Do you know that in Europe abortion is carried out every half a
minute? Instead of trying to stop it, the European Union wants to
enforce unrestrained abortion right in all the members countries.
Abortion: European Genocide?
By Krzys Wasilewski
Europe is facing extinction, alarms a study prepared by a Spanish
nongovernmental organization. Fewer and fewer children are born every
year as Europeans focus on their careers and personal benefits.
In the European Union of 27 countries, some 1.2 million abortions are
carried out each year. It is approximately the entire population of
the small Baltic republic of Estonia, which joined the organization in
2004. Every minute two human beings are annihilated in consulting
rooms, a number that amounts to over 22,000 a week. France and Great
Britain lead the statistics, but abortion is on the rise even in more
conservative countries such as ****tugal, where the law limits it to
only rape and ***** victims. Far from stopping abortion, the European
Union plans to make it easily accessible in all the member states.
Europe seems to have lost its survival instinct. It is Central and
Eastern European peoples that face the greatest risk of disappearing
from the face of the continent, with the fertility rate way bellow 2.1
- the rate that guarantees the continuity of a nation. In Poland, for
example, the rate oscillates between 1.20 and 1.30, what means that an
average woman during her procreation phase gives birth to only one
child. Although France and Ireland near the 2.0 rate, experts remind
that most births are recorded in the areas populated by immigrants
from Africa and Asia.
Abortion and low fertility rate is one problem; cultural trends are
another. "If we do not return to our traditional values, such as
family, we are facing a catastrophe," Roberto de Mattei, a history
professor of European University in Rome, told a Polish newspaper. The
mentioned re****t confirms his fears, saying that one in three
marriages in Europe ends in a divorce while in Sweden and Estonia more
children are born in uncommitted couples than in marriages. The
decrease in moral standards has been recorded since the 1968
generation came to power and rejected their parents' values.
But Europe's decline pales in comparison with Russia's. It is
estimated that as many as 700,000 Russians die each year, what means
that by 2050 the country's population may have fallen by one third of
its present number. Although Russia's population is still relatively
young, it is decimated by alcoholism, drugs, and AIDS, which spreads
quicker than in any other region in the world. Poverty constitutes
another problem as only the privileged few can enjoy the fruits of the
recent economic growth; the rest often live in conditions similar to
ones during the Soviet Union.
Most European countries try to save themselves by admitting millions
of immigrants into their borders every year. With more people retiring
than being able to work, Africans and Asians seem to be the perfect
solution to the continent's rapidly aging population. But the open
borders policy has a serious drawback. In France, the country of 62
million people, six millions are Muslims who admit that they feel more
attached to their homelands in Northern Africa than to Europe. Their
voice is already being heard as Paris formulates its foreign policy
that struggles not to offend French Islamists; within years their
opinion will grow even more im****tant.
To avert the course, Europe must reinvent its philosophy. It should
understand that its roots are in Judaic-Christian religion that favors
family values and rejects individual hedonism. Professor de Mattei
said in his interview that in order to survive, "the continent has to
undergo a cultural and moral reform."
Krzys Wasilewski is a NewsBlaze journalist, particularly interested in
history and literature that expands his love of travel and historical
curiosity. If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to:
krzys.wasilewski@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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