self-serving rationalizations for denying their 
personhood in order to justify their enslavement.  Likewise, prenatal 
babies are not generally hated by Birthist Abortionites (except the 
most extreme).  It is simply regarded as ludicrous to accord them any 
status as members of the human community.

   The chief sacrament of the various Abortionite sects has typically 
been some form of murder or enslavement - i.e., some form of abortion 
of a fundamental human right.  The evangelical genius of Abortionites 
has been their amazingly creative capacity to make virtues of these 
practices.  For example, the Racist sect successfully turned genocide 
into a final solution for a society's non-existent racial problems.  In 
this country it trumpeted states' rights as the higher principle to 
be preserved when its sacrament of slavery came into conflict with the 
principles of Intrinsicism, the original established religion in 
America.  In more recent times the American zeal for personal freedom 
of choice has been cleverly manipulated by the Birthist sect to make 
the poisoning or live dismemberment of prenatal babies a matter of 
choice when in reality it is nothing more than the ancient sacrament of 
living human sacrifice to the modern day idols this nation has come to 
worship.  These include money, power, sex, image, convenience, physical 
and mental perfection and human intellect.  Most of these are 
worshipped by the other Abortionite sects as well.

   It should be noted that the high priests or priestesses of 
Abortionism often do not commit the sacraments themselves.  These acts 
are commonly left to the converts who are frequently soft-core and 
seldom asked to disavow any other more traditionally recognized 
religion they may profess.  The high priesthood has historically found 
it useful not to impose such a requirement, in part so as not to expose 
the fact that Abortionism is a competing religion.  It has been far 
more effective to simply piggyback the Abortionite reverence for power 
and control on to the existing system of beliefs that predominate in a 
given culture.  Furthermore, by remaining above the fray, the 
leadership can cultivate an altruistic image, fighting for the 
exclusionary privileges of their converts to deny inclusion of their 
target populations.

   The Birthist sect in America has been particularly adept at this 
dogmatic symbiosis, mimicry of virtue and cultural parasitism.  It has 
deceived many into believing that Abortionite doctrine is consistent 
with Christianity, consistent with the original established religion in 
America (Intrinsicism), and even protected by the First Amendment 
guarantee of religious freedom.  Incredibly, they have even succeeded 
in passing themselves off as the champions of original American dogma 
while undermining it at every turn in the promotion of their own.  This 
has been accomplished by intense application of the quasi-Orwellian 
principle of Abortionthink, in which the victim's life is 
systematically devalued to the point of irrelevance.

   Concerted use of Abortionspeak, a dialect of Orwell's Newspeak, the 
language of denial, confusion and devaluation, has been critical to 
achieving the mass state of consciousness in which prenatal babies 
simply do not exist in the minds of the Birthist Abortionite converts.  
In this condition they are perfectly prepared to administer the 
Abortionite sacrament.

   Abortionthink is closely related to the Orwellian concept of 
doublethink in which the practitioner is trained to hold two mutually 
contradictory ideas in mind at the same time and accept both of them.  
Thus, Abortionite converts have historically been able to participate 
in all manner of violence while still professing beliefs in traditional 
religions that abhor it.  The Birthist sect has raised this art to new 
heights, professing to believe in the traditional ethic of sanctity of 
life for the prenatal child while accepting its destruction for 
virtually any reason.  They have no problem with viewing the child as 
either a separate patient for whom heroic medical efforts may be made 
by fetologists, or as an object that may be disposed of at will.  As 
one theologian put it, "in a successful manipulation of the mind, the 
person is no longer saying the opposite of what he thinks but he thinks 
the opposite of what is true."  Abortionite converts who have reached 
this state of consciousness have achieved the ultimate spiritual 
development as members of the cult.

   The totalitarian party in Orwell's 1984 had three slogans which were 
exercises in doublethink that expressed key principles of Abortionism.  
These were: "War is peace", "Freedom is slavery" and "Ignorance is 
strength".

   "War is peace" expresses the reverence for and sanctification of 
violence and the exercise of power to accomplish the goals of the 
particular Abortionite sect.  These goals are typically regarded as so 
beneficial that working toward them would constitute peace in spite of 
the work itself consisting of violent acts.  And in any case the 
violence was directed against non-persons, the target populations who 
had been rationalized out of existence in the minds of the Abortionite 
converts through the process of Abortionthink.  (It should also be 
noted that the totalitarian party in Orwell's 1984 regarded power as an 
end in itself rather than simply as a means to accomplish other goals.  
This is the essence of Abortionism.)

