An Abortion Story (Deb Hauser)
It is the 35th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, and it's time that those of us who have experienced abortion find our voices and share our stories, and help each other by working to destigmatize abortion. Here is Deb's.
Find all of our coverage on the Hyde Amendment at 35 here.
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مركز تحميل بلاك بيريStop trolling, and most of us speak English.
Abortion is an act of violence against another human being. In the American judicial system, do we not punish criminals with the death penalty? Since abortion kills a person who was alive, how is it not a form of punishment? The person who supports abortion is no different than those who supported slavery and the holocaust. You close your mind to this reality: THE FETUS IS A BABY, A HUMAN BEING, WORTHY OF LIFE.
Not only that, but you fail to see that abortion hurts women. It may seem like an easy fix in a crisis situation, but it only leads to brokenness and pain. You do not talk about the thousands of post-abortive women who suffer from depression, anxiety, addictions, and a lifetime of guilt and regret over the decision to kill their unborn child. Have you heard of the Silent No More Awareness campaign? http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
Listen to the women testify of how they have been destroyed by abortion:"...Engraved in my soul is the sound of a vacuum and the smell of death in that room....I felt like I was going to die...The emotional pain was even worse than the physical pain....my insides felt like they were being ripped out...I saw the bloody bottle with the remains of my baby inside....afterwards, I knew what I had done was wrong...I felt cold, scared and alone...I was tormented with nightmares for years...I hated myself...I lived in a prison of shame and guilt..."
ROFLMAO. You have REALLY come to the wrong place to spout your nonsence...
The person who supports abortion is no different than those who supported slavery and the holocaust.
Yeah, I don't think that argument's working out so well for you.
You close your mind to this reality: THE FETUS IS A BABY, A HUMAN BEING, WORTHY OF LIFE.
No, there's nothing really wrong with that reality. But the reality that won't get past your thick skull is that NO HUMAN FETUS/BABY/BEING HAS THE RIGHT TO USE ANOTHER PERSON'S BODY AGAINST THEIR WILL.
You do not talk about the thousands of post-abortive women who suffer from depression, anxiety, addictions, and a lifetime of guilt and regret over the decision to kill their unborn child. Have you heard of the Silent No More Awareness campaign? http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
You do not talk about the millions of women who are relieved that they were able to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Have you heard of the I'm Not Sorry campaign? http://www.imnotsorry.net/
Listen to the women testify of how they were glad to have exercised their right to an abortion: "But I was so relieved. After it was all done, I knew I did the only thing I could have. I don’t believe in children having children and I don’t believe in myself ever having children. My boobs got smaller eventually and I lost most of the weight. For a couple of weeks it hurt to pee and there was A LOT of bleeding. I’ll be honest, it sucked. But I healed. And I eventually got over it. I will never regret what I did, because I know for me it was completely right...."
You know, I'm beginning to think you're some sort of bot, because you keep copying and pasting what you've already written before, albeit with certain variations. You're not actually responding to our posts.
Self-Described ‘Christian Counterpart To Osama Bin Laden’ Arrested In Plot To Bomb Abortion Clinic
Justin Carl Moose describe “himself” as the Christian counterpart to Osama bin Laden. Moose wrote: “I have learned a lot from the muslim terrorists and have no problem using their tactics.”
St. Augustine said, "Any woman who acts in such a way that she cannot give birth to as many children as she is capable of, makes herself guilty of that many murders."
Martin Luther wrote: "God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all. Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house and bear children. And if a woman grows weary and, at last, dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing; she is there to do it."
Anders Behring Breivik christian terrorist, pro-forced-birther.
What he thinks about womens rights, women need to breed, breed, breed.
He has the same ideas for women as republicans, conservatives, and pro-lifers.
1. Limit the distribution of birth-control pills (contraceptive pills): Discourage the use of and prevent liberal distribution of contraceptive pills or equivalent prevention methods. The goal should be to make it considerably more difficult to obtain. This alone should increase the fertility rate by 0,1 points but would degrade women's rights.
