What is abortion? It’s more than a medical procedure, though mere medical descriptions of it are horrifying in themselves. It’s the destruction of human beings—their brutal and abrupt loss of every good, beautiful, and true thing that awaited them in life—perpetrated by the very ones who should have been their most valiant protectors.
Perhaps only a poet could capture the true horror of this. Poet Roderick Falconer recites his attempt in the video below. I warn you, it’s tough to listen to. But it’s a powerful unmasking of what lies behind the word “abortion.”