Abortion

Give me every excuse in the book and I will tell you a rebuttal why abortion is wrong.

But, then again, there is free will and people will choose what they want no matter what the law is. Free will, and I'll say it again, is what God gave us. We have a choice in the matter. In MY heart, though, I could never have an abortion.

When does a fetus start to feel pain?
Some would say 7months old and others would say 3months old. But this is not my argument here.

Doesn't it say that God wanted people to sacrifice their children in the Bible?
If you are reading http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_bibl.htm please take a look at http://www.tektonics.org/af/abortion01.html before you make a claim that the Bible has many instances of fetal killings and infanticide in the name of sacrifice. My claims though are not about whether or not it is right to kill but on free will and free choice.


If a woman who "should" get an abortion but doesn't, who is there to help her raise the child or adopt the child, who is there to take care of the "crack babies?"
There are plenty of mothers out there who are unable to have children. I know of two people, well more than two people, who were young mothers that were able to benefit from the resources in the community. Both were able to receive welfare, childcare assistance, financial aid for school, and benefit from the numerous low income homes or single mother homes. Each woman and their child are able to receive medical help from the government and medical for themselves, free of charge. They received food stamps and WIC as well.

As for "crack babies" one would might go as far as to make it mandatory to abort a child of a crack addict? Before it gets a chance at life? That is basically what you are saying when you give this addict a choice at letting this child live or die. The person who is addicted to drugs probably should have no say. But many children born into drugs turn out for the better. If they have problems there are many programs available for these children as well. These include mother-child drug treatment programs, employment counseling, child care training, and highly structured educational programs for the children.


Pro-life is anti-woman.


When a woman gets a chance to have an abortion they are getting a chance to erase the consequence of having sex. If a woman ends up having a baby or knows that they can't get out of having a baby, people will think twice before having sex. STD rates will go down. Parents will be forced to actually talk to their kids about discipline in the area of sex.

This idea goes on to women addicted to drugs. They too need to face the consequences of having a child and exposing them to drugs. It may be much harder for them but that is the life they chose. I understand that is not the life the child chose but to not give them a choice at all is a devastating thing in itself. Many many many children who have grown up with life difficulties have been able to use these difficulties and traumas to benefit others and have grown up to be successful and productive people in this society.

The actual women that I have seen that are actually unfit for parenting either don't have an abortion or have an abortion but still have children. The poor can't afford abortions either. People unable to face the consequences of having a child are going to continue their same practices and might actually have several abortions in their life. I have seen this first hand in people around me.

Now all I am doing right now is stating the facts. I am not stating what you should do with them. What should we do? Well at the state it is right now I would say vote against pro-choice when you get a chance. The way they are done it is dangerous for women.

If you know a woman who is pregnant and is unsure what to do about her pregnancy, encourage, don't tell, her to think of other options. Tell her this is a natural consequence of her actions. If she keeps the baby, help her by babysitting, or in other practical ways. Give her some resources. We are so lucky to be in the USA. There are many people around the world who don't have access to these services and these same people do not have access to abortion either.

If you know a woman who has had an abortion, do not judge her but love on her. What's done is done. Free will is what God has given us. Care for her when she is sad about it, but if she is not sad about it, don't dwell on her faults. Only God has the right to judge.

One last argument I would like to make is that children are the light of this world. They give us hope, remember innocence, and they give us something to fight for. Children are a blessing and not a curse. They help us grow. Maybe I'm biased, but if you don't want your kids, give them to me. No I'm kidding, but eventually I do want to adopt children, from this country too. I will go even as far as saying, God adopted us into His family so in turn we should adopt children into ours.

-Keisha Love

http://www.doitnow.org
http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
http://www.stannes.org/
http://www.pregnancycenters.org/
http://www.bornalivetruth.org