Monday, October 29, 2012

It's Not Your Body!

The biggest argument the pro-choice {pro-abortion} group uses is that others shouldn't be telling women what to do with their bodies.  I have news for them.  When a woman gets pregnant, the baby is NOT her body.  You are not your mother's body.  The baby is a completely separate, entire human being.
They have to be so blinded to use this argument.  The time to decide to not be pregnant is before you get pregnant.  Once you are pregnant, another human being is being created in your body.
One famous movie star was on a talk show recently and went off about how upset she is that contraceptives are no longer being given out for free in her state.  She then said how terrible it was that they were "forcing" women to have ultrasounds.  It is so terrible to convince women they are carrying a living human being with a beating heart???
Someone very close to me went and saw her doctor when she had only been pregnant for six weeks.  They heard the fast heartbeat and saw the ultrasound picture of the baby's head and body...at SIX weeks pregnant!  It is a baby, not tissue.  Once an egg and sperm meet, a human being is being created.  They cannot get around that.
Their arguments are losing steam.  They hold no weight.  Human life is precious and should be defended.  To say that it is their body and they should be able to take the life that is being created within them is a lie from the pit of hell.  They are blinded by the Enemy of their souls.
May we continue to have solid arguments in favor of life and be able to state our case clearly.  May hearts change as their eyes are opened and they see that what women are carrying in their bodies is a precious life which should not be terminated.

For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvelous are Your works and that my soul knows well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
when I was made in secret,
and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed,
and in Your book they all were written,
the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:13-16
P.S.  The picture is my amazing mom with my very precious grandbaby.
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Lindsay Harold · 647 weeks ago

The pro-abortion crowd can be a little slippery with their arguments. They decided long before they looked at the evidence that they wanted abortion to be okay so it could be made legal. It was just a matter of rationalizing their idea to make people agree with them.

They started out by denying that the unborn child was alive. "We don't know when life begins," they said. Then science made it very clear when life begins. At fertilization a new individual with a unique set of DNA is formed. That is simple fact. A fetus grows and develops. Non-living things do not do that. There is no question that the unborn are alive.

So they updated their argument and said that maybe it was alive, but it wasn't human. It's just a fish or a frog...or maybe just a lump of tissue. Well, science had something to say about that. The unborn child has human DNA and follows the unique human development sequence. Ultrasounds show that it is definitely a developing individual, not simply an overgrowth of tissue. No question, science says it is a human being.
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Lindsay Harold · 647 weeks ago

The next argument was that maybe it's a live human, but it's not a person. This is a trickier argument because science cannot answer this one. This is a metaphysical question of value, not scientific fact. To use this trick, they had to differentiate between humans and persons in some way. They use various criteria for the all-important difference, but none of them hold up to scrutiny. The most common argument is that a fetus isn't a person because it isn't self-conscious. Even if that is true, neither are fully born newborns. There is nothing that happens when a child is born that changes their state of consciousness (or anything else, for that matter). On top of that, there are others we consider persons who also lack self-consciousness - those who are in a coma or a vegetative state, for example. Even healthy children and adults are unconscious during sleep. Are these not persons when they lack consciousness? Obviously, this argument has flaws.
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Lindsay Harold · 647 weeks ago

Actually, there are just 4 differences between an unborn child and any other human being: Size, Location, Stage of Development, and Degree of Dependency. None of these form a logical basis for denying personhood. You cannot use any of these criteria to define personhood without serious ethical ramifications because you would be denying personhood to many individuals, not just the unborn.
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Lindsay Harold · 647 weeks ago

The last argument, and the one which is perhaps the most sinister, is that an unborn child is indeed a living human person, but that it has no right to live off of its mother. The mother's right to bodily autonomy, they say, is absolute and no child has the right to use its mother's body. They view the child as a parasite, feeding from the mother, and this gives her every right to kill it in their opinion. What a twisted view.
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Lindsay Harold · 647 weeks ago

The thing is, a woman's body is designed to bear children and the existence of a child within her womb is not at all like a parasite taking from its host. Further, a woman has a responsibility to her child. A mother cannot refuse to feed her child after it is born. She cannot leave a newborn out in the cold to die. The child has a right to live. When you create a child, you have the unavoidable responsibility for that life. Outside the womb, this means you must feed and shelter that child. It means the same thing before birth. The difference is, before birth the options are more limited as to where that care can take place. The unborn child needs the protection of the mother's womb just as babies who have been born need clothing and milk. A mother cannot refuse to meet the needs in the latter case, so why should she be allowed to neglect the needs in the former case? The child's rights have not changed. The mother's responsibility has not changed. Birth changes only the location of the baby - not its status as a human being and not its right to live.
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Cheryl · 647 weeks ago

Very well said!
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creatingfamilyconnections 47p · 647 weeks ago

Thanks for speaking up for the unborn! Posts like this make me so happy I am involved in a crisis pregnancy center. Innocent babies need to be defended.

