The infant in this photograph is premature, only 25 weeks old. Weighing only 8.6 ounces, this human being is a living, breathing miracle. If her mother had been raped or impregnated by a close relative, she could have had her killed legally in the United States.
When liberals lecture the rest of us about helping “the weak and the downtrodden,” they’re referring to increased funding for social programs, not unborn life. Real charitable. Who could be more weak than a growing baby dependent on his mother for protection and sustenance?
Why does such a profane and perverse “right to choose” trump that? This is the result of backward and muddled thinking in our post-modern times, but so exquisitely human! Back in the day people were killing babies; today we’re still killing babies. People will always kill babies. The reasons vary. Sometimes it’s population control or child sacrifice to the gods, etc. Today women cry, “Our bodies, our decision!”
Christians are prone to muddled thinking, too, but as followers of Christ, we know that while we were still sinning, he saw fit to save us. In spite of our rebellion, we were snatched from the jaws of spiritual death and the inevitable wrath to come. Unlike those whose moral authority begins and ends with themselves, we know where ours begins and ends: in the person of Jesus Christ.
In that regard, no matter what I’m inclined to do or what I desire, I must act according to God’s will. If God tells me killing unborn life is wrong, I must be obedient and protect that life and allow the baby to live. Even in cases of rape. “Pro-choice” advocates are probably slumping over their computer keyboards in cardiac arrest right now.
We are selfish creatures by nature. Our own comfort is more important than doing what’s right. Some of the pro-choicers who read this site probably cringe in horror at the thought of a woman doing what’s right by the child and carrying her rapist’s baby. Called a “product of rape,” the child is considered expendable because he was conceived in an unwanted, violent, degrading act. The violence is compounded in a vain attempt to “forget” the rape.
Let’s say you believe killing the baby OK is if the rape is violent and brutal and you’re fully conscious while it’s happening. What about so-called date rape where you’re passed out drunk the whole time? Is it OK to kill the “product” then? If the justification for doing so is to rid yourself of reminders of the rape, should you be allowed to abort if you don’t remember the rape? Or is the mere fact of being raped sufficient justification? Even to ask such questions is stupid, isn’t it?
Have pro-choicers asked themselves, “What if the baby feels the pain of being vacuumed out of his mother?” God forbid it. If you believe that life begins at conception and the viability or “personhood” of that life is irrelevant, as I do, but you’re still “pro-choice,” I pray that God will grant you mercy. He did it for me. He not only gave me physical life but spiritual life:
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2: 1-10)
Archive links:
- Spiritual Way To Kill Babies
- Irreverent Reverends
- The Death Business Is Booming
- Our God Is An Awesome God!
- Barack Obama’s Pro-Death Vote
Links around the web: David Limbaugh and Jim Pfaff on Planned Parenthood, The Abortion Wars, National Right to Life
Update (12/23):
The fight is a central theme of the contest to head the Democratic National Committee, particularly between two leading candidates: former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who supports abortion rights, and former Indiana Rep. Tim Roemer, an abortion foe who argues that the party cannot rebound from its losses in the November election unless it shows more tolerance on one of society’s most emotional conflicts.Roemer is running with the encouragement of the party’s two highest-ranking members of Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and incoming Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Dean, a former presidential candidate, is popular with the party’s liberal wing….
Abortion rights activists are critical pillars of the Democratic Party, providing money and grass-roots energy. Some of them say they are concerned that Democratic leaders are entertaining any changes to the party’s approach to abortion.
A senior official of one of the nation’s largest abortion rights groups said she would be concerned if the party were to choose Roemer to head the Democratic National Committee. (Source)
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It truly is a miracle. This is what abortion advocates call a ‘fetus’. A living breathing human being. God bless this child forever.
Dear La Shawn,
Thanks for a great post.
