Abortion and the Perfect Life
Townhall,
by
James Gottry
Original Article
Posted By: abuela10,
1/24/2020 7:47:17 AM
Abortion’s primary selling point has always been that it's “a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have a child.”
The defense goes something like this: She might not be ready; she may have too many children already; having a child now might conflict with her priorities.
Now, there’s another factor to consider. Medical advances and improved technology have expanded the possibilities for abortion. The unborn can be screened for genetic abnormalities or “defects.” In this brave new world, the abortion decision is no longer simply about whether a mother wants to keep her child. It is also about whether her child is good enough to keep.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/24/2020 8:25:27 AM (No. 296968)
Back in 1989, when I was pregnant for the first time at the age of 36, I went to Johns Hopkins, because in those days I was considered high risk. I was told to get an amniocentesis to rule out any “abnormalities” but I refused to do it. When asked why by the staff there I told them that the only reason to have one was so that I could abort if there were any problems and that I was NOT going to do that. I said that, no matter what God chose to give me, I would accept it with all the love in my heart.
Four months into that pregnancy I had a miscarriage which almost killed me. Eleven months later we adopted a wonderful baby girl who is now about to turn 30 and is 7 months pregnant with our first grandchild. She and I attended the March for Life many times and she had her own sign to carry - “I’m adopted. Both my moms chose life!”
One more thing - my husband has a nephew who has Down Syndrome and he is the joy of the family - loving, funny, sweet, graduated high school and has a job.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Pook60 1/24/2020 8:32:49 AM (No. 296977)
I can't describe the blessing it has been for my life to have friends and family members with Down Syndrome. Sure, their parents and caregivers are ''inconvenienced'', but I don't know any of them who would trade their ''inconvenience'' for a so-called normal child. True love is not about what is convenient and what is best for me. True love is doing what's best for others no matter how it may fit into my fantasy plan for life. God bless the parents who do their best to love and care for the gift God has given them!
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A "woman's right to choose" is not lost with the loss of abortion. She would still have the right to choose without abortion. There are numerous other means available to her.
It's like "guns." If an intruder breaks into house and you fear for your life the law allows you to defend yourself. If you are in a state that makes you withdraw if possible before you shoot to kill. The point being that shoot to kill is a last measure. Same with abortion. If you can restrict a person's right to exercise her right for self defense why is that not true for abortion?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JGalt 1/24/2020 8:57:05 AM (No. 297003)
When my wife and I found out she was pregnant for the first time the gynecologist told us it was an ectopic pregnancy and we should terminate it. We both believe abortion is murder and got a second opinion.
My wife had a normal pregnancy and we had a healthy baby girl. She has just become a mother of a beautiful baby girl - our first grandchild. Our daughter also grew up to become a MD, PhD working on cancer research.
It is chilling to think how such a gift to the world could have been extinguished had we listened to that monster posing as a doctor.
Abortion is the greatest moral evil in the world today. The scale of the horror is incomprehensible. Hundreds of millions of innocent defenseless lives have been snuffed out. And most of them killed in truly barbaric, grotesque deaths. All the atrocities of all the wars throughout history pale in comparison.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/24/2020 9:40:32 AM (No. 297057)
Funny #3 I had a gun analogy pop into my head as well. I have a right to bear arms, it is my choice to pull the trigger. That doesn't let me off the hook for what happens down range. I am still responsible for the consequence of that choice.
A woman has a choice, her body her choice to have intercourse. That doesn't mean the consequences are all up to her any more than the consequences of her firing a shot. Obviously I am not considering rape as the victim's choice.
Vocabulary matters. By calling the killing of a baby for the convenience of the mother just hours from entering the world a "woman's health choice" we have made murder OK in the minds of half of the country.
Be honest, if you believe in and stand for killing viable humans because you regret a choice you made because it crimps your style, don't lie to me and pretend it is anything other than just that.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LadyHen 1/24/2020 9:53:10 AM (No. 297076)
I was a late in life surprise baby conceived right after Roe v Wade became law. My mother was asked by a neighbor if she would abort. Mom was horrified by the question.
Dh and I conceived completely naturally and without even "trying"at the age of 42. Our wonderful surprise baby, a decade long prayer answered. The result of that conception, the wonderful singing and dancing and frilly dress wearing toddler girl who greets everyone with hugs and kisses, is the star in her daddy's eye now. We were warned about the risks. We were told the options, options we would never ever consider and couldn't even comprehend. God knew better than the experts. We are thankful but even if she had been even more special, I don't know anything more foolish than refusing a miracle.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Catherine 1/24/2020 5:04:33 PM (No. 297377)
Some comments show such naivete. Every sexual act with a woman is not always consensual. Every woman on birth control can sometimes get pregnant anyway. Only she knows the truth about her life and only she should make a determination on whether to have it or not. Most here do not know each other. Why would strangers be allowed to force behavior on anyone.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/24/2020 6:46:57 PM (No. 297457)
Naïveté is not understanding that abortion kills a living human being. Or maybe it’s evil.
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