Censorship of Ultrasound Image Exposes Pro-Choice Contradiction 

On November 1, Must Read Alaska published my article titled “State of Alaska Appeals to the Supreme Court, Challenging 2024 Planned Parenthood-backed Ruling.” When MRAK posted my article to Facebook, Facebook removed the ultrasound picture of my baby and replaced it with the MRAK logo. I chose to publish this image with my article for a specific reason: Jonah Paul is a real, living human person. As his mother, I will always defend his right to life, and I urge all mothers and fathers to do the same for their children. 

The legal sanctioning of abortion is not a political issue; it is a moral issue. It is a horrendous humanitarian crisis. Millions of unborn babies are being killed under the disastrous misnomer “reproductive healthcare.”  

One thing has always stuck out to me during my experience in the pro-life movement: the pro-choice side shuns images, videos, and real-life testimonies. In fact, organizations that benefit from the pro-choice movement have been caught multiple times in undercover investigations doing far worse than most people imagine would ever happen in the US.

I have seen videos of abortions being performed, images of thrown-away torn-up baby limbs, testimonies from women who underwent abortion surgery not because they felt they made the best choice but that they had no other choice, and an abortion survivor’s powerful testimony given before a U.S. Senate Committee in 2024. All these experiences created in me a strong conviction that abortion is a moral evil because abortion destroys human life. While these videos, images, and testimonies impacted me greatly, nothing has cemented my pro-life conviction as deeply as seeing the ultrasound image of my own son.  

When I found out Facebook had censored Jonah Paul’s picture, I had two reactions. First, I had the emotional reaction of “how dare you?” My son has done nothing wrong! He is a beautiful little boy, and I am a proud momma. My second reaction was confusion. Hang on, from a pro-choice perspective, what exactly is wrong with a woman sharing a picture of “her own body?” If we accept that a fetus is a real, living human person, the picture should not have been removed. If we believe that a fetus is part of the mother’s body and it is therefore “my body, my choice,” then again, even with this logic, the picture should not have been removed. 

The logical reason behind the removal of the picture is this: it speaks the truth that unborn babies are unique individuals to a culture lulled by the lie that abortion is “healthcare” and a “fundamental right.” If my unborn baby is truly my body, why can I not post a picture of my own body? Could it be because such a picture clearly reveals that Jonah Paul has his own little body, his own little arms and legs? 

As an intern at Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), I saw how major academic journals censor scientific findings in support of life and the humanity and dignity of unborn babies. I spent hours reading FDA reports, obtained by FOIA request, of clinical trials for the abortion pill. Not only did the FDA take two years to send the requested documents, but the FDA had also redacted all significant information in the reports. CLI is in the process of challenging the redactions, which could take another couple of years. Why redact the information from clinical trials?  

The answers lie in the perpetual softening of the American moral conscience. Our culture is consequence adverse. Our culture demands consequence-free sex, and anything less is “oppression.” Our culture demands the “right” to pleasure without the hardship of responsibility. Abortionists have gotten away with 1984-esque language games that have convinced millions that two plus two does equal five. A baby in the womb is “the mother’s body.” It is time to call it what it is: abortion is murder.

Numerous women who underwent abortion have expressed that they felt unsupported by their partners, betrayed by medical professionals, and grieved for the loss of their child. Women facing motherhood during times of financial, relational, or emotional distress deserve genuine love and support just as much as their little babies deserve the right to life. Being a young woman headed into single motherhood, I cannot imagine the weight of being offered death rather than loving support as the solution to my situation.

The stakes being played by both sides are eternal. Many people are left with a God shaped hole in their lives after having gone through such an experience. We cannot forget, that just like each of the little babies who are created in the image and likeness of God, so too are the men and women who have experienced abortion and they need to know that God sees us in our brokenness. He puts us back to together and makes all things new. Powerful institutions and businesses may be able to censor the message but nothing will stop the truth of the testimony of what God has done in our lives for the cause of life.