Pro-life or Pro-choice?

During my little breaks from reading “school” books, I like to enjoy something out of that description; anything that doesn’t cause me to fall in to the doom of boredom or frustration and mostly what does it for me sometimes is reading a good book from one of my favorite authors; James Patterson, but in this case, I had to ditch him for awhile after I received this small sized book from a group of activist at my school. The title of the book is WHY PRO-LIFE? Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers by Randy Alcorn. At first, I was hesitant about reading the book because I felt that I already knew everything there is to know about abortions and I held strongly on my beliefs that abortion was wrong and should be condemned. And that’s quite the truth….The author’s viewpoint in the book is that abortion is murder.
The issue of abortion can create all sorts of powerful emotional feeling, but people need to know what they are really doing. Abortion is among one of the issues people feel strongly about, in fact, it ranks as number one.
Before I proceed to make my point, I would gladly state that I am all for Pro-life. I believe that every child deserves to born. The difference between a pro-life and a pro-choice believer is that a pro-life believe that “when a child is hurt by his mother it brings harm not only to the child but to her. It is impossible to separate a woman’s welfare from her child’s.” In other words, women never get over the trauma of losing a child.
So many questions arises when it comes to abortion: questions such as, when is a good time to abort a pregnancy?; Is abortion right when pregnancy is due to rape or incest? Is it right if the mother’s life is at risk? etc…If I had to answer those questions, I’d say there is never a good time to abort a pregnancy and people have the choice of putting up the child for adoption. Well that is just my opinion, so now let’s see what the book has to say concerning the unborn. Here are some few points I find very interesting while I was reading the book:

#1 “Early abortion”: “the human life begins begins at the time of conception…human life is present throughout this entire sequence from conception to adulthood…any interruption at any point throughout this time constitutes a termination of human life.”

#2 Who they are: at conception the unborn doesn’t appear human to us who are used to judging humanity by appearance….no matter how he or she looks, a child is a child. And, always, abortion terminates that child’s life. The question is not how old or big or smart or inconvenient the unborn are, but who they are. The answer is simple – they are human beings.

#3 Health issues …abortion for the sake of “health” would not be lifesaving but life-taking….pro-life does not mean being pro-life just about babies. It also means being pro-life about women.

#4 Rape or Incest: studies show that pregnancies due to rape are much rarer, as few as one in a thousand cases. Since conception doesn’t occur immediately after intercourse, pregnancy can be prevented in many rape cases by removing or washing away the semen before an ovum can be fertilized. (This is very different from using chemicals that can kill an already-conceived child.)
*The point is not how a child was conceived but that he was conceived. He is not a despicable “product of rape.” He is a unique and wonderful creation of God.

I’m afraid this is all I can say from the book…I suggest you get your hands on this book. It would blow your mind. It is not meant for only people who believe in Pro-life, so I suggest you pro-choice or undecided folks out there to read it. After reading it, then you’d realize I didn’t do the book any justice
“Abortion ends a human life. Every woman deserves better than abortion.”


What is your view on abortion? I think I’m up for a debate :
Love,
Doris