Guide to Informed Choices
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Abortion may change your relationships (#75)
, with your boyfriend, but also with yourself and your God. Have a child now while you can! (#78)
. At the moment it probably seems like the worst timing ever! But What if the timing is right but you just don‘t know it? (#95)
. It‘s amazing that for a very small number of you, this could be the only child you‘ll ever have,
whether that‘s
due to
life circumstances or unforeseen health challenges. I‘m not trying to scare you, but just get you to think of every possibility. Some of you may feel that abortion is legal and there is nothing wrong with it. I share with you my reasons as to why I believe Abortion is unconstitutional (#77)
assuming it is legal still doesn‘t make it right. After all, Slavery was legal too (#76)
. Another dark side of abortion is that Aborted fetuses are often used in research (#86)
. I do believe Hitler would have loved abortion . (#70)
. I also make the case that Abortion is not real medicine (#64) . Not
only is it not real medicine, but many Abortionists don‘t enjoy their job! (#61) .
But let‘s not get too caught up in the bad stuff about abortion. Abortion is becoming less popular. Move with the changing attitudes on abortion! (#92)
. Save a life today! (#99)
. Read the messages from women who have been there (#96)
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that — and don‘t despair. Motherhood is an awesome experience! (#98) and
You can begin bonding with your baby now! (#54) .
(#100) . It‘s
not all over. You can handle this — if that‘s what you choose. Above all, It‘s your choice!
(#37)
In the long run Being responsible is more rewarding than copping out (#46) .
When you find out that Your unborn baby is intelligent (#87)
, when you find out that
The population explosion is an urban myth (#79)
or my theory that Hormonal changes cause moodiness around the time most abortions occur! (#71) you may be glad you didn‘t abort. And, well, if I‘m too late and you‘ve
Had one abortion? Don‘t make it two (#94)
. My final challenge to you? Be prepared — You might just enjoy being a mom!
(#101)
Reason #1 ―There are more reasons not to have an abortion than there are to have one‖ Reason #2 We know when life begins
It‘s not that tricky Answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade 1
We don't know 2
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et‘s start at the very beginning. When we want to be informed about abortion, we want to know what we‘re doing, right? So, we already assume that a newborn baby is a human and alive. But when does it all begin? Some people believe abortion is okay because, they say, we don‘t really know when that baby begins. It‘s all relative. It‘s a mystery. It‘s, well… you can‘t put a finger on it, if you know what I mean. You know, we just don‘t know when someone becomes a person. Who can really judge something like that? Well, I say, if you just don‘t know, why take the risk? Why take the risk if you could be destroying not ‗tissue‘ but a ‗somebody‘? But, it‘s not really that tricky. The L
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answer is actually pretty simple. Just looking at the basic facts of science, we find that each human being alive today began his or her physical existence at conception. That‘s when a new human life starts. And it‘s not like you can be partly alive, as though the fetus is just ―sort of‖ living. You‘re either dead or alive. Of course, the fetus has to grow and develop, but that is growth and development not life. 3 We are not talking about morality or theories of personhood. We are not talking about religious morals or the soul. We‘re just talking about the facts. We are talking about what is known. I challenge you to find me a science book that says life does not start at conception! I find it interesting that we all accept the science about fertilization, but when abortion comes into the picture all of sudden we say, wait, maybe this isn‘t life after all… maybe science does not understand the complexity of it. You see, it‘s
only when we want to take that life that we question science in favor of our own pet theory about when life begins. 4
our human beginnings so that we can better understand the issues at hand. This is so needed. Did you know that a 2003 Fox News poll found that only 55% believed human life begins at conception! The remaining 23% said when the baby is viable, 13% said at birth and 9% said they were not sure. 5 Remember, this is what people think, not necessarily what is true. Let‘s begin informing ourselves about the physical beginning of ―you.‖
Quotable Quote ―To say that the beginning of human life cannot be determined scientifically is utterly ridiculous.‖ 6
—Dr. Richard Jaynes, testifying before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
The beginning of ‗you‘ onception — your first birthday party was a smashing hit. It was the event of a lifetime!
