Slowing Down

I tip my hat to whoever came up with the idea for this ad. The ad is part of the New York City Department of Transportation's "That's Why It's 30" anti-speeding ad campaign. So it's a little graphic. So it's a little scary. It might even frighten a few children. The ad will definitely frighten a few speeding drivers, but it will frighten them into driving safely. This ad discourages that which is already illegal.

It's good to see that organizations like Expectant Mother Care aren't alone in reminding NYC that human life is more important than convenience. After reading this ad, a driver has to ask the question, "Is 10 mph more significant than a child's life?" Or maybe the question arises, "How many decades of somebody else's life might be lost because I was trying to gain a few minutes here, a few seconds there?" Fortunately, nobody has any interest in publicly trying to deny that a child hit at 30 mph has a significantly greater chance of survival than a child hit at 40 mph. Fortunately, nobody has any interest in publicly denying that the slower a driver travels, the less likely it is that any pedestrian will be hit in the first place. With the undeniable facts out in the open, hopefully NYC drivers will slow their cars down. Patience is indeed a virtue worth acquiring, and sometimes it only takes a few seconds here and a few minutes there.

When--not if, but when--NYC slows down and examines the evidence, this city will find that the life of a preborn child is more significant than the convenience of an individual or family. Only by denying the personhood of the preborn has NYC legally aborted over 89,000 people each year. It is not the humanity, not the life, and not the DNA that is distinct from both father and mother that have been denied, but the personhood.

Then, after abortion has become illegal, the NYC Health Department might run a similar ad campaign, discouraging that which is illegal. One side might display half of the face of an aborted baby, with some small object for size comparison, with the caption, "Aborted at ## weeks." The other side of the ad might have half of the face of a newborn child, with a much larger object for size comparison, and the caption, "Born." The bottom of the ad might have the name of the new campaign, titled, "That's Why Abortion Is Illegal."

Sadly, abortion is not illegal. That's why Expectant Mother Care ads boldly proclaim, "Free Abortion Alternatives." In fact, there are alternatives to abortion.