Said TheBattman: I am aggravated that there is no finger-pointing at the women who CHOOSE abortion in the first place - are they not just as guilty?
Then replied CitizenUSA: I can't speak for all of the women, but certainly a lot of them simply don't understand the gravity of what's going on....
Now replies Jesse:
I agree with both of you. I
argue that abortion meets all the requirements for first degree murder. Anyone, mother or other, who intentionally kills with premeditation another innocent human life has committed first degree murder in reality (but not legally due to a judge making a ruling.)
However, Citizen brings up a good point - ignorance. Let me back up slightly: What if someone drives over a cardboard box, after being assured that it only contained trash, but to find out later it had a live child in it. Was driving over the cardboard box without checking inside a dumb thing to do? Absolutely. Probably negligent manslaughter, if the driver should have known it was possible that there was someone in the box. But, it's not murder.
Now back to the topic at hand, young people are pounded and pounded with the idea that a fetus is
just a collection of non-viable cells. They say that a fetus is not a human life, even though it is both human and alive.
So there is a heavy burden also on those who know the truth, and either lie to young people, or don't tell them the truth.
And that's what is so great about Freerepublic -- is the discussion can be had, and the word can be spread, and individual lives can be touched with the truth.
The Abortionists, however, do know the truth, and always carry the full guilt for what they do.
To those of you who (or who's wives) have had abortions, please do not despair. Christ paid with his blood for the greatest sin possible, that you may be forgiven, you have only to ask. But please also do not waste the past: Share with your children and your friends the truth to help prevent them from making the same mistake, and being haunted for life. Even though Christ forgives us, often our actions still cause us suffering for the duration of our life on this earth, but God can use those experiences to help others, and I think by helping others we ourselves are often helped as well.
~Jesse
PS: I was pleased to see that an FR article is currently the top hit for
Abortion First Degree Murder on Google.
Your words are wise.
I have been blessed with a beautiful and delightful grandson whom I love more than life itself. My daughter was young and unmarried when pregnant. I told her abortion is not an option. I explained my past. I took a life in my youth, but who knows, maybe I had a hand in saving another very precious one.
When I had my abortion I was young, ignorant, naive and scared. The “adults” at the abortion clinic did not tell me the truth. They said “it” was a clump of cells, tissue, not a “life” yet. They lied. I was a little over 4 months pregnant.
I think the greatest weapon is ensuring teenagers see many images of fetal development.
The more they are exposed to the scientific and visual truth - the less likely they will fall victim to Planned Parenthood lies.
That is, of course, if these same young people are also being taught that harming “anyone” is bad.
Many kids are being raised in value-less households today.