―Dear Diary, today is the day. I just know it. ―You can‘t see it but there are up to five million sperm up here, swimming, as though in a race. And they are! As they head towards the fallopian tube where the prized egg waits, they instinctively seem to have directions (or perhaps just don‘t want to ask!). There are no second prizes today. Winner takes all. In this obstacle course only the fittest and strongest will complete their course, and that is as it should be. Only the best will father the new life with the waiting queen egg. ―Arriving at the scene the sperm's first C
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test is to pass through the egg‘s outer guard, the nutrient layers surrounding the DNA. The first to arrive start penetrating the membrane. A chemical stored in their heads allows them to leave their ‗head gear‘ behind to go in further (take your hat off for the lady). Several sperm have made it through to the egg‘s membrane. But who will enter the inner court first? ―Zap! The first one entering is the winner. At that very moment an electric current flashes across the boundaries, preventing any other sperm from joining the new couple. The millions that are no longer wanted die valiantly, still trying. Like a space shuttle no longer needing its take-off gear, the winning sperm leaves his tail (transport system) and midsection (energy source) behind. Inside the egg, the reduced sperm containing the precious package of DNA swells up. The egg also has DNA and it swells up too. Like cosmic lovers dancing, the two bundles of DNA are drawn slowly towards each other and towards the center of the cell. As they meet their membranes and DNA fuse and become one. It is irreversible. There is now no longer two but one. I know, it‘s romantic, isn‘t it? 7
―The new DNA is a totally new combination. The clock has started and the key has been turned.
At that very awesome moment a new body is beginning from the pattern within the cells. The formation process has begun, and first we will see a zygote, then embryo, fetus, infant, toddler, child, teen, adolescent, adult, elderly. ―My mom won‘t see me till my birthday in about nine months. She doesn‘t even know I‘m here yet. I hope she wants me.‖
Wondering what happens next? Turn to Reason #9: It‘s not just a bunch of cells!
fertilized egg? ome people have said, Well, the egg and sperm are living, aren‘t they? Aren‘t they individual? And isn‘t each body cell individual? But we don‘t kick up a fuss if they die. Of course, you are correct. They are alive. They are individual cells. And we shouldn‘t fuss when they die. But the egg or sperm, or any other body cell, will never grow into something different. You won‘t see them becoming frogs or dogs or sunflowers. And why not? Simply because they aren‘t those things! Just a simple cell which has reached its full development, it will live and die like any other cell. It bears its owner‘s DNA. Sperm and egg belong to their owners and are a part of their owner‘s body. We are not concerned with the cell death of a sperm or egg. However, a fertilized egg (when the egg and sperm have merged S
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irreversibly) instantly begins to change. It will grow into something else, precisely because it is something more than just two cells sharing the same bed. If conception occurs, the egg and sperm no longer
exist. They
undergo a transformation much greater than that of a pretty butterfly. It is a miracle of life. No longer belonging to either parent, but a mixture of the two, this new life takes over its development. A chain reaction of growth and cell division occurs from the moment new life is created. The cells follow their own pre- programmed instructions until one day, about 40 weeks later, a bright-eyed, kicking baby is ready to face the world. That‘s one pretty cool fertilized egg! (Don‘t let anyone try to tell you that the embryo is only as alive as an ordinary body cell!)
Did you know? Your gender was determined at conception. You get DNA from both parents. Mom‘s was XX and Dad‘s XY. The DNA splits up and you get one from each, forming either XX (girl) or XY (boy).
stuff Clearly, a non-scientific opinion
―I would put 1st trimester embryos in the same category as sperm and eggs.‖ 8
—pro-choice essay on abortion
ake any cell of your body right now. It contains your own unique DNA. It‘s that same property that enables police to track down a crime based on someone‘s hair sample or blood. 9 Unique DNA indicates an individual. If the DNA of that fertilized egg was the same as yours, that life could, theoretically, be a part of yourself. But, if the DNA of the fertilized egg was different from yours, you could assume the embryo was not yourself. Well, you probably know where I‘m going with this. Indeed, the fertilized egg always has a different DNA. And why is that? Remember what happens at conception? The embryo is created with half of your genes and half of your partner‘s. The genes totally mix — just like when you mix two colors in a can of paint. You can‘t undo the product, and it‘s unlike either of the originals. Or, think of it this way, he came from you and yet he is not you, just as you came from your parents but you are not your parents. A fetus is not part of a woman‘s body, T
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although the egg came from her. A fetus is not part of a man's body, although the sperm came from him. What was once an egg and sperm is now a brand new cell with its own blueprint, identity, individuality, independence and direction. It is basically what happens when life is created. A new entity is created seemingly out of nothing (just two sex cells and a bit of help from God). Pretty amazing, if you ask me. As the genes kick into action, this one very special cell develops rapidly. The dominos have been knocked over and they are now in motion.