   "Freedom is slavery" expresses contempt for genuine, individually 
responsible development and exercise of conscience that might bring to 
mind suppressed ethical principles that would likely be in conflict 
with the Abortionite principles which are destructive to freedom and 
which the convert is expected and encouraged to place above all others.  
The freedom to modify one's behavior to follow the traditional ethical 
principles such as reverence for life, even at some personal cost, is 
regarded as slavery to antiquated, sentimental and oppressive ideas.

   "Ignorance is strength" expresses contempt for the knowledge of 
opposing ethical principles and humanizing facts about the target 
populations of the particular Abortionite sect which might lead a 
convert to backslide to some more traditional religion and reject 
Abortionism.  Abortionite sects that practice the sacrament of war have 
often promoted hateful myths about foreigners to further their aims and 
the Birthist sect is well known for its enthusiastic promotion of 
ignorance about life before birth to dehumanize its intended victims.

   Orwell's Abortionites had one further slogan: "Who controls the past 
controls the future; who controls the present controls the past".  
Today's Abortionites are well aware of the truth expressed in this 
slogan and accordingly practice classical Orwellian reality control 
with great enthusiasm and diligence.  They are busily devoting 
themselves to rewriting history to support the Abortionite version of 
the creation of society as we know it.  The Birthist sect is 
particularly devoted to this, expending much energy to undermine public 
understanding of the history of the laws that restricted prenatal human 
sacrifice as well as the history of the attitudes of society and of the 
predominant traditional religion in America, Christianity.  Their work 
in this area included total fabrication of medical statistics and bore 
fruit with the publication of the satanic verses known as Roe v. Wade.

   The principal objects of worship in Abortionism have been the idols 
noted earlier.  Perhaps the most difficult of these to recognize 
historically has been human intellect.  The true Abortionite has an 
unshakable faith in either his own intellect and powers of reason or 
those of some Abortionite theologian, holding those who do not share 
this faith in utter contempt, especially if they have placed their 
faith in something as intangible as God.  The difficulty in recognizing 
this idol is that it is worshipped to some degree by virtually 
everyone.

   Abortionite sects have occasionally erected temples wherein to 
practice their sacraments.  The Racist sect operated a number of 
temples in Europe some years ago, doing so with great secrecy, but the 
Birthist sect openly operates hundreds of temples in America and many 
other countries today.

   The unholy scriptures of Abortionism are the writings of the 
prominent theologians of the various sects (Mein Kampf, The Communist 
Manifesto, Roe v. Wade, etc.).  The theologians have often given lip 
service to the concepts of freedom and democracy but have usually meant 
the freedom of their Abortionite followers to democratically (among 
themselves) abort the freedoms of others.  The theologians themselves 
have often been held in such awe and esteem as to constitute demigods.  
They have often been spellbinding as public speakers and possessed of a 
remarkable fluency in Abortionspeak, mesmerising people with clever 
phraseology and slogans which have often been transparently inane to 
anyone who stopped to think about them (e.g., "reproductive freedom" 
after reproduction has occurred or "a woman has a right to control her 
own body" when it is her prenatal child's body that is to be 
destroyed).

   The leading theologians have never convened a joint council and 
Abortionism has never issued a unifying document clearly stating its 
dogma.  This is largely because the various sects have always lacked a 
common hierarchy, mainly because their common dogma easily justifies 
their aborting of each other at every opportunity.  The repeated 
failures of humanity to recognize Abortionism and receive dispensation 
from its sacraments can be traced to the difficulty of identifying its 
destructive unifying philosophy.  It is a stealth religion.

   The closest humanity has come to exposing the common dogma of all 
the forms of Abortionism was in 1776 when the theologians of the 
American Reformation stated that they held as self-evident truths the 
beliefs that human beings are created equal and endowed by their 
Creator with certain unalienable rights, first among which were the 
rights to life and liberty.  This has remained the foremost statement 
of Intrinsicist philosophy of all time.  Their genius was in directing 
the allegiance of the people to the fundamental and inclusive 
principles of human rights, in which everyone had a vital interest, 
rather than to any ethnic, religious, political, socio-economic or 
other exclusive affiliation.  It became clear to the people that it was 
only by respecting and defending the fundamental principles of human 
rights for all that they could safeguard their own.

   Although the American theologians successfully fashioned a 
philosophy opposed to Abortionism, which would guide the growth of an 
amazingly diverse nation for nearly two hundred years (ending in 1973 
when Abortionism became the official established state religion through 
an act of judicial tyranny), they failed to clearly identify and 
thereby  expose their true enemy.  Democracy was not their primary 
goal.  They would have been content to remain subjects of the King of 
England if he had properly recognized their inalienable rights.  Their 
theological descendants, who are now engaged in a bitter battle with 
the Birthist sect of Abortionism, have likewise largely failed to 
identify their true enemy and even their own premises.

