Filed under: Abortion, Pro-Life | Tags: Abortion, Current Events, News, Pro-Life
A Gallup survey released this past Friday found that 51 percent of those asked, call themselves “pro-life” and only 42 percent “pro-choice.” This is the first time that the majority of Americans have identified themselves as “pro-life” since Gallup began asking this question in 1995. It was just last year that Gallup found that 50 percent termed themselves “pro-choice” while 44 percent described their beliefs as “pro-life.”
The Pew Research Center found a similar phenomenon. In August 2008, 54% of those polled believed that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but in their most recent poll only 46% now believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. That is a decrease of 8%!
Many Pro-abortioners are now saying that these polls are not accurate. Of course they were not saying that when the polls were in their favor. And they can’t have it both ways.
The fact is that most Americans are pro-life, but have been brainwashed into believing that they don’t have the right to stand up for a baby’s rights. Recently a talkshow host asked for calls from women who would themselves get an abortion if necessary. He did not get a single call. Instead he got calls from people who wouldn’t ever consider getting an abortion, but believe that limited abortions should be legal. Why? Because they didn’t feel that they had the right to speak out. Why? Because they have been brainwashed into thinking that there is only one life that matters in the abortion debate, that of the mother’s, and that the pre-born baby’s life doesn’t matter at all.
The truth is that ALL LIFE MATTERS. And it cannot be up to failed and biased humans to determine which life matters more.
Why I believe that abortion is wrong:
Abortion kills a living human being.
A.) Human
When a human egg and a human sperm unite, the resulting “product” is human. It is not a dog; nor is it a monkey. It cannot be anything but human.
B.) Living
“Life” is defined in the Encarta dictionary as “existence in physical world: the quality that makes living animals and plants different from dead organisms and inorganic matter. Its functions include the ability to take in food, adapt to the environment, grow, and reproduce.”
1.) Existence in the physical world
No educated person can say that when a woman is pregnant that there is not a human “something” inside of her.
2.) Functions that define “Living”
a.) Ability to take in food
A fetus does so through the umbilical cord
b.) Adapt to the environment
A fetus is constantly adapting inside the uterus
c.) Grow
A fetus spends its entire time in the womb growing
d.) Reproduce
A fetus’s reproductive system begins developing within a few weeks of conception, although the child will not be able to reproduce until after puberty. We currently do not allow the abortion/extermination of children before they reach puberty, so the lack of ability to reproduce cannot be used as an excuse for a fetus not being alive.
What are our basic human rights? The right to life, liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law. We have a responsibility to protect and guard ALL human life.
When life is devalued, there is nothing worth living for.
Filed under: Abortion, Pro-Life, Traditional Marriage | Tags: Abortion, Christianity, Marriage, Pro-Life, Religion
This blog came about due to an ongoing conversation that I have been having with some fellow conservatives. Recently I was asked to go to a rally for Traditional Marriage and to email various senators asking them to not support Gay Marriage. I politely declined. When asked why, I stated that while I do support Traditional Marriage, I believe that marriage should not be a government institution. Instead I believe that civil unions should be allowed for anyone (Straight Couples, Gay couples, spinster sisters who want to share their property, etc), but religious marriages should not be dictated by the government. If one religion chooses to only recognize straight marriages, it should be their choice.
By now you are probably asking yourself, what does this have to do with abortion? Well, I will tell you. Moral Conservatives are spending so much defending something that the government should not be a part of (i.e. marriage) that they are ignoring something that government needs to be a part of (defending innocent lives).
As a Christian, I believe that homosexuality is not something that God approves of. But I believe that we cannot legislate the sexual acts between two consenting adults, nor can I find any reason (other than Biblical ones) for prohibiting civil unions between homosexuals. Marriages on the other hand should be a holy union, sanctioned by a religious organization.
Abortion however, is the direct killing of an innocent life. It is the murder of someone who cannot protect himself or herself. I know that my marriage will stand holy before God regardless of whether or not homosexuals are allowed to have civil unions (or even marry), but countless lives are children are being destroyed by abortion.
How can we stand up for what is holy and just if we are silent observers to the worst holocaust ever?
I am not at all saying that I condone homosexual marriage. What I am saying is that if we can’t protect the sanctity of life, then how in the world can we protect the sanctity of marriage?
