The 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision to legalize at will abortion set our country on a dangerous trajectory that has led us to where we are now. Our culture is one that hates children.  The number of abortions in America since 1973 is over 58 million. Let that number sink in. 58 million+ lives ended each time reinforcing the message that children are disposable. Now, the socio-cultural climate is such that Dr. Conly and others that agree with her can unabashedly suggest that America institute a policy that is unconscionable.

On October 31, 2015, Professor Sarah Conly gave her commentary on China’s recent change to a “two-child” policy for the Boston Globe entitled “Here’s why China’s one-child policy was a good thing”. Dr. Conly’s logical analysis clearly laid out the value of population control for the goal of conserving resources now for the purpose of avoiding resource shortage in the future. Dr. Conly decried China’s use of force to require abortions and sterilization as a means to enforce its population controls, but did lay out economic alternatives to enforce a one-child policy should America choose to adopt one.

Children, a Burden
Dr. Conly also addressed the moral arguments against population control, specifically religious convictions and gender imbalance. In terms of religious convictions, her conclusion was that just because religious people feel called to have multiple children, it does not mean it is beneficial for society as a whole. In regards to gender imbalance, Dr. Conly concludes that society should be less sexist, and learn to value women more rather than have more children. If this were the case, then a one-child policy could work without threat of inhumane policy enforcement.

The most telling portion of Dr. Conly’s piece came in the sixth paragraph when she stated:

“Given the damage we are causing, and the suffering we foresee for all those who live after us, it is clear that having more than one child is just something that none of us –Chinese or American—has a moral right to do. We have no right to cause great harm to others when we can avoid this without great loss to ourselves.”

As I mentioned before, Dr. Conly’s commentary in this piece was logical and clearly laid out. The message that she is seeking to convey echoes off the page:

Children are a burden. A burden that must be must be eliminated.

American Culture
What is scary about this piece is the growing number of voices within the academic elite that feel the same way as Dr. Conly. A similar piece written by Thomas Bartlett appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While these are just two voices, they most assuredly are beating the drum of many that believe that we as an American society need to reduce our carbon footprint by reducing the number of feet in individual American homes.

The 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision to legalize at will abortion set our country on a dangerous trajectory that has led us to where we are now. Our culture is one that hates children.

[Editor’s note: This article is incomplete. The source for this document was originally published on raanetwork.org – however, the original URL is no longer available.]