Abortion: Facts Not Propaganda
Less than 2% of the abortions that occur are due to health or some other horrendous circumstance. So, I'm not speaking here to extenuating circumstances like abuse, rape and danger to mother's life. That's a Rant/Rave for another day.
Unwanted pregnancies most often arrive based upon the willful actions of individuals who know the possibilities yet engage in high risk sexual behavior. What I am addressing here specifically is abortion as a means of birth control for convenience.
Most of the time the pregnancies could be avoided rather than circumvented if people conducted themselves responsible young people or adults. From a young age our children need to be taught and shown models of discipline and self-respect. That way when they become adults they will have the tools and the mind-set to act responsibly.
Our children are sexualized and exploited at earlier and earlier ages. It's unfortunate that we live in a society that promotes promiscuity and self-centered irresponsibility. Get rid of both of those and the abortion rate drops immediately.
It's unfortunate that all too often the fathers or potential fathers, abdicate their responsibilities and leave the females holding the bag. That should never happen. In those situations those individuals should have never hooked up in the first place. Bad choices again. Don't sleep with a loser and what happens to the chances of unwanted pregnancy?
Abortion should never be seen as just another simple method of birth control. It is far more serious than that.
It's reprehensible that there are organization out there that have a problem when folks want to talk women or couples out of having an abortion.
"Going by the names, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Pregnancy Aid, Birth Right, Open Door, CareNet, Life Choices, or Pregnancy Counseling Center, these groups want to be the first contact a woman makes when she thinks she might be pregnant, so they can talk her out of considering abortion."
What's wrong with that? Why is it that certain folks want abortion to be on the top of the list of "alternatives"? Why? Because of money, that's why. No abortion, no pay. Also - eliminate the undesirables. Why allow the birth of one destined to be on the welfare roll and suck up tax dollars in prison? Simple answer: Expunge before it even happens, right? That's the philosophy of many who have founded clinics around this nation.
Folks often will use this issue for political purposes, but politics has NOTHING ultimately to do with it. Also, this is not necessarily a religious issue. This is a issue Moral issue. All individuals have a mandate to moral responsibility and accountability. Period.
Atheists & Agnostics for Life
http://www.godlessprolifers.org/home.htm...Non-religious arguments and articles supporting pro-life principles
Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians
http://www.plagal.org/A group with members from all sexual orientations committed to the pro-life cause.
Secular Pro-Life
http://www.secularprolife.org/A staunch pro-life group committed to religious neutrality, with information on secular reasons to be pro-life.
Turn the Clock Forward
http://www.turntheclockforward.org/Progressive, liberal pro-life blog that addresses pro-life liberalism and links to news articles on pro-life issues.
Fact is, if women and men would exhibit some self control, this issue would not be the problem that it is. Again, the problem is not politics and the problem is not lack of religion; the problem is irresponsible people that want an easy way out. I know not everyone has the same values. However we have all been dealt the hand of life. What we do with it is our responsibility. We reap what we sow.
Some use the cop-out or excuse that "It's my body. I can do with it what I want."
Rubbish.
Even on a liberal slant, first trimester baby is distinct individual from the mother. Baby has her arms and legs, own heart beat, own blood type, own DNA, own nervous system and own brain. The baby can feel pain.
It's amazing to me that some folks are still pissed at Michael Vick even after repentance and after him doing time, yet they have no problem killing their very own kids. Sick world we live in where dogs are more valuable than babies.
Legal murder is still murder. You may have the right but it is still WRONG.
It takes two to tango. Unwanted pregnancies CAN be avoided. It's a matter of lifestyle choices.
In either party has unrealistic expectations, lacks the ability or refuses to communicate value and vision, or turns a blind eye to the potential consequences of having sex in uncommitted relationships then there is no wonder we have this problem.
Again, most abortions could be totally avoided if the parties who were engaging in the activity that produces pregnancy were responsible. Irresponsibility on the part of either the man or the woman potentially puts an innocent life in danger.
There is a better way.
However, if we go with the flavor of the day rather than make good decisions and back them up with responsibility we will continue to have the same disastrous results.
I'm not mandating to anyone here what to do. You will have to answer for yourself. However I am telling you how it is, like it or not.
Thank you for reading,
HN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAiSNd_vZ...Birthright International
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNo_0cW-...Silent Scream - Full Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBGDgJKZ...Your Daddy Loves You - Gil Scott-Heron