warning! controverical!!

@fatragu (677)
United States
June 29, 2008 12:10pm CST
I have been reading lots of posts about the subject of abortion and I am going to take a completly different take on it. I am not posting this to try to start any fights or to offend anyone. This is simply just a discussion which I would like to keep friendly. Why is it that if you kill a baby right after it is born it is murder? Why is it if you kill a baby you are pregnant with it is a "choice"? I understand that there are cases where it is more humane to have an abortion for the baby or mother than to give birth to the baby. There are circumstances in which the birth and or pregnancy could kill the mom, baby, or both. There are also times where it would be cruel to give birth to a baby that you know would have a life threatening disease. What are your views? Do you think that a person that has an abortion "just cause" or because the baby is an "inconvenience" should be punished just like someone that kills the baby after it is born for the same reasons? Please keep in mind that everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
29 Jun 08
I spent the whole six years of my first marriage trying to get pregnant. I had all the tests done - sperm count, laproscopy, etc. - and the doctor could find no reason for me not getting pregnant. It was an abusive marriage and obviously having children was not meant to be. I found myself pregnant six months after my EX left town for good. God is in control here. God knows what is best and brings people into this world for a reason. We have no right to play God and use abortion as a means of birth control. As upsetting as it was for me not being able to get pregnant, afterwards I realized it was for the best. I would have been tied to that idiot forever! The children are innocent children of God. I do not believe they should be punished for the actions of the parents. You choose the behaviour you choose the consquences. If God decides there is only one way to get through to someone about their behaviour and that is pregnancy, then take the consquences and learn from them, grow up and be responsible. In the case of life threatening illness, I am a little torn on that one. If I became pregnant but the doctor told me continuing with the pregnancy would kill me, I would want to a) get a second and third opinion, and b) learn everything I could about that illness before making a decision to terminate the pregnancy. Bringing a child into this world who will be born with disabilities is God's way of helping us to become stronger people. He does not give us more than we can handle. Everything happens for a reason. I miscarried my second pregnancy. I was devestated but the results were positive. It made my then boyfriend (now husband) grow up and take responsibility, to get off the fence and decide what he was doing in this relationship. Also, perhaps that baby was not healthy and God knew I could not handle, as a single mother, a disabled child (though I doubt that was the case). God doesn't create junk. For those who do not believe in God, I go back to my first marriage. Why couldn't I get pregnant when both of us were full capable of making a baby. In reality, it takes 3 to make a baby and the higher power has the final say. Who are we to argue with His judgement?