How is that "the bottom line"? That's your opinion. You think it's a baby as soon as the sperm fertilizes the egg?
I would not allow my life to be destroyed if someone decided to rape me while I was walking home one day.
But that's not something you have to worry about, is it?
I certainly do. I have a wife, and it would kill me if the woman I loved was violated in such a way. Rape is a horrible crime and I wouldn't wish such depravity on my worst enemy. Being a male doesn't mean I'm ignorant of human suffering.
A human life is created the moment the sperm fertilizes the egg. That is not opinion but scientific fact.
Mallory, I'm not going to pretend to know your background or why you are so passionate about this subject. But what I
do know is that
I was personally a prime candidate for being aborted by my mother. Considering abortion because of the potential life-altering effect on the mother, or the potential hardships the child might face in life is no excuse to end a child's life, and I'm telling you this because of
how I was conceived and the effect I could have had on my mother's life.
Let me give you the run down on why my birth "could" have caused chaos for me or my mother:
My mother conceived me outside of wedlock while in college at the age of 21. My mother is
white, my father is
black, and this was during a time in the early 70's when interacial relationships (let alone interacial sexual relationships) were still shunned by society at large.
My mother's father was a leader in his Church. Neither my mother nor my father had any money.
Look at the hardships my mother was facing by refusing to consider abortion as an option:
1.) She could have risked being branded a [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse].
2.) Persecution from society by being an unwed mother of a bi-racial child in the 70's.
3.) Her college career could have ended.
4.) Her family could have disowned her.
5.) Her friends and church could have shunned her.
6.) My father could have moved on and left her to fend for herself.
7/) She could have risked living in poverty for the rest of her life.
She had every reason to abort her "
mistake", and treat me like a piece of tissue that was inconveniencing her and threatening to change her life, dreams and goals.
But I thank God that she made the decision to view me as I am;
a human life. My mother weathered all insults that came her way. My father married her several months later, and I have never seen a more godly couple today. She finished college. Her friends and her Church supported her and helped meet her needs. My grandparents on both sides love us and couldn't have asked for better inlaws or grandchildren.
A lot of "
could haves", Mallory. Abortion isn't an option for me, not only because I am a father and husband, but because I also came close to being aborted myself. As a father, I would give my life for my child; my wife feels the same. We felt that way even before our son came out of my wife's body. Killing him would never be an option. If my wife was ever raped and impregnated, we would either keep the child or give him or her up for adoption. Killing the innocent life is not the answer. I hope you thoughtfully consider the things I have said.
In Christ,
Acts6:5