2. Reform sex education: Reform the current sex education in our school institutions. This may involve limiting it or at least delaying sex education to a later age and discourage casual sex. Sex should only be encouraged within the boundaries of marriage. This alone should increase the fertility rate by 0,1 points.
3. Making abortion illegal: A re-introduction of the ban on abortion should result in an increased fertility rate of approximately 0,1-0,2 points but would strip women of basic rights.
4. Women and education: Discourage women in general to strive for full time careers. This will involve certain sexist and discriminating policies but should increase the fertility rate by up to 0,1-0,2 points.
Women should not be encouraged by society/media to take anything above a bachelor's degree but should not be prevented from taking a master or PhD. Males on the other hand should obviously continue to be encouraged to take higher education - bachelor, master and PhD.
Deb knows she made the right decision, so it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Simple.
Deb knows she made the right decision, so it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Simple.
Deb, you are a beautiful, brave, responsible parent. You made a choice that prioritised your 6 month old's health and safety and future. Thank you for sharing your story.
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It is so sad to me that a mother would justify taking the life of her unexpected, and inconvenient child for the "greater good" of her family situation. Although I sympathize with her situation, there is never a rational reason to kill an innocent human being. Was her second baby less valuable or less worthy of life than her first son? If having a spouse commit infidelity and wrestling with financial woes is grounds for killing our children, then why not kill the first son as well? That is how illogical her justification of killing her preborn child is. Placing the baby with an adoptive family would have been the loving choice for all involved. The reality is that abortion was the easiest choice for this woman but not the moral choice, and the baby did not have a choice at all. Sadly, as a society, that is what we want - the freedom to choose selfishness at any cost- even the cost of a precious life.
To suggest, even in the passive aggressive ProLife 'see how unreasonable THAT would be' whiny way, that she should have killed her 6-month old is truly vile. You ProLife men are just disgusting, like her husband, because you think men are entitled to go through life making a series of huge stinking messes, because women are obligated to be 'unselfish' and sacrifice everything to clean those messes up.
Why is it more vile to kill a 6 month old than a 12 week old that is in the womb? You completely evaded the primary issue which is whether or not the preborn child is a human being deserving of life. It appears that your definition of a child is: " a mess to be cleaned up." Your argument that the mother should not have to sacrifice is irrelevant to this primary issue. Did the baby cause this breach in the marriage? No. Why punish the baby for the moral failures of her father?
Why is it more vile to kill a 6 month old than a 12 week old that is in the womb? You completely evaded the primary issue which is whether or not the preborn child is a human being deserving of life.
A 6-month-old born child does not need the willing consent of another person to obtain life support, unlike a 12-week-old fetus. Whether or not a "preborn child" deserves life is irrelevant---it needs the body of another person in order to live, and no one has the right to use another person's body without their consent for any reason whatsoever.
You are very clear that the personhood and humanity of the baby has no relevance in your eyes which explains your position and the many others who support abortion on this website. The preborn child is considered a parasite to you, simply because of her location in her mother's womb. Obviously, you believe that some human beings are just born as accidents to be done away with at will. The truth is that all life is sacred and there is no difference between the baby in the womb and baby already born; they are both worthy of love and life.
Women deserve better than abortion; they deserve to be supported and loved through these difficult and trying situations so that they will NOT embrace the LIE of abortion. The abortion industry makes billions by preying on vulnerable women like Deb and offerring a quick fix, but in the end, women are left empty and broken. Pregnancy Help centers charge no fees and offer a miriad of free services to truly help women facing crisis pregnancies. They are in this business to help women, not hurt them. When a woman sees the form of her baby on an ultrasound and watches her beating heart after only 23 days in utero, she is faced with true reality.
The preborn child is considered a parasite to you, simply because of her location in her mother's womb.
The "location in her mother's womb," and the fact that the fetus is directly affecting the body and health of the woman, is the entire reason why abortion exists as a fundamental human right in the first place. Heck, if you were in a woman's uterus without her consent, and couldn't be removed without ending your life... it would be curtains for you.
Obviously, you believe that some human beings are just born as accidents to be done away with at will.