   The basic premise of today's pro-life Intrinsicists has been a 
simple but logical application of the inclusive premises of the nation, 
the dogma of the original established American religion (Intrinsicism), 
to life before birth.  However, because they typically professed a 
strong faith in God and Biblical principles and expressed their 
Intrinsicist philosophy in terms of the sanctity of life rather than 
fundamental principles of human rights, they allowed the Birthists to 
successfully appeal to the American ideal of freedom of religion, 
masquerade as its champions, and substitute the destructive dogma of 
Abortionism for the nation's inclusive founding dogma of intrinsic 
human rights.

   The Birthist campaign was amply funded by the medi-whores of the 
prenatal vivisection and fetal processing industries and skillfully 
aided by necropimps in the national entertainment and information 
media, as well as in certain nominally Christian churches.  Birthist 
propaganda has consistently depicted their opponents as religious 
fanatics, among the most feared and disliked character types known to 
the American psyche.  Saddled with this deliberately fabricated 
negative image, the true champions of American dogma have had enormous 
difficulty even getting many Americans to listen to their message.

   True Abortionites instinctively gravitate toward the governmental, 
educational and informational institutions of a society because it is 
from within these institutions that they can most quickly and 
effectively erode the resistance of a people to the Abortionite agenda.  
It is no accident that the Birthist sect is so heavily represented in 
these institutions in the United States today.

   The use of wedge issues to obscure the common humanity of the 
targets and the converts of Abortionism, in order to exclude the former 
from the human community, has been a tried and true evangelical 
technique for the cult.  The Racist sect has frequently used patriotism 
and economic issues such as unemployment for this purpose, whipping up 
hatred against minority groups.  In addition to freedom of religion, as 
noted above, the Birthists have very effectively used so-called hard 
cases (rape, extreme poverty, mother's health, etc.), using the 
emotional impact, immediacy and visibility of these otherwise 
legitimate concerns (as well as the much greater ease of identifying 
with postnatal people in such situations) to divide the people from 
their prenatal brethren.  Used in combination with Abortionthink and 
Abortionspeak, the synergistic effect has been overpowering, especially 
in the current cultural climate which has seen millions grow up morally 
retarded and ethically dysfunctional.  Many have even absolved 
themselves of responsibility with the Pontius Pilate Posture: 
personally opposed to (but willing to assist in) private executions of 
the known innocent.  The present cultural environment is so thoroughly 
polluted that it has been difficult for many to distinguish 
Abortionism's philosophical toxic waste from the surroundings.

   Birthists often rationalize their violence through faulty analogies 
to killing in war or by capital punishment.  They point to the killing 
of the culpable as the moral equivalent of the killing of the innocent 
and clumsily attempt to justify these deaths rather than hold those who 
have conceived children under undesirable circumstances responsible for 
their own actions.  This kind of dysfunctional sense of responsibility 
is a hallmark of Abortionites ("I was just following orders").

   Historically, one Abortionite sect often paves the way for the 
others by targeting the weakest members of a society whose exclusion 
and destruction may seem rational and even compassionate.  For example, 
the Utilitarianist sect led the way in Germany by targeting the 
handicapped, making it much easier for the Racists to advance their 
agenda later.  The Birthists have led the way in America such that 
the Utilitarianists are now making rapid progress in relieving the 
burdensome of their lives.

   The first objective of any Abortionite campaign has been to breach 
the wall of separation between freedom and oppression (or civilization 
and barbarianism) which is the philosophical foundation of a free or 
civilized society.  This wall is the philosophy of Intrinsicism.  Once 
the wall is breached by compromising the integrity of the philosophy 
that protects life and liberty, all the criteria of the various 
Abortionite sects then compete on an equal basis because they are 
justified in principle.

   Abortionism is humanity's original false religion.  Its historical 
success is due to the fact that there is a natural tendency in each of 
us to embrace its enticing dogma.  An ancient story even describes how 
the world's first two Abortionites attempted to abort the rights of 
their Creator with disastrous results for all generations thereafter.  
Eternal vigilance is the price of keeping Abortionism in check, yet it 
has such an amazing capacity to evade detection, mutate and adapt 
itself to any culture, that it has continued to plague humanity, even 
infecting a society as dedicated to human rights as our own in epidemic 
proportions.


   If you found this article worthwhile, please consult the companion 
pro-life glossary which provides a variety of terminology and clarifies 
misnomers that have plagued the discussion about prenatal child-killing 
from the outset.

From: Alfred Lemmo  ac534@detroit.freenet.org
