Friday Roundup

I don’t think it’s dishonest to group all the rest of abortions into “lifestyle choice” because that’s ultimately what it is. If it’s NOT life threatening, or the result of non-consensual intercourse… then it’s because of consensual intercourse; ie CHOOSING to engage in a behavior that is known to create a baby. If you chose to have sex and created a child, you are now responsible for the child. At least that’s the way it should be.

As for someone you trust and love telling you that killing the child is the right thing to do… I find that irrelevant. If you had a two-year-old and were completely overwhelmed, lost your job, had no money, were in depression or WHATEVER… if someone told you “terminating” them was the right thing to do, would you listen to them? Of course not, you’d be sickened and horrified at the suggestion. But because your child is much less developed and you can’t see them (although you actually could see them if you chose to do so) it’s a whole different issue. Yeesh.

The fact is, it’s a new life. He or she has his/her own set of DNA and if you weren’t ready for a child then you clearly were not ready for intercourse. I am disgusted that people are not held responsible for their actions, particularly when it’s at the expense of a person’s life – their own child’s no less.

EE – sorry that I sound angry and am thereby exemplifying the kind of talk that you disagree with… I apologize. I just can’t help but get angry when I think of the millions of babies that are aborted each year. I do spend most of my energy regarding the issue in prayer… but mostly because I find that people are unwilling to listen to reason or discuss the issue rationally. It usually ends up with them essentially sticking their fingers in their ears and calling me a “disgusting, incompassionate, anti-choice, women-hater” or whatever. All I am saying is that people should take responsibility for their actions, and that just because a person is at a particular level of development doesn’t make it okay to kill them, no matter how you try to justify it.

I do understand that some women are deceived or coerced into having abortions and they do it against their own consciences or desires… I still think they are ultimately responsible for their “choice”, but I do sympathize with their situations. I would have no desire to stand out on the street and scream at them or anything like that. In dealing with women who are considering abortions my desire would be to plead with them not to take their child’s life.

My issue is with people who treat the issue dishonestly. They pretend what’s in the womb is not a child, even though scientific evidence has clearly proven otherwise. They call anyone who tries to reveal what abortion truly is/does “fanatical” and accuse them of “hate-speech”. They call attempts to make a woman view her child before having an abortion “cruel and unusual punishment”. They spout off cliche emotion-evoking lines about “choice” and “reproductive rights” and try to cloud the issue. They spew hatred and profanity to cover the fact that they don’t really have an argument to stand on. It’s those people that I am angry with.

It might be nice if that were actually the plan. But it’s not. The plan is to cease providing funds to PP and just stop providing that money anywhere. It’s a cut. There are places that under served by health departments nor do all health departments provide all the non-abortion services that PP provides. Let’s be clear about the difference between cutting funds from the budget and reallocating them. Personally, I have had experience with county health departments in both Arkansas and Texas. I have none with PP. But I do know that if you simply cut funds without doing anything else, you’re cutting services.