May 14, Your Fetus Must Be Born (1)

 

Verse: Gonna ban abortion in our state.

Your fetus must be born;

We care for all unborn;

Right up until they’re born.

We will ban abortion in our state.

We care for all unborn,

Right up until they’re born.

 

Chorus: Yes, we will love them ‘til their birth;

But, after birth, they lose their worth.

We just care ‘til their birth.

Yes, we will love them ‘til their birth;

But, after birth, they lose their worth.

They’re loved until their birth.

 

Verse: Although you bear a heavy load,

Your fetus must be born.

We care for all unborn.

Right up until they’re born.

 

Although you face a rocky road,

We care for all unborn,

Right up until they’re born.

 

Chorus: If rape or incest were your fate,

Or if you have no married mate,

That’s common in our state.

If rape or incest were your fate,

Or you’re so young that you’re jail bait,

You’ll give birth in our state.

 

Verse: Don’t claim your reproductive rights.

Your fetus must be born;

We care for all unborn;

Right up until they’re born.

Alito writes you have no rights;

Your fetus must be born;

We’ll love it ‘til it’s born.

 

Chorus: No woman has the right to choose;

You carry life you must not lose.

You have no right to choose.

You must forget the right to choose.

That’s a crime we can’t excuse.

You have no right to choose.

 

Verse: We will ban abortion in our state.

Your burden must be borne.

We care for all unborn.

Right up until they’re born.

Won’t allow abortions in our state,

We care for all unborn,

Right up until their birth.

 

Chorus: Expect no help with newborn care,

Once kids are born, we do not care.

No help with newborn care.

Expect no help with newborn care,

Or later, with your child’s welfare.

Once born, we just don’t care.

 

• May be sung to the Negro Spiritual, “Down By the Riverside.” Mahalia Jackson, Etta James, and Louis Armstrong have versions on YouTube. Alan Sherman did a delightful parody: “Don’t Buy the Liverwurst.”