The Ugly Truth About Abortion

After reading in WORLD magazine about how much push there was in the Democratic convention for the social issues, it makes me wonder how many people advocate for abortion, not knowing what is really involved.  I remember having to watch these horrible videos so that I could volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center.  It was a requirement for us to understand what happens during an abortion, and for us to witness, through videos, what a "fetus" has to say about it.

I had to watch a video in particular, called "The Silent Scream".  It was a video of an ultrasound taken during an abortion.  I can never erase the picture of a screaming baby inside a womb, being aborted, from my mind.  It really makes me wish it was a requirement for women to see graphic videos like that before they have an abortion, so that they truly know what they are getting themselves into.

Because, in all honesty, most women probably have no clue what is involved.

But to be fair, difficult circumstances can cause any person to put blinders on, as we focus on ourselves and our circumstances.  Perhaps we think that ignorance is bliss and we just want to get it over with so we can go on with our lives the way we want.

I would like to encourage ALL of us to take off the blinders, to look outside of ourselves, and to consider the truth of the matter.

A heart begins to beat 3-4 weeks after conception.

Brain waves begin as early as 6 weeks.

Both of these begin before most women even know they are pregnant.

Premature babies born before the 3rd trimester have been known to survive.

Even babies, when fully developed and full-term are dependant on their mother (or other care-taker) to provide for their basic needs.  Left to themselves, they would die.

If we value human life, shouldn't we value ALL human life?

Do a heartbeat and brainwaves define human life?

How about multiplying, working, living, and active cells?

If not, then how do we define it?  When hands and feet are formed?  When he can fend for himself?  When he is a certain size, weight, or age?

Doesn't life end when the heart stops beating or when brain-waves cease?  When all the cells in a body stop working- stop doing their jobs- stop multiplying?

Just asking questions.

If this election is going to be a social issue fight, I think we should be armed with not just our own opinion, but rather the truth.

Here are some more resources to help you understand abortion, or to help you ponder the concept of abortion:

This one is VERY graphic.  Click on the link, then click on "Virtual Exhibit".

The Justice For All Exhibit 

This is a video that is about 45 minutes long.  A documentary interviewing people about their views on abortion.  This one has some graphic images as well.

http://www.180movie.com

Sorry. The truth of abortion is pretty ugly.

When light shines, it exposes that which has been hidden in the darkness.

Oh, and as a side note, the movie October Baby is out on DVD now.

"October Baby"

Have you heard of this movie?



I just did.
It's a movie about life.
I haven't seen it...YET.  I am SO there.

Here is a trailer:



For more info you can go to http://www.octoberbabymovie.net/themovie

You can also go to http://www.everylifeisbeautiful.com/ for all kinds of resources, facts about abortions, and people's stories about life.

How could I NOT have heard about this movie?
I'm excited.
And I know it has GOT to make God smile!

Amazing video - Have you seen this?

I think these videos speak for themselves. Praise God for giving this woman life - so she can speak out for those that are never given the chance. It's kinda long, but well worth watching if you have the time.

Obama and Abortion

So the election is only days away... so many things scare me about it. I've had nightmares of Obama becoming president. And that is a horrible nightmare to me for so, so many reasons.
Here is just one of the many...

Most of this video is taken from clips from Fox News, or from the interviews done by Rick Warren at Saddleback church. The one statement that speaks louder than any to me though is Obama simply speaking to a crowd of people..."I've got 2 daughters, a 9-year-old and a 6-year-old. I'm going to teach them, first of all about values and morals, but, if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Um...correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that simply a consequence for our actions? How long will we continue to fool ourselves into thinking that we can con our way out of them?

Let me state it bluntly: We have a God-given Free-will. We have the "choice" to have sex before marriage or not. Through that decision, we are also deciding what consequences we are willing to live with, both good and bad. If we choose sex before marriage, and we end up with an unwanted pregnancy, that is a consequence of our actions...like STDs or anything else...and now we can make a "choice" about what to do about it. Do we accept the consequences of our actions and choose life - and either raise the baby ourselves or give it up for adoption to someone who is more able? Or, do we choose to end that life that was made, simply to save face or "get rid of" our problems?
"Freedom of Choice" can be very misleading. That "choice" - that easy way out, has consequences of it's own. It doesn't bring Freedom. Don't listen to the lie that says that having an abortion will rid you of your troubles. That choice actually bounds you up in heavier shackles than the original consequence. It brings pain. it brings guilt. it brings shame. it brings the shedding of blood to the most innocent of the innocent. Having that on your shoulders doesn't exactly make the load any lighter.

We can't escape consequences for our actions. We will always have consequences, no matter how hard we try to escape them...or how elequently we try to talk our way out of them. But will America continue to hide? To not hold people accountable?

On the subject of punishment: When did babies become a form of punishment, rather than an Amazing Blessing? I sat next to an Italian Catholic priest on a plane not too long ago... he said he "came from a place and time where pregnancy is not a disease and children are not problems...they are Blessings."
What a sad, sad day in which we live...

Americas Choice Now - Video

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