Actually, no, neither I nor anyone here has advocated for "doing away with" born humans. You know who has, however? Death-penalty supporters. They were certainly in favor of "doing away with" Troy Davis.
The truth is that all life is sacred and there is no difference between the baby in the womb and baby already born; they are both worthy of love and life.
That's fine, but the fetus still does not have the right to stay in the woman's uterus without her consent. After all, a dialysis patient's life may be sacred, and they may be worthy of love and life, but none of that gives them a right to one of your kidneys.
Women deserve better than abortion; they deserve to be supported and loved through these difficult and trying situations so that they will NOT embrace the LIE of abortion.
Yes, they certainly hear the support and love from you whenever you call them a "baby killer." Or tell them to "keep their legs closed." Or cause their insurance plans to drop abortion coverage. Or force a nearby clinic to shut their doors.
The abortion industry makes billions by preying on vulnerable women like Deb and offerring a quick fix, but in the end, women are left empty and broken.
Actually, most women feel relief at having had an abortion, and get on with the course of living their lives. The few women that regret and feel recriminations for their abortion are only a small minority. And they would get along a lot better if people like you didn't cast your judgment upon them.
When a woman sees the form of her baby on an ultrasound and watches her beating heart after only 23 days in utero, she is faced with true reality.
Funny, I thought the "true reality" was that a heartbeat is visible in an ultrasound no sooner than six weeks of gestation.
No, women deserve to be able to look over all of the options and then be able to make their own decision. By themselves. We know what pregnancy means and what it is to end a pregnancy; we're not weak and vulnerable people who need someonne else to make our choices for us.
~ You do not give a tiny shit about women or little girls. ~
The reason I have posted my comments is because I do care about women, and more importantly, God cares. He cares so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die on a cross for my sin and the sins of the whole world. He cares about each woman, man, and child on this earth. He wants us to turn to Him and receive His free gift of eternal life. He has real answers for women facing crisis pregnancies and every desperate situation. He cares so much that He has sent thousands of volunteers to work at Pregnancy Help Centers to counsel, support, educate, and enlighten women all over about the tragedy of abortion and the beauty of His creation, You and I, and every life. He is not willing that any should perish. You have believed the lie that killing a baby is the answer to the problem. Abortion hurts women. He shows us there is a better way.
Oh, stop trolling will you?
Christian biblegod is pro-female submission, pro-women and little girls paying for being born female by way of pregnancy and childbirth. Pro-baby killing. Pro-lifers are liars.
~ Christian pro-lifers do not have a drip of integrity. And if they are against baby killing they are hypocrites for worshiping biblegod. ~
~ II Kings 2:23, 2:24 “He went up from Jericho to bethel. On the way, young [maturing and accountable] boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up [in a whirlwind], you baldhead! And he turned around and looked at them and called a curse down on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped up forty-two of the boys.”
~ Hosea 13: 16
“Samaria shall bear her guilt and become desolate, for she rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.” ~
~ 1 Samuel 15:3
“Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” ~
~ Exodus 11:4-5:
“And Moses said, thus says the Lord, about midnight I will go out into Egypt; and all the firstborn in the land [the pride hope and joy] of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the hand mill, and all the firstborn of beasts.” ~
~ Psalms 137:9 “Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against a rock!” ~
~ Numbers 31:17
“Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin. “ ~
~ Numbers 31:18
“But all the young girls who have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.” The Christian god telling soldiers to rape thirteen year old and twelve year old virgins. ~
~ Pro-lifers favorite piece of literature of all time.
Genesis 3:16
“I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and cravings will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” ~
~ The Ten Commandments does not say do not rape, Jesus Christ never said do not rape. ~
~ The story of Lot who offered his two virgin daughters up to be gang raped. Christian bible god killed Lots wife for looking back at the home she raised her two children in. Christian bible god did not kill Lot a “MAN” for trying to arrange a gang rape of two young virgins, but he did kill a mother for looking at her home. ~
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as [a service] to the lord.
