The elephant in the room

 I recently attended a series of required continuing education lectures pertaining to the health of citizens of our state. Among the various topics was bioethics and women's health. In looking at the goals of that talk, I saw that the question of personhood was to be addressed. It didn't take a genius to know what the elephant in the room was going to be during that one. 

When the speakers were introduced, I noticed that there was only one person on the panel, a female OB-GYN. There was no member of the clergy, no philosopher, and no ethicist. You can guess what direction the "educational" session took. The speaker went on an emotion ridden diatribe about "reproductive health" (meaning abortion), the enslavement of women by men, the "right to privacy," how the Dobbs decision will result in back alley abortions, women dying, and well meaning physicians being handcuffed and jailed, etc. 

The scientific, moral, legal, and ethical questions of personhood were not addressed although a brief description of fertilization, and embryology was included.

Judging by the silence during the Q and A session that followed, I believe that most of the audience was as shocked as I was at the way this was presented, but we endured because we needed the credit hours.

After her talk, I kindly corrected a few scientific facts that she had gotten wrong for which she thanked me. 

The next day she sat at my table. 

A great big elephant separated us. 

You can't argue with such as these.

Pray for them. 

Pray for the unborn.