Jessa Duggar Compares Holocaust to Abortion

"May we never sit idly by and allow such an atrocity to happen again," the 19 Kids and Counting star says

By Zach Johnson Sep 30, 2014 11:20 AMTags
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19 Kids and Counting's Jessa Duggar visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25. The reality star, 21, reflected on the experience via Instagram. In doing so, however, she upset many people by equating abortion to the genocide that claimed the lives of approximately 11 million people.

"I walked through the Holocaust Museum again today... very sobering. Millions of innocents denied the most basic and fundamental of all rights—their right to life. One human destroying the life of another deemed 'less than human.' Racism, stemming from the evolutionary idea that man came from something less than human; that some people groups are 'more evolved' and others 'less evolved.' A denying that our Creator—GOD—made us human from the beginning, all of ONE BLOOD and ONE RACE, descendants of Adam. The belief that some human beings are 'not fit to live.' So they're murdered. Slaughtered. Kids with Down syndrome or other disabilities. The sickly. The elderly," the engaged TV star wrote in the caption. "The sanctity of human life varies not in sickness or health, poverty or wealth, elderly or pre-born, little or lots of melanin [making you darker or lighter skinned], or any other factor."

Quoting Proverbs 24:10-12, Jessa said, "'If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? and He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it? and shall not He render to every man according to his works?'" The TLC star added, "May we never sit idly by and allow such an atrocity to happen again. Not this generation. We must be a voice for those who cannot speak up for themselves. Because EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS. #ProLife."

Last year, matriarch Michelle Duggar shared similar views via her blog.

"A couple of weeks after we went to the Holocaust Museum It dawned on us that there is a holocaust taking place right here in America! More than 56 million lives have been destroyed in our country! That is over 4,000 babies being killed and 4,000 women being wounded each day!" she argued. "We talked and prayed about what our family could do to make a difference in saving the lives of the unborn."

In an effort to end "abortion in America," Michelle teamed up with LifeUnited.org, "a coalition to unite the prolife army to use technology with top quality online pictures, diagrams and videos to educate today's world that each child is a special creation of God, being formed in their mother's womb."