Ephesians 5:24
As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, you married women, be submissive to your husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them]
1 Peter 3 : 6
It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). ~
1 Timothy
2:11 let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness.
Exodus 21:7
If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall “not” go out [in six years] as menservants do.
~ Leviticus 12:2
If a woman bears a man child, she shall be unclean seven days.
Leviticus 12: 5
But if the child she bears is a girl, then she shall be unclean two weeks as in her periodic impurity. ~
~ Now, if these bible verses are not true then the creation story and the Ten Commandments are not true either. ~
~ If you are going to continue worshiping Christian bible god who admits to being a happy-go-lucky baby killer and pro-baby killing, then shut up. Your misogyny manual (the bible) testifies against you that you are a liar. ~
~ Pro-lifers are obsessed with female submission, I know I grew up with them. They did not protest the Iraq war because “MEN” have every right to kill people and children who have actual physical and emotional feelings for oil. And George Bush was giving them their much-loved oppression of the female race. ~
~ Hisforlife quit trying to dictate my vagina like a rapist or pimp. I do not believe one word of your extreme misogyny. ~
~ Nothing and no one has the right to be in a woman’s or little girls body against her will, use her body against her will, or terrorize her with fear and dread for nine months, or cause her extreme unwanted vaginal pain against her will, even though it gives the pro-forced-birth christians great sadomasochistic misogynistic pornographic pleasure. ~
People usually revert to personal attacks when their is no soundness to their argument. You still have not given adequate justification for killing a baby, a human being in the womb who is deserving of love and life, and has committed no crime. You have not logically presented a case for abortion other than stating it is a woman's "right".
In essence, what you have said is you are your own god which is what you really mean when you say, "one cannot be forced to give birth against her will." In other words, I refuse to believe in the God of the Bible because that means I cannot be God...
Incidently, it is easy to pluck out Bible passages without contextually examining them or meshing them with the entire Old and New Testament in order to make a point that suits your beliefs. This has been done over and over again by people who want to discredit God, the Bible, and Christianity in general. There is a lot of violence in the O.T., no disputing that. The Amalekites were not nice people. In fact, they were utterly and totally depraved. Their mission was to destroy Israel. In other words, to commit genocide...The destruction of their nation was necessitated by the gravity of their sin. Had a remnant survived, they might have resumed their aggression against the Israelites and God's plan.
When the two Testaments are read as intended, they reveal the same God who is rich is mercy, but who will not let sin go unpunished.
The Bible does talk a lot about submission but mostly about our submission to God. The passage you pulled out about wives submitting to husbands does not imply inferiority as you suggest. It is followed by vs.7 which is a directive to husbands:
" Husbands. likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life..." and Ephesians 5:28: " So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself."
That aside, the good news is that because we are a sinful people, born into sin and have all sinned and fallen short, God in His mercy sent His Son, Jesus Christ to redeem us and save us from sin and death. Romans 5:6-10 tells us: "For if when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life."
Good night!
Your GOD is a misogynist jerk.
Your GOD is a misogynist jerk.
Hear, hear!
I'm sorry you feel that way. The truth is if you were the only person on earth, He still would have sent His son, Jesus to die for you and redeem you. This kind of love is hard to comprehend. Why is your heart so bitter?
The reason I have posted my comments is because I do care about women, and more importantly, God cares.
Yes, kind of like how an abusive husband "cares" about his wife. So much so that if she tries to leave him, he'll violently attack her, verbally and physically. You know, just to help her not make the wrong decision. Because he cares so much about her.
He wants us to turn to Him and receive His free gift of eternal life.
Well, I've never heard of anyone who's lived past the age of 150, so it seems like his free gift is worth every penny.
He has real answers for women facing crisis pregnancies and every desperate situation.
"Have the baby, regardless of what you want. Don't leave your husband, regardless of how he acts. In fact, whatever you can do that would give you more agency and control over your life... do the exact opposite."
You have believed the lie that killing a baby is the answer to the problem.
Um... where have we ever advocated infanticide as the answer to any problem?
Abortion hurts women.
Whether or not you believe this is true, women still have a right to choose one.
He shows us there is a better way.
