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Hmmm. I've adopted 4 kids. How many for you?
Education helps lower it. It's a woman's choice and it will never be made illegal again, so the question really is what can be done to lower it that's reasonable.
Good sex education is definitely a positive step proved to lower it.
How so? People know that pregnancy is a result of sex. How is telling them that going to lower the amount of abortions?
So what are we to do? Support abortion?
Teaching safe sex is important. Access to contraceptives is also important. It helps reduce pregnancies and abortions by extension.
Abstinence-only programs are antiquated and don't work effectively.
no matter the circumstance (even Rape-God forbid), every woman has a choice.
But why do they make such a choice, after being raped by a family member and taken-however to do an abortion?compassion is important, some are under incredible pressures at the time and regret it terribly
Those that are fast to criticise abortion are slow to support the child and parents after birth.
A lot of people can't afford to have children yet the people vocally against abortion tend to vote for people that want to limit benefits to those that need them, or curtailing basic human rights like public healthcare.
I see how the point here can be that if ones are really against abortion, then they should be ready to help and support the children who are not aborted and their mothers.So what are we to do? Support abortion?
So the question becomes what can we do to show them another way and not trigger those emotions ? So what's your plan ?
Because God is the One who is able to take care of a lady and her child. And He does it better than any government or church culture programs can. But He does use people to help one another. And the mother and her child will have love, with God, if not with ones who were pressuring her to kill her own unborn with whom she could learn real love.
I recall a conversation with an abortion protestor during my teens. I live near a Planned Parenthood office and they've been physically attacked more than once.
I asked a simple question that left her dumbfounded. And I think it's one Christians need to consider before they scream or jump down someone's throat.
I asked her what she intended to do to support the mother if she took her advice. I asked where she'd be when the mother lacked the resources to provide. I asked if she'd be available if she desired to return to school or offer to babysit once in a while.
In short, I asked her if she was willing to act. She couldn't respond and we both knew why. Protests are easy. It is very easy to stand on a soapbox. But getting involved takes work and sacrifice. Most feel they'd done their duty by speaking out.
Be slow to speak. Words have consequences. And if you aren't willing to step into the consequences for the advice you've given. Be still. There may be another avenue available. Pray. Seek the Holy Spirit's aid. Don't operate from the flesh.
I don't like abortion. I've raised a child on my own. We were fortunate. Many are not. I would never apply my options to someone else.
Those that are fast to criticise abortion are slow to support the child and parents after birth.
A lot of people can't afford to have children yet the people vocally against abortion tend to vote for people that want to limit benefits to those that need them, or curtailing basic human rights like public healthcare.
God does desire cheerful helping.But He won't force anyone to help.
But, Calminian, abortion does threaten all of us. Because the ones with the nature to kill unborn people are also involved in our health care and politics and international affairs.If abortion did not merely threaten the unborn,
But why do they make such a choice, after being raped by a family member and taken-however to do an abortion?
Where do you believe we need to start? What really works?
It used to be that women used coat hangers to give themselves abortions. Why were they so set on making that choice? How do we deal with this tendency which certain women have? No law can make such a person love her unborn; so how do we deal with this
No, I don't believe it is bad to make abortion illegal. Murder is considered to be illegal; it is just that ones have managed to keep abortion from being legally considered murder. Ones do not get how all are created equal.
But why do they make such a choice, after being raped by a family member and taken-however to do an abortion?
Where do you believe we need to start? What really works?
It used to be that women used coat hangers to give themselves abortions. Why were they so set on making that choice? How do we deal with this tendency which certain women have? No law can make such a person love her unborn; so how do we deal with this?
No, I don't believe it is bad to make abortion illegal. Murder is considered to be illegal; it is just that ones have managed to keep abortion from being legally considered murder. Ones do not get how all are created equal.
One thing I don't get is that the party who wants more votes is willing to bring in illegals to become voters, but they are ok with killing their unborn who could become voters. It's not even practical, maybe.[/QUOTE
It's man's depravity and willingness to believe the lie of the devil that leads women to. Ale such a choice.
Perhaps, they view abortion as a means of easing the pain; Getting rid of the baby will not remind them of their painful experience. Ofcourse this is a lie of the devil. No physical remedy(such as abortion) can erase the spiritual brokenness of rape, hatred and abuse. It takes the power of God to change such a person, to give them a new heart with new affections.
That's why our message must not stop at simply opposing abortion (for we would be equal to the moralists in the world who know not Jesus). We must preach the gospel. We must speak the word of God in love. The gospel is good news for the lost, hurting and broken spirit.
What happened to safe and rare abortions?What an evil depraved culture we have become.
“I Had an Abortion and I’m Not Apologizing”
by Ken Ham
One billboard boldly proclaims, “I had an abortion and I’m not apologizing.” Another promotes the lie, “I had an abortion & it was just health care.” Now, true health care doesn’t involve murdering children. A third one claims, “I had an abortion and I’m not ashamed.”
One woman who participated in this campaign said, “I joined the #SayAbortion campaign because abortion is normal, abortion is health care, and I will not apologize for putting my life first.” Now that’s essentially an admission she sacrificed her child to the god of self!
Another woman wants to make the conversation about abortion “as easy as talking about a colonoscopy,” as if a doctor checking to ensure nothing is going wrong in a patient’s colon is the same as violently murdering a human life within the safety of his or her mother’s body. What depravity we see these women stooping to!
A third woman claims she knows the “joys of motherhood” because she probably would not have the kids she now has if she hadn’t had one of her children murdered. Oh, such evil we see around us!
Their billboards should state "I murdered my child and I'm not apologizing" or "I sacrificed my child to the god of self and I'm not apologizing.” As I have stated many times, abortion is nothing less than the sacrifice of unborn children to the god of self. The one woman’s statement that she put her life first clearly illustrates that. She selfishly chose to live the life she wanted at the expense of her own child’s life. This should wrench our hearts as it does the Lord’s: "The Lord hates . . . hands that shed innocent blood" (Proverbs 6:16–17).
Think of how women used to think in the past. They would trade their lives for their children in a heartbeat. They were heroes. Now we have culture of women who boast about being cowards. Sacrificing a child for yourself?? And we have a portion of the Church who support them with their votes, and non-votes. And these people claim to be more righteous than Trump?
A lot of abortions occur after contraception went wrong.Teaching safe sex is important. Access to contraceptives is also important. It helps reduce pregnancies and abortions by extension.
Abstinence-only programs are antiquated and don't work effectively.
Why is that question "dumbfounding"? I find it kind of silly. There's definitely no biblical wisdom in it. No similar parable of Jesus' come to mind. It's human wisdom from your own mind that you've put on par with Scripture. But let's take your premise to its logical conclusion.
Let's say you find a baby on the street with no one to care for it. It happens sometimes, babies are sometimes found abandoned. By your logic, that baby has no right to life and could be murdered without consequence since someone might not step up to take care of it. That's the morality you're espousing.
Let me add this. If abortion did not merely threaten the unborn, but others as well, you'd sing a different tune. If abortion was a threat to you personally, you would not be waxing philosophical. You'd be marching in the streets begging for your own safety, demanding protection under the law. I'm just asking you to do that same for the unborn.
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