Thanks, too, for having the courage to say no abortion even in the case of rape. The “what about rape and incest?” argument is a smokescreen. Yes, it’s understandable that a woman who’s been raped would want to get rid of her attacker’s child. But it’s never ok to get ourselves out of a tight spot by doing something wrong—by cheating. Not only that, but how would it even help a woman heal in the long run to allow her/encourage her to respond to the terrible violence done her by committing another terrible act of violence?
Cordially,
Adrian
Thanks for this post. I’ve always found it very curious that someone could be pro-life and yet make an exception for rape or incest. If abortion is wrong because it extinguishes a life, then it’s wrong under any cirmcumstances. I’m actually pro-choice, but I appreciate the consistency of your logic and beliefs.
incest, if it creates a health problem (which often takes a few generations of repeated incest), I can see the arguement for abortion.
I think it gets brought up so often (rape/incenst exception) because these are cases where you can’t blame the mother-to-be for a lack of personal responsibility.
I agree, however, that it is still a life, no matter what the circumstances of conception.
I’ve always beleived that you should never blame the rainbows for the rain.
Unfortunately, habitatgirl, I think our president is of this mindset.
I know what you’re thinking, SCSIwuzzy. Incest isn’t always about minor daughter/father. Incest is incest no matter what ages the participants. Under the exception, a grown woman who voluntarily copulated with a close relative could kill the baby. When we start parsing, “abortion is OK in this case but not in that case,” we run up against issues like this. Even if the baby were going to be born with a severe defect, I’d leave the matter in God’s hands.
My ex-wife was “date raped” as a teenager, but chose to keep her child. She has never regretted that decision. That child has grown into an amazing young lady: straight-A student, cheerleader, Taekwondo blackbelt, and working on completing high school in 3 years, among other things. We are so proud of her, and she’s such a blessing to everyone she knows. Truly, she is a living testimony for not committing abortion, even in cases of rape.
I 100% agree, La Shawn, and my pro-abortion friends never get this line of thinking. That is, until I explain to them that DNA is the blueprint of life and is used in criminal cases to identify perpetrators. Since that is true, then it also follows that life begins at conception, since you have a full DNA strand at that time. So now we have biological evidence and theological reasoning to support these beliefs. Usually, the debate then spills over into the use of contraception, but that’s an entirely new debate.
BTW, belated contrats on the NRO article, which I enjoyed reading.
Good stuff, La Shawn. I have to admit, even though I believe as you do, seeing it in print online (is that an oxymoron?) nearly took my breath away.
Bravo! May you continue to have the courage of your convictions.
Amen, ditto, right on.
AWG–that is an AMAZING story.
Amen!
One of the bravest people I’ve ever known was a sixteen year old girl who chose to keep her baby after being raped. From the day we first saw this child, it was so apparent that she was blessed and special. Thankfully the mom got a lot of support from friends and family and it seemed to make a huge difference for both mom and baby. She charmed every single person who ever met her, and she is such a blessing. She changed my attitude about the rape issue, definitely.
La Shawn, I really believe (since I once believed it) that many who are pro-choice are so STUCK in their mindset, they don’t see truth right before them. It’s a blob of cells, it’s a blob of cells, it’s a blob of cells has been drumbeat into their noggin so long, that they are no longer capable of investigating for themselves. That, and the “keep your government out of my uterus” mantra. I swear, those two ideas have won over so many young women (the power, really, behind the idea of “government” controlling your procreation – THAT is a piece of PR genius.) And how do pro-choice people react to efforts to educate women as to fetal development? Images of babies? Facts regarding when the heart beats, or they hiccup, or move and kick and squirm? They go ballistic. It’s really sad. But, I’m raising my kids to see and understand that life begins in the beginning
They are horrified that some women kill their babies.
Pray for the women contemplating the demise of their unborn children. Back in the day when I was an unbeliever, if I’d been faced with an inconvenient pregnancy, who knows what I would’ve done. I’d like to think I would have chosen life.
