Pro-What?

Kim and I recently rented and watched the movie, Bella. It's a wonderful and inspiring story. If you haven't seen the movie, I warn you this post may spoil the movie's plot.

In the movie, Nina, struggles with the decision to keep her child or not. It's interesting to me that pro-choice people argue that the film is pro-choice, and pro-life people argue that the film sends a pro-life message. She chooses life; therefore, the movie is pro-life. But pro-choice advocates say it was still her choice to keep or abort her child, so they say the movie is pro-choice.

Which is it? I believe the movie is clearly pro-life. Allow me to explain.

There are three options (choices) for a pregnant woman: keep the child; put the child up for adoption; or abort the child. The first two are pro-life decisions. The latter is a pro-abortion decision. Choice sits in the middle; it is the center point of the crossroad. Choice, in and of itself, means nothing. Everyone is pro-choice in that we make choices every day. However, we are not defined simply by the fact that we make choices – we are defined by the choices we make.

You can't be pro-choice just for choice's sake; it's WHAT you choose that makes the critical difference. You can't talk about the vague notion of "freedom of choice" until you define what the specific choices are. And for a pregnant woman, the only two choices are: does the child growing inside get to live or die?

Pro-abortionists like to disguise their stance by saying they are pro-choice. It sounds so innocent and free to be "in favor of all the choices" as if they are somehow neutral on the issue. But let's be honest – pro-choice is really about abortion. Pro-choice says it's okay to kill the unborn child. That, in my book, is being FOR (pro) abortion, and you can't be both pro-life and pro-abortion, because they are moral opposites.

Bella is rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief disturbing images. Parents should see the film first to decide if it is appropriate for their child.