If you're so convinced it is better, why are you doing everything you can to make it the only way?
Abortion advocates believe the way to liberate a woman is to encourage her to kill her baby. That is called infanticide - plain and simple. They will never acknowledge the BABY IS A BABY in the womb and deserving of love, life, and respect. I do not believe in discrimination based upon size, age, or location. Do you believe a child has less of right to exist because he or she is small? Are large or tall people more valuable than short people? By that logic most women would have fewer rights than men! It is the same mindset that lead to slavery and the holocaust - the dehumanization of individuals with less power, and in this case, no voice.
Additionally, it is sad to me that you liken God's character to be the same as that of an abusive husband. God is merciful, gracious, and forgiving and not willing that any should perish, but that all would come into the knowledge of the truth.
My intention in making these posts is not to stir up hatred or to pit us against one another, but to simply cause you to examine what you believe and whether or not it is based upon truth.
hisforlife, you are just another theocratic misogynist like all the rest, and caring about the fetus is your front for a seething desire to treat women like objects and force your "religion" on others.
How do I know this?
Because if you REALLY, LOGICALLY believed that abortion = murder/infanticide, then you would be in favor of imprisoning thousands of American women for committing the crime of murder. That's 1 in 3 American women, including Deb. Is that what you want? Oh, but then you'll say that you DON'T think that women who have abortions should be tried and imprisoned...after all, according to you, they've simply been "misled" by the "bad doctors" and the "evil abortion industry" and they don't really know what they're doing (naivety? stupidity?). Hold that thought a moment, though. Would you make the same victimhood excuse if you knew that thousands of American women were killing their 3 year old children? Would you still claim that they were tricked and victimized by others into committing the crime of murder? No, of course not. So obviously you don't really believe your own BS that abortion is murder/infanticide. It's a facade, and a transparent one at that.
The imaginary/perceived "personhood" of the embryo/fetus is irrelevant, because no person has the right to use another person's body for sustenance without consent, even if it means that they will die as a result. (Unless, of course, you are advocating for forced organ donations, too?) In any case, there is no basis whatsoever for the embyro/fetus possessing neurological/physical/social characteristics of an actual person. It is biologically human life, but that does not make it a person. You are making the positive claim, the scientific burden of proof is on you.
Your philosophy is pro-rape, pro-suffering because you believe that it's a-okay to control another person's reproductive/sexual organs, based on the belief that a non-sentient developing organism is more important than a woman's indisputable personhood & suffering. What you don't realize is that reproductive freedom & bodily autonomy are human rights, and in trying to take that away from women, you dehumanize us; you objectify me.
Finally, do us all a favor and quit with the arrogant proselytization. What your "God" says does not and will never apply to me-- I believe that your brand of Christian fundamentalism is immoral (what sort of merciful, loving God condones genocide, murder, rape, slavery?). And on a more practical level, you should not expect to change the law in this country based on a Christian belief that abortion is wrong -- we have separation of church & state which prevents would-be tyrants like you from imposing Biblical law on unwilling free citizens.
Abortion advocates believe the way to liberate a woman is to encourage her to kill her baby. That is called infanticide - plain and simple.
Where are these "abortion advocates" who encourage women to commit infanticide? They don't sound like very pleasant people. We've certainly never seen them around here, thankfully.
They will never acknowledge the BABY IS A BABY in the womb
If it's still in the womb, then technically, it is a fetus. You can call it a "baby," sure, the way a lot of people call their abdomen their "stomach." English is a pretty malleable language.
and deserving of love, life, and respect.
Just like the woman, which is why she has the right to an abortion.
I do not believe in discrimination based upon size, age, or location.
We additionally don't believe in discrimination based upon reproductive state.
Do you believe a child has less of right to exist because he or she is small? Are large or tall people more valuable than short people? By that logic most women would have fewer rights than men! It is the same mindset that lead to slavery and the holocaust - the dehumanization of individuals with less power, and in this case, no voice.
Fortunately, we don't believe in any of that. Just the right of every human being to be in control of their own bodies.
