Dear Editor,
I read with interest the letter written by Lamar Grant, the policy and advocacy manager from Transwave Jamaica, in defense of the perceived right for a woman to kill an unborn baby in her womb. This letter came on the heels of Minister Malahoo- Forte’s statement of support for unborn children, as her own mother was encouraged to abort her “at every stage of pregnancy”.
This letter was interesting for four reasons:
1. Disregard for the people
The letter showed a complete disregard for the views of the Jamaican people,who in
the RJR/Gleaner-Don Anderson Poll last year showed that 65 percent of Jamaicans believe abortion should remain illegal. The vast majority of Jamaicans agree with Minister Malahoo-Forte. I believe it is most appropriate for our elected officials to hold the same position as the majority of Jamaicans. Certainly, the more problematic situation is when elected officials hold personal positions that are against the majority of Jamaicans. I encourage the minister to be unshaken by the fake outrage. The people are clearly with her!
2. Disregard for common sense
It is interesting that a policy officer from a trans organisation would seek to use their organisation’s platform to support abortion. It pulls the mind to ponder the link between transgenderism and abortion. Both involve the destruction of physically healthy body parts; both generally fly in the face of religion, with the exception of satanism; and both involve ignoring scientific realities. Those who advocate for abortion tend to say the fetus is just a clump of cells or have some other false description that dehumanises the baby.Those who advocate for trans laws tend to believe that a female, e.g., Latoya,can just change her name to a male-sounding name, e.g., Lamario, and with or without medical or surgical means become a man, but may still get pregnant. As such, they believe men can get pregnant and will need abortions. Laws should not be made based on delusional ideas; those rabbit
holes go deep.
3. Disregard for women
Lamar highlights the link made in his/her mind between abortion and gender.
equality by saying that “safe abortions [are] an essential component of
gender equality.” This represents the clearest articulation in the public space
of what the LGBT advocates mean when they say gender equality and
gender-based violence. These are not the same as what the average
Jamaican means. Currently, neither males nor females
may be killed legally in the womb in Jamaica. That is not the case for the
United Kingdom, where sex-selective abortion is common; where many
choose males and end the lives of in-utero females.
Lamar seems to believe this is gender equality and that a woman’s right is to kill women from in the womb. Again, these ideas make no sense.
4. Disregard for life
The fourth and final point of interest lies in the deceptive phrasing of abortion as being safe. Can a medical procedure that when successful kills someone 100% of the time, and sometimes two people, be safe? Not at all! Abortion, by definition, cannot be safe; it always kills the unborn child and may kill or harm the mother.
The vision that pro-abortion trans activists have for Jamaica is diametrically opposed to everyday Jamaicans, and I am grateful that it is also diametrically opposed to the vision of Minister Marlene Malahoo-Forte. I wish more national leaders would uphold the words of our National Anthem “Strengthen us the weak to cherish.” Our unborn Jamaican children are the most vulnerable of all.
Dr. Daniel Thomas
President
Love March Movement