What is a fetus? efore nine weeks gestation the word embryo
is used to describe the developing child. After that, the word fetus
is used. While the word fetus is sometimes used derogatively to indicate that there is nothing special about him, the actual definition tells us that fetus is pretty special. Technically, the term ―fetus‖ originated from
Latin and
means ―offspring,‖ ―unborn young,‖ or ―young still in the womb.‖ 10 The word offspring means ―child,‖ ―immediate descendants of a person‖ or ―progeny.‖ 11 So, by definition, a fetus is an unborn child. Note: Because this book is not written to be a medical textbook, both fetus
and other friendly references such as unborn child
and unborn baby are also used. Since, as we just learned, each fetus has a predetermined sex, this book will randomly use him or
her
instead of the impersonal and inaccurate it.
Supreme Court says irrelevant when human life begins hen legalizing abortion Chief Justice Blackmun made the bizarre comment that ―We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins.‖ 12
Wow! In other words, what he is saying is, we do not know the answer, but it‘s not really important for us to know whether or not a human life will be taken by abortion. Has he forgotten that the only purpose of government is to protect human life? (Read the Declaration of Independence.) Blackmun went on to say that since there is disagreement — I‘m not sure with whom — that the Court is ―not in a position to speculate as to the answer.‖ 13
He says that disagreement exists and that ―It would be sufficient to note briefly the wide divergence of thinking.‖ 14
Blackmun then proceeds to give equal air time to ideas like life does not begin until birth, quickening, viability, oh, and also that conception thing. Blackmun lumps the ideas into one box he calls the ‗theory of life,‘ implying that they are all equally B W
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valid when, clearly, this is ridiculous. Not to mention unscientific. Blackmun pretends to have a better perspective. He says that we can‘t override the rights of women for some theory, 15 yet
in so doing he is acting on his pet theory that the unborn child is simply potential now. In so doing he is taking a non-neutral perspective and actually choosing a theory while pretending not to have one! Please explain, Blackmun, where is the line where a fetus becomes a child or an adult? And if the fetus is only potential, why are their tiny feet in the abortion machine waste? In
addressing the
view ―many
physicians‖ hold that life begins at conception, Blackmun says ―substantial problems‖ are posed because some people think that it is a process rather than event. 16
precisely why the unborn child should be protected from that moment onward! Another of the justices who supported the pro-choice ruling made an equally irrational statement. Having just voted to legalize abortion Justice Douglas stated, ―When life is present is a question we do not try to resolve.‖ 17
you would think that that would be a vaguely relevant issue! But no, no such luck. Douglas continues, ―While basically a question for medical experts… it is, of course, caught up in matters of religion and morality.‖ 18 By bringing ―religion and morality‖ into the discussion, he tries to divert attention from the real issue at hand. He knows that medical experts have already explained the beginning of life and that that time is the moment of conception. Their attitude is, we wash our hands of this decision; let the abortionists decide when life is present. The women will be accountable to it anyhow. We will legalize abortion, but we don‘t want to be responsible for it and we‘re not even going to judge if human life is taken or not. Hey, it doesn‘t really matter to us — we‘re already born. Clearly, these justices are stumbling through the whole decision, and it seems that the Court has avoided the ―when life begins‖ question precisely because they do
Reason #2 ―Every life starts at conception‖
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Reason #3 You have been lied to
Telling it like it is — because abortion clinics do not A psychologist says… ―I have seen hundreds of patients in my office who have had abortions and were just lied to by the abortion counselor. Namely, 'This is less painful than having a tooth removed. It is not a baby.' Afterwards, the woman sees Life magazine and breaks down and goes into a major depression.‖ 19
ome women have been so lied to that they scarcely know what they are having done. Take the pretty 18-year- old black girl from Florida who went in for an abortion at 23 weeks. Hardly showing, Sycloria Williams didn‘t realize how far along she was. The second day of her procedure didn‘t go according to plan. She says, ―I was supposed to be asleep for all of this. I wasn‘t supposed to see anything. Just wake up and it will all be over,‖ she had been told. Instead, she was awake when she pushed out a baby, who was still alive. A clinic employee shoved the tiny, twitching, gasping baby into a biohazard bag and took it away while the girl was left in shock. ―I thought it would be a blob thing, but bigger, not a baby,‖ she later said. 20
Abortion clinics are good at telling it like it‘s not. Take the old pro-choice book Lovejoy: A Year in the Life of an Abortion Clinic.
It describes some of the client‘s experiences including one woman who asked: ―Is it true that at six weeks it has a heartbeat?‖ Carye says nobody is sure exactly when the heart begins beating, and Yüklə 4,63 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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