Primum non nocere
May 3, 2019 10:24:26 #
Thomas902 wrote:
Unexpected or unplanned pregnancy happens. When it does, many young women who are without any emotional or financial support believe their only choice is to abort the baby.
I don't believe that.
I think they do know that there are other options. It's just that this is the most quick and easiest option, that's all.
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However, “Over 80 percent say they would have carried to term under better circumstances or with the support of loved ones, over 60 percent report having felt ‘forced’ to have the abortion by others or circumstances, and approximately 40 percent were still hoping to discover some alternative to abortion when going for counseling at the abortion clinic,” (Reardon, “Women Who Abort: Their Reflections on the Unborn”).
However, “Over 80 percent say they would have carried to term under better circumstances or with the support of loved ones, over 60 percent report having felt ‘forced’ to have the abortion by others or circumstances, and approximately 40 percent were still hoping to discover some alternative to abortion when going for counseling at the abortion clinic,” (Reardon, “Women Who Abort: Their Reflections on the Unborn”).
I don't believe that either. I think that their choice to murder their child wasn't one of not having enough support, or feeling forced..it's that they don't have a moral foundation to rely on when making decisions...life isn't precious because all humans are created by God and thus deserve to live...no...their ever-changing and selfish moral code did the easiest thing for them.
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Pro-Choice also involves Adoption; Temporary Foster Care; Rise the Baby Yourself; Have a Family Member Raise the Child; and Ultimately Marriage to the Baby’s Father to create a nurturing family together.
In the United States Marriage Minimum age is 16 with the consent of the parent or guardian. ...
15 in the case of pregnancy with both parental and judicial consent.
In the United States Marriage Minimum age is 16 with the consent of the parent or guardian. ...
15 in the case of pregnancy with both parental and judicial consent.
All good options.
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Please embrace the harsh reality that a 15 year old unwed mother is facing a potential catastrophic life altering dilemma. Sadly often in the face of strong disapproval by family; church and society…
Yes...but none of that justifies murder.
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Her family members can often react in open castigation. Her church rarely if ever provides the nurturing and comforting environment she desperately seeks… and now the Pro-Life mantras invoke terror with verbiage such as murder and barbaric in their rhetoric… Is this what a traumatized 15 year old needs to hear in her disparate hour of need?
What that person needs is Jesus, not more reassurance. The reason that this teen does what they do is that they've abandoned God's moral law (as much of society has) and so they do what is most beneficial to them, not what's morally right.
That's the bottom line. We live in a society that's taught our young that whatever makes them happy is the right thing...their happiness or comfort is numero uno in their thought process.
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Bottom Line? If you are not part of the solution then you are likely part of the problem.
Lest Christians forget Christ’s last words…
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” Luke 23:34
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Lest Christians forget Christ’s last words…
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” Luke 23:34
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He also had a LOT more to say than that...you know...stuff like "repent for the kingdom of God is at hand!" and "go and sin no more!" and "do not be deceived, adulterers nor fornicators will inherit the kingdom of God..."
Oh and..."You shall not murder..." is a basic one.
So is "you shall love God above all else"
And on and on.
Yes...there is forgiveness in Jesus Christ, but there is a call to repentance first...
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