(Note: On one of my huband’s blogs, a man wrote that he was a pro-life Christian. He supported the healthcare bill because insurance was expensive; thus, a person not having healthcare might choose to have an abortion for $500, rather than having medical bills of thousands. He ended his comments by saying “are Christians ready to put a price on a life?”)
D — I’m very pro-life. Abortion breaks my heart. I’ve worked in a pregnancy counseling center, and hope to do so again in the future. I’ve worn the tiny unborn feet pin. And I can’t agree with your statements.
The choice to have an abortion ultimately is between a woman and God, whether it stems from a moral choice/consequence or a decision to terminate a handicapped infant because they don’t think they can raise it. A person facing that decision has options. Organizations offer aid in unwed mother, and other, scenarios; People are wanting to adopt unwanted children, just for two examples. Even if we were talking about one of your own children in such a situation, all your prayers, preventive teaching and offers to help would not necessarily stop them from making a decision with which you don’t agree.
Your reasoning seems very much to me like the decision to hand kids condoms in school because they’re going to have sex anyway, and “we” need to try and prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancies. Whereas, statistics show that teaching abstinence will be the far more effective course, especially in conjunction with parents knowing where their children are/who they’re with, and having boundaries as well as keeping communication lines open (you know, like actually parenting!).
To say that overlooking bigger government making more demands and violating more rights of millions of people — including said government not recognizing the rights of the unborn — is worth the price to save one baby… you do know that the government you’re supporting on the healthcare issue is the same one that legalized abortion, right? Asking WWJD in this situation, I don’t think He’d support that government’s healthcare bill to try and save one life. He knows those lives are going straight to Heaven; whereas, the ones still living here are going to be praying for His quick return as our freedoms are revoked in the coming Socialist makeover of our country.
Copyright 2010 by Tammi Mossman.
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