La Shawn, I do. And, i also gave all my old baby things to a local crises pregnancy center
Personally, I’ve always felt that the “fight” in this battle (right now) shouldn’t be to change law, but to change minds. We have to change a lot of minds first.
A child at my church was 6 ounces when she was born. Quite possibly the lowest birth rate on record. She’s 15 now.
The power of prayer.
Being raised a Catholic back when Catholics were the main ones standing up for the rights of the unborn, I’ve never embraced the idea of “except in the case of rape or incest.” The Catholics in my day, though, took it a step further: Abortion was murder even if committed in order to save the life of the mother. The idea was that if one was certain to die because of a treacherous pregnancy (either the mother or the child), it was not our place to make the decision which one. Only God could decide.
You don’t hear that argument come up much anymore…
Thanks for addressing this, LaShawn. I’m with you all the way.
Amen, La Shawn.
La Shawn, thank the Lord for your hard stand on this issue… Christians ought not ‘waffle’ on the person hood of each unborn child, regardless of the circumstance of their conception! God is all wise, we are not.
AWG
Your story is a beautiful one, and it is not unique. It also is a wonderful of how God makes bad into good. “All things work to the good for those who love the lord”. “With man it is impossible, but thru God, all things are possible. There are numberous instances in the bible where God took something negative and made it into something great. That is the foundation of Christian faith.
LB
I am going to add you to my prayer list this week, to thank God for you each day. Finally, there is someone who can break thru the PC of our society and speak the truth to both Christians and others in such a straitforward way. Too many of us believers, me included, will not take on the PC establishment and fail to speak in love what we believe in our hearts. You are not, and you inspire me to do the same. Your wiritings bless me at least once a week and usually more. I thank God for this gift he has given you, and the fact you have not buried it in the ground, but have taken and invested it and yielded tenfold.
I believe that abortion is wrong under all circumstances. The instances of rape or incest or real and serious threat to the health of the mother are strawmen used by the pro-choicers as reasons we must have abortion.
Does anyone really think that these circumstances are involved in more than 1% of abortions? I suspect if the truth be known that it is only part of 1%.
La Shawn, I so appreciate your comments in this post. The bottom line is that a baby is either a human being or it isn’t. That scientific fact is not changed by the circumstance of it’s origin, i.e. rape or incest. I understand that a survivor of a sexual attack is going to have to deal with that trauma regardless. Encouraging them in a moment of anguish and great grief to commit another violent act agains their own human child will not make it go away….it will only make it worse in the long run. If I were the product of rape, I might hate my father, but I would still want the chance to live. Wouldn’t you?
La Shawn,
This is my first visit to your blog. Wow! I wanted to wish you a Happy Nativity. Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
What a miracle in that child being recently born. What a greater miracle in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour being born!!!
LaShawn – you ROCK, girl!
Love your blog : keep doing whatcha do!
You have to look at their psyche and their goals, La Shawn. These are people who recognize no morality other than that which advances their cause, socialism. In the case of abortion, it serves a very explicit goal, not to preserve “choice”, “health”, or some other nefarious reason to kill someone, but to advance socialism. Socialism requires that personal responsibility and respect for the sacred status of the individual be gone. The collective must be responsible for all actions, and the belief that one person has the moral obligation to either accept the consequence of his or her action beyond which the village prescribes or accept any idea of individual rights is dangerous to that precept.
Was anyone aware that that baby is a twin her sister weighed in at about 1.6 pounds.
Mark
Which interpretation of Christianity urges us to develop technology to save an infant that would otherwise die? Who interprets God’s will to say such and such woman should be barren and another woman fertile? It is clearly science that develops the technology to keep premies alive, but how is it that Christianity gets to appropriate the moral basis for the use of technology? These are rhetorical questions of course.
I think it is a reasonable to suggest one interpretation of scripture might be to have men not meddle in the miracle of birth, and that would include both fertility drugs and contraception. My personal belief is that it is a question for society, in other words of law, negotiated by the people.