Additionally, it is sad to me that you liken God's character to be the same as that of an abusive husband. God is merciful, gracious, and forgiving and not willing that any should perish, but that all would come into the knowledge of the truth.
So what exactly does God do if you tell him (and his followers) to bugger off and leave you alone?
My intention in making these posts is not to stir up hatred or to pit us against one another, but to simply cause you to examine what you believe and whether or not it is based upon truth.
We believe that women are human beings, even when they are pregnant. To us, this is pretty clearly based upon truth. Perhaps you should examine why you have such a hard time grasping that.
So what exactly does God do if you tell him (and his followers) to bugger off and leave you alone?
He will keep sending annoying people like me to remind you He is still around...God Bless!
He will keep sending annoying people like me to remind you He is still around...
Yep, I've known abusive ex-husbands who like to do that too. Looks like your god needs a restraining order to get the message...
Fetus means "young one" in Latin. Please define at what stage of development the fetus becomes an actual human being...
Fetus means "young one" in Latin.
Actually, in Latin, it means "the bearing, bringing forth, or hatching of young."
Please define at what stage of development the fetus becomes an actual human being...
Birth.
Additionally, it is sad to me that you liken God's character to be the same as that of an abusive husband.
I think you misunderstand. The 'pro-life' movement and certainly the fundamentalist and patriarchial religions are simular to abusive husbands and indeed are abusive religions who produce many abusive men (and women). Nobody besides yourselves believe y'all speak for God. You have no authority here.
What pregnancy 'help' centers do can in no way shape or form be termed 'counseling'. Guilt-tripping, misleading, intimidating, patronizing and harrassing, yes, but never counseling.
You have a misconception about abortion. Where did she say that she wished to "punish" the fetus? Abortion has nothing to do with punishment and everything to do with reality. What's actually punitive is people like you insisting that she should gestate and birth against her will.
You seem to miss the point that her reasons do not need anyone's approval. She made the best decision for HER and her child and her future and she has no regrets. Why should your opinion of what she "should" do have any bearing on her life? Why would she want to kill her child when she had already chosen to have it? She did not want to have another in the face of her current circumstances and that's really all that matters. As she said, one in 3 American women will have an abortion for myriad reasons all of which only have to matter to the ones choosing it. Given that statistic, you probably know a few yourself.
My friend, it is you who has the misconception about abortion. Abortion is an act of violence against another human being. In the American judicial system, do we not punish criminals with the death penalty? Since abortion kills a person who was alive, how is it not a form of punishment?
Not only that, but you fail to see that abortion hurts women. It may seem like an easy fix in a crisis situation, but it only leads to brokenness and pain. You do not talk about the thousands of post-abortive women who suffer from depression, anxiety, addictions, and a lifetime of guilt and regret over the decision to kill their unborn child. Have you heard of the Silent No More Awareness campaign? http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
Listen to the women testify of how they have been destroyed by abortion:"...Engraved in my soul is the sound of a vacuum and the smell of death in that room....I felt like I was going to die...The emotional pain was even worse than the physical pain....my insides felt like they were being ripped out...I saw the bloody bottle with the remains of my baby inside....afterwards, I knew what I had done was wrong...I felt cold, scared and alone...I was tormented with nightmares for years...I hated myself...I lived in a prison of shame and guilt..."
My friend, it is you who has the misconception about abortion. Abortion is an act of violence against another human being. In the American judicial system, do we not punish criminals with the death penalty? Since abortion kills a person who was alive, how is it not a form of punishment?
Not only that, but you fail to see that abortion hurts women. It may seem like an easy fix in a crisis situation, but it only leads to brokenness and pain. You do not talk about the thousands of post-abortive women who suffer from depression, anxiety, addictions, and a lifetime of guilt and regret over the decision to kill their unborn child. Have you heard of the Silent No More Awareness campaign? http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
Listen to the women testify of how they have been destroyed by abortion:"...Engraved in my soul is the sound of a vacuum and the smell of death in that room....I felt like I was going to die...The emotional pain was even worse than the physical pain....my insides felt like they were being ripped out...I saw the bloody bottle with the remains of my baby inside....afterwards, I knew what I had done was wrong...I felt cold, scared and alone...I was tormented with nightmares for years...I hated myself...I lived in a prison of shame and guilt..."
