Posted on 01/16/2009 10:55:06 AM PST by wagglebee
I was just providing some balance.
The fact is that men are the leaders. They could solve this mess; but, they like it as is it.
As Ann Coulter says,
the biggest supporters of “abortion rights” are men aged 18 through their late 20’s.
Yeah, they’re really into “women’s rights” I bet.
It’s very sad to see when a man decides to leave his pregnant wife, leaving her with the responsibility of raising a child on her own, I have seen this happen all too often. It is also sad to see so many marriages destroyed by pornography, which is all too acceptable and prevalent today. There is definately an all out war against the family, and it is only getting worse. There is no honor for mothers and fathers and the media certainly discourages marriage and famly.
p.s. I said “single women” when I meant “single moms.”
“That is fine if your purpose is to sit back and judge the actions of others. Some of us are actively trying to prevent the abortion of children by working with women who are considering it. Every time a woman chooses life over abortion, a murder is prevented.
It may not solve the problem of moral depravity, but I would argue that it produces better results than judging women who are already in a bad situation.”
First, I commend you and others actively working to save children’s lives.
I’m not judging the women, I’m judging the actions of the man and woman involved.
“How are men to be supportive when the law and the culture tell them that its none of their business whether the woman aborts?”
As I said, I don’t think it’s all the men’s fault. I agree our laws are hideous. They forbid a man from protecting his child. What sort of Satanic law is that?
But my advice still stands. In three years, I had ONE married woman abort (that I know of). The father was pushing it. He wanted to get their business more established before she had a baby.
So wait until your married, because birth control fails FREQUENTLY. If you are married, it is highly unlikely she will abort. And should you impregnate somebody, step up. It does make a difference.
Read post 33.
Thanks for the ping. Missed that post. I know a woman who had an abortion (I found out after the fact) and when I asked “Why didn’t you give the baby up for adoption?” her answer was: “Oh, I could never do that!” Murder—adoption—murder—adoption. Odd and horribly sad that adoption was something she could never do, but abortion was something she could.
In a nutshell, yes.
Actually, there is a need for society to judge people who make bad decisions. While it may seem cruel it is how a society functions. People who act outside the parameters of what that society deems to be responsible actions are stigmatized. It’s hurtful to the person who goes thru it, but it serves as a lesson to others. While this all seems very quaint and old fashioned it is what has always held cultures together.
It is far crueler for a culture to look the other way and destine more and more children to be aborted or to be raised in dire circumstances.
I was just wondering what the abortion rate was for women who watch Sex and the city, opposed to Little House on the Prairie.
I do agree that it is through judgement that we as a society can create and uphold morals and appropriate behaviors. There is a time and place to educate our society about the hazards of sex outside of marriage, but that really isn’t what the pro-life cause should be about.
I have worked with many pregnant women, who are considering abortions. I provide prenatal care and try to talk them through their situation. Although their situations vary, they are all generally terrified, and confused about what to do.
My first success in talking a woman out of having an abortion came from a simple conversation where I told an 18 year old pregnant girl about my first baby’s birth, and that even minutes after the birth, my son would turn to the sound of my wife or my’s voice. She decided right then that she wanted to keep her baby. That was 12 years ago, and her beautiful daughter recently started middle school.
That mother left the abusive boyfriend, and lived on public assistance until her daughter was old enough to enter school. She is now a single mom that must work two jobs to support her daughter. They don’t have health insurance and her daughter is on state financed health care.
The reality is that this little girl is beautiful, smart and talented child, that has been raised in large part by taxpayer money. Her mother hasn’t gotten pregnant again, but she has had a couple live-in boyfriends, in spite of my objections. I consider this a success, because the little girl’s life was saved, but I know many here at FR would find it hard to see the success in this story.
I see great success in that the child was not killed. On the other hand, imagine if the mother had given that baby to an adoptive family and gone on with her life. We should glorify THAT decision.
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