The same God that chose to place His Son in the womb of the virgin Mary is the same God that chooses to place human life within the wombs of women, every minute of everyday!
Great post. Though I recoil in the religious right’s attachment to the republican party, I still hold my nose and vote republican because of their support of the rights of the most innocent abortion.
Merry Christmas,
brad
P.S. I did love W’s compassionate comments on immigration at his last press conference.
Wow. How cool. I hit “Post it” and I go to the FBI Forsensics page.
Well La Shawn,
I loved your post but I still feel it’s right to offer a choice to rape victims. Sex is a choice and those who choose to be irresponsible and have unsafe sex shouldn’t be allowed to have an abortion. But rape victims just didn’t have a choice; I feel bad when those who had no say so in the act of conception are forced to keep the results of the act. I do however commend those who still had babies that resulted from any type of rape; it’s a sign of strength. I also think you made a great point regardless of whether or not I agree with it. Be blessed!
Tim Roemer, when first running for Congress in our district against Republican incumbent John Hiler, won the election, I believe, because of his pro-life position. It has always been a close House race in our district (3rd – Indiana), and there are a LOT of prolifers around here, and since both Roemer and Hiler were prolife, the scale tipped in Roemer’s favor because of the huge number of Catholics (the vast majority of whom are prolife) and life-long Democrats who decided they could support Roemer and still vote Democrat.
Well, the other reason he won I think was that he sounded like a Republican in everything he said. He doesn’t vote that way, but he’s a good politician.
Jase Alston,
Rape does absolve the woman of the responsibility to care for the child, meaning she can put it up for adoption. Having one’s rights infringed upon in no way, however, absolves a woman of the responsibility to respect the rights of others, her rapist excluded. The child is is as much an innocent victim as the woman, and the wrong of eliminating that child combined with the wrong of the infringement upon the woman’s rights does not amount to any sort of right.
Instead, society should think along the lines of, “Abort the rapist… with an injection”
I once read exerpts from a book concerning women who became pregnant through rape and their decisions to (and not to) abort the babies. Women who aborted the babies had the same regrets and depression as other abortionees. Many realized that their child had become a victim, just like they were! It was so sad. There were also tales of women who kept the babies, even bi-racial babies, and said they experienced healing because of their child. Wow. It was a powerful book. Until I read it, I also thought there were “exemptions” for abortion. Not anymore.
A miracle is…
You can’t have a miracle if you eliminate all the chances.
I believe that abortion is wrong even in cases of rape or incest. However, the reality is that just because a woman is forced to have a baby, doesn’t mean she’ll get the warm fuzzies during the pregnancy and want to keep the child. I know that’s the hope, but it’s totally naive and unrealistic. So, that’s why we need to prepare for abandoned and unwanted children and why we need to bring back orphanages and open more children’s homes for the children who will end up rejected. There will not be enough adoptive parents for them all, and they’re going to have to be taken care of SOMEWHERE and SOMEHOW.
And, even if there was no shortage of adoptive parents, current U.S. adoption laws and regulations are so jacked up, Americans are giving up on adopting American kids and turning to foreign countries, as we speak.
So, when we finish our collective moralizing, what are we going to do to reform the American adoption system and what are we going to do with all the rejected/abandoned children? And, where is the money, for these measures, going to come from? I don’t hear anybody, anywhere, talking about that.
And, we WILL need it. Because, I can honestly say that if I were raped and became pregnant, I would carry the child to term, and do EVERYTHING that should make for a very healthy baby – but there is NO WAY I’d keep that child. And, I know that I’m not alone.
Rosalind, it’s true that there are lots of older children who are waiting for adoption. But people are lined up to adopt newborns, especially now that white parents are allowed to adopt black or mixed-race babies. I agree about the laws. I don’t think the father of a baby born out of wedlock should be able to veto adoption. I think once an adoption goes through it should be final forever.
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