Abortion is not an act of violence against anyone. Useless emotional rhetoric much? It is a woman having a nonviolent medical procedure that is chosen by her to stop being pregnant. It really is that simple and if you started realizing that women know EXACTLY what they're doing, you wouldn't be so quickly dismissed as just another whackadoo with no idea about women.
Millions upon millions of women have had abortions and the evidence and statistics (you know, real facts) show that abortion does not hurt women. Of course some women have regrets, probaby kind of like how some women regret having children. Please do some real research instead of so blindly swallowing the kool aid.
Also, your religious babbledygook means nothing here except to swiftly write you off. It's pretty laughable that you think all life is sacred and yet humans have been killing each other since they figured out how and your religion is to blame for much of it. Choke on it. We're not buying.
Actually I think that forcing a woman to continue a pregnancy when she does not wish to be pregnant and when there are possible risks to her own life and health would be an act of violence. I think the choice of what to do with a pregnancy should always be in the hands of the woman who's actually pregnant. It should never be anyone's choice but hers.
My friend, it is you who has the misconception about abortion. Abortion is an act of violence against another human being. In the American judicial system, do we not punish criminals with the death penalty? Since abortion kills a person who was alive, how is it not a form of punishment?
Not only that, but you fail to see that abortion hurts women. It may seem like an easy fix in a crisis situation, but it only leads to brokenness and pain. You do not talk about the thousands of post-abortive women who suffer from depression, anxiety, addictions, and a lifetime of guilt and regret over the decision to kill their unborn child. Have you heard of the Silent No More Awareness campaign? http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
Listen to the women testify of how they have been destroyed by abortion:"...Engraved in my soul is the sound of a vacuum and the smell of death in that room....I felt like I was going to die...The emotional pain was even worse than the physical pain....my insides felt like they were being ripped out...I saw the bloody bottle with the remains of my baby inside....afterwards, I knew what I had done was wrong...I felt cold, scared and alone...I was tormented with nightmares for years...I hated myself...I lived in a prison of shame and guilt..."
- Inability to think, doubt, or question religious information and/or authority
- Black-and-white, good/bad, either/or simplistic thinking: one way or the other
- Shame-based belief that you aren’t good enough or you aren’t doing it right
- Magical thinking that God will fix you/ do it all, without serious work on your part
- Scrupulosity: rigid obsessive adherence to rules, codes of ethics, or guidelines
- Uncompromising judgmental attitudes: readiness to find fault or evil out there
- Compulsive or obsessive praying, going to church or crusades, quoting scripture
- Unrealistic financial contributions
- Believing that sex is dirty; believing our bodies or physical pleasures are evil
- Compulsive overeating and/or excessive fasting
- Conflict and argumentation with science, medicine, and education
- Progressive detachment from the real work, isolation and breakdown of relationships
- Psychosomatic illness: back pains, sleeplessness, headaches, hypertension
- Manipulating scripture or texts, feeling specially chosen, claiming to receive special messages from God
- Maintaining a religious “high”, trance-like state, keeping a happy face (or the belief that one should…)
- Attitude of righteousness or superiority: “we versus the world,” including the denial of one’s human-ness.
- Confusion, great doubts, mental, physical or emotional breakdown, cries for help
- Constant harrassement of thoses that do not share your beliefs.
Oops, dup!
Women have abortions because they want to and that's the end of that story. It doesn't matter how much emotional or financial support you provide to her, if she does not want to be pregnant - she will find a way to not be pregnant.
Have you ever considered that women who suffer the "addiction, anxiety, and depression" after an abortion WERE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THAT BEFORE THE ABORTION? And then having an abortion gives them something "easy" to blame their problems on simply because people like you LOVE to suggest an abortion is the root of their problems? But we actually know that those "problems" exist before their abortion and are mostly likely the reason they got pregnant in the first place...
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