Abortion. What a touchy subject. Usually people are either on one scale or another on this.
There are many reasons why people try to justify abortions.
Health of the mother, health of the baby, rape, financial issues, social issues, flawed foster care.
All of these are serious.
First I will address the health of the mother.
When I was 27 weeks pregnant, I had to deliver my baby. A few beforehand I had developed preeclampsia which is really high blood pressure.
At 27 weeks it got so high that my blood platelets started dropping seriously low. So low that the doctors decided to do an emergency c-section and deliver my baby. I was terrified. It was too early. 3 months early. What if my baby didn't make it? But we went ahead and had her. If we had waited even a day longer, I would not have made it. I almost died during the operation. I had 4 blood transfusions.
My daughter was 1 pound 14 ounces when she was born. She was tiny. But she had all her body parts. She could cry, feel pain and she was super alert. She could see, hear and breath. Yes she needed support to breath but she was alive. Not a clump of cells.
Now on to abortion for health of the baby.
Doctors are not always right when they say there's something wrong with the baby. My friends mom was told that her son would be a vegetable when he was born. He was not. He's 34 years old and thriving with a wide and kid on the way.
My cousin was born with trisomy 18 and even though my aunt and uncle knew that she would have that, they chose life. They were told she wouldn't live more than a couple days. She lived to be 1 year old.
Rape is terrible. A violation. And to get pregnant on top of that is hard. But abortion is another violation. It's not the baby's fault that he was conceived of rape. The bravest and most noble thing would be to give the baby life.
Also the father ( not a rapist) should get a say in the life of his child. It takes two to make a baby. A man needs to be responsible too.
If you don't want the baby, please consider adoption. There are many families who would love to adopt a baby. And if they are put in foster care, at least they are alive and have a home. I'm sure the child would be happier that you gave them a chance at life than killing them. Yes the foster care system is flawed. Yes they need help. That's why all life matters. Unborn and born. Every life is precious. A person is a person no matter how small. They all need protection.
Now if you have had an abortion, I won't sit here and condemn you. I'm sure you have gotten enough shame from people about that. God still loves you very much and will forgive you. People need to be more supportive of mothers who have gone through an abortion and who feel regret and shame. I am here for you and I love you. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of of God. But there is good news! If you come to Him, Jesus will wash away your sins. He died so we could all have life and spend eternity with Him. It's a free gift. You just need to accept it. We can all choose to believe in Him and confess that He is Lord or we can choose the sinful destructive path that leads straight to Hell. Friends, please don't choose that path. Choose God. Choose Jesus. Choose Life. Eternal life. God's waiting for you. Answer His call. He loves you.
"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
Psalms 127:3 KJV
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."
Psalm 139:13-14 ESV
"Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV
"And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
Luke 1:41-45 ESV
"On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God."
Psalm 22:10 ESV
"Thus says the Lord , your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord , who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself"
Isaiah 44:24 ESV
