Happy Life Day!

As a Modern Solutionary I enjoy solving problems. That is what I do!

I have a great solution that would likely put an end to the abortion battle once and for all.  Instead of fighting amongst one another over whose rights are more important, let’s celebrate the truth that no one can deny; the date our life truly begins. 

I propose that we, as a nation, change the way we define an individual’s date of existence, our traditional birthday.  We could pass a law (all politicians love to pass new laws) that establishes a more progressive age tracking system; one based on the individual’s start of life not when they are removed from their mother.

With the vast medical advancements made in prenatal medicine; it is time to change with the times. Who could oppose such a modern program?

Instead of celebrating an annual birthday to keep track of our age; each person will celebrate their “Life Day”.  This date will be the date a doctor ascertains to be about thirty days after the date of conception.  This date is based on scientific evidence that our heart begins to beat anywhere between eighteen to twenty-four days from conception. As obsessed as are on protecting any type of non-human life forms, if any rational person came across a life form with a beating heart, they would surely consider it to be a living creature.  This should be the true start date of any species’ existence.  Our traditional birthday is nothing more than our revelation date to the world and our families.

“Now think, what difference would this change make?”

Well, if our Life Day was medically established and a Life Certificate was issued at that time then any disruption to that life would result in a required Death Certificate.  The doctor or coroner would be mandated to list on the death certificate the reason of death; making both certificates a permanent record of the concurrent events.  By requiring the medical professionals to explain this process to an expected mother at the detection of a heartbeat would drive home the facts as they truly exist.  We would have legal recording of the documentation of the new life and in the case of an abortion, the cause of death.

Imagine if this would have been the process starting on the date of the Roe v Wade decision.  The States would have had to list each abortion as the cause of death in their statistical reports.  It is estimated that over fifty-eight million “legal” abortions have been performed since the precedent was established and none of them required a death certificate.  For your knowledge, currently a death certificate is only issued for non-aborted fetus’ older than twenty weeks gestation.  Aborted fetus’, regardless of age, are not part of any permanent vital statistic record in the United States.

If a child is issued a life certificate that would mean that the parents would have ability to cover the child with life insurance and health insurance prior to the twentieth week of gestation.  From what I know about insurance, using the “self-inflicted exemption clause”, neither health nor life insurance proceeds would be required to pay an abortion claim.  This would also solve the dispute as to whether the Affordable Care Act should pay for an abortion with tax dollars.  By definition, it would not.  Currently there are some restrictions as to the level of coverage for health insurance and life insurance on a non-aborted child that cannot start before the twentieth week of gestation.

Think about how the discussions would change about whether we should have consensual sex prior to being willing to raise a child.  With the possibility that within thirty to sixty days of their sexual union a life certificate might be required to be issued resulting in the couple having to declare their parenthood on the document.  With the additional ramifications that this legal record, as well as that of a death certificate in the event that one or both of the couple desire an abortion; it would offer cause for further consideration as to if the risk outweigh the pleasure.  What if sometime in the future, these individuals had other children and those children decide to do a public search of possible siblings.  The life dates, dates of death, and cause of death would be revealed as public record.  Would this possibility help people make better choices before it goes that far?  I would hope so.

Wouldn’t you like to see us to start celebrating the Life Day of our children?

What do you think?

If this is my last post, I want all to know there was only one purpose for all that I have written; to have made a positive difference in the lives of others.

Anthony “Tony” Boquet, the author of “The Bloodline of Wisdom, The Awakening of a Modern Solutionary”