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Tiffany · 647 weeks ago

Wow, I think Lindsay said it well! Abortion is just one of those things that I can't seem to wrap my mind around the "other side's" argument AT ALL. Anyone who has been pregnant can't deny that there is definitely a little person inside of them...not a lump of tissue. I truly think abortion is the worst, most wicked evil thing that exists. And the fact that it's legal just completely blows my mind.
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Liz · 647 weeks ago

What confuses me and angers me is when the law can charge someone with attempted murder of a fetus when a pregnant woman is beaten in the stomach or some other harm has happened to the unborn child -- but abortion is perfectly legal?!

Where is the line? So when you have a medical degree and end the life of a child it's abortion and legal. But when you kill an unborn child and don't have a medical degree it's murder?

I can usually have a rational discussion with anyone who has a different viewpoint than mine, but this is one stance that I *refuse* to even hear from a different perspective. This is not a "gray area" or a matter of personal conviction. It's laid out in the Bible as being a black and white issue. Murder is murder, no matter how you try to justify it. How could anyone believe that the killing of an innocent child is the answer for anything?

I could write forever on this topic because it fires me up that much but I won't.
My poor fingers are tired already! ;-)
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shortybear 39p · 647 weeks ago

Bless you for standing up for the precious unborn.
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kalarachel · 647 weeks ago

ok, my only question is what happens to all these babies that women would be forced keep? Lets be honest and admit that most would not be put up for adoption, which would be the best solution. People want abortion to be illegal but then complain about how so many are dependent on the government/food stamps/welfare. Alot of these women would be depending on the system which so many complain about.

My body is prolife, but I can't control what anyone else does with theirs unless I am willing to step up and support these women. To be honest, banning abortion wouldn't ever affect me, but I am terrified of some of the extreme right winged politicians who wouldn't allow it even if the mother's life were in danger. That is wrong.
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Susan · 647 weeks ago

I honestly never gave it much though as a young woman until I was in my mid 20s and had a positive pregnancy test while I was taking a strong medication. The dr. told me over the phone that if I was pregnant all of the horrible things that medication could cause. On that very day I realized I could never do it. It turned out to be a false alarm and I flushed that medication and never took it again and never had that particular medical problem again either. I was raised in a relatively pro choice time and saw a couple of my friends emotionally damaged by abortion and some rendered unable to conceive or carry a baby. My feelings were more solidified when, like your friend I had an early pregnancy ultrasound and there was that little flutter. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
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angela · 647 weeks ago

I am your 1000 follower!!!! Congrats :) blessings~~angela
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Lizzy · 647 weeks ago

I am pro-life, but believe our responsibility for the unborn does not end once they are born into this world. I have to be realistic and recognize that even if abortion was outlawed, those with the financial means to do so would still get abortions if wanted. It is the poor that would be most affected by outlawing abortion. In this imaginary world and in the current world we live in, we must recognize more births into poverty will lead to increased tax dollars going to food stamps, paying for those in jail as a result of violence, stealing, etc.

We must be prepared to help those in need and I believe it is vital to care for the unborn once they are born into a family that does not have the means to support them. This is as important as saving their life to me, for without the means to rise above poverty, receive a good education, and not be exposed to drugs and violence at a young age, we are setting that population up for failure and this situation cannot be ignored.

It is our responsibility to still love and care for the unborn once they are alive in this world as well.
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Alley · 647 weeks ago

I found your blog while reading someone else's blog...I am SO glad I did. I was thinking about this earlier while dropping my girls off at school. I have friends and family who are pro-abortion (I don't believe in pro-choice). They feel that they would be stuck or somehow punished for keeping the baby. My response is this: look at my daughter and tell her she is our punishment. They can't. Why? She is a person. She always was, I don't get why that is so hard for people to see.

I always tell the younger ladies I know that if they cannot handle the results of a sexual relationship they ought not be in one. Period.
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Katie · 647 weeks ago

Thank you for speaking up for the unborn and standing for truth!
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Amanda · 647 weeks ago

Thank you so much for sharing and for your stand for God and truth! God bless you! Following you from the Raising Homemakers link up.
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Tonya · 647 weeks ago

Great post!!! New follower @ abundantjoy04.blogspot.com please come for a visit :D
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Sara · 647 weeks ago

Yep! That is exactly my thoughts on the issue. Very well written! Loved it.
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samW · 645 weeks ago

very well written & very true, I believe God wouldn't have put that tiny life into a belly of a mama if he just wanted us to kill it for our own convenience! Keep up the good work & getting the truth out there, this world needs to hear it!!!!

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