No, that's not what I'm talking about. We don't need to destroy people that are already living. What we need to do is watch ourselves. We are balancing precariously on completely leaching the earth of it's resources. If a woman cannot have an abortion, then we are adding to the problem. She has a child she herself cannot support. This further dogs the economy. Think about the consequences of MORE PEOPLE.
China has billions of people. And the law is one child to family.
This is where you and I differ in worldviews. To quote you, "We don't need to destroy the people that are already living."
Here's what I think:
I'm sitting here with my six-month old son. I remember the day that I saw his ultra-sound. He was 20-weeks old. I saw his heart beating. I didn't see a fetus. I didn't see a choice. I saw my son. I saw an answer to two-years of constant prayer.
When would you have told me that my son was a human being deserving of life? At what time could my wife have chosen to terminate his life and it not be called murder? If not before birth, then when? We call people that kill infants murderers; and rightly so. We call people that abandon their children to starve inhuman; and rightly so.
So when my son drew his first breath, did he breathe in his right to life - his rights as a human being? Let's examine nature. When life exists, it requires food and grows. So when do we apply the gift of "life" to a fetus? It requires food. It grows.
Would it be after 30-weeks? Maybe. Would it be only after the baby becomes viable? Well science has pushed that back to 20ish weeks. Where is the line? That's the problem with our culture. People are scared of lines. We can't draw lines because it might offend someone. We would do well to remember the words of Edmund Burke when he said,
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Now my son is in my arms; I see his face - he looks like his Mom (thank God). I feel his little hands wrap around my finger as he studies it. I see his eyes as they turn to peer into mine. I place my hand on his chest and feel him breathing. I feel his heart beating.
He smiles at me and I melt. I heard him really laugh for the first time today. Do you know that I waited years to hear that laugh? Do you know that when he hugs me while on my shoulder that I sometimes cry? Do you know that when I come home and he looks over - sees me - and breaks out into the biggest toothless grin (well - to be honest, he's got two small teeth coming in), the joy welling up in me cannot be measured?
These are all emotions connected to that child that was once a 20-week old image on an ultrasound. When I first saw that image, it forever cemented in me that these children MUST be protected. We have become so blase' with this issue. We have become so concerned about hurting each other's feelings we avoid any issue that could potentially be interpreted as "you're trying to condemn me." It's not about condemnation or blame. It's about a child's life.
Well...the place I've chosen to stand is here - with my son and any other child. There are plenty of people speaking out for a woman's right to choose. I choose to speak for those that can't. I choose to fight for them."
