“The philosophy of living with an underlying motive of doing  everything for one’s own personal peace and comfort rapidly colors  everything that might formerly have come under the headings of  “right” and “wrong.”  This new way of thinking adds entirely new  shades, often in blurring brushstrokes of paint that wipe out the  existence of standards or cast them into a shadow that pushes  them out of sight. If one’s peace, comfort, way of life, convenience,  reputation, opportunities, job, happiness, or even ease is threatened,   “Just abort it.” Abort what? Abort another life that is not yet  born. Yes, but also abort the afflictions connected with having a  handicapped child, and abort the burdens connected with caring  for the old or invalid. Added swiftly are the now supposedly thinkable attitudes of aborting a child’s early security in his or her  rights to have two parents and a family life; aborting a wife’s need  for having her husband be someone to trust and lean upon; aborting   the husband’s need for having a companion and friend as well  as a feminine mate; aborting any responsibility to carry through a  job started.”

-From Affliction, by Edith Schaeffer.