That’s not true that women going to an abortion clinic automatically know what they’re doing and don’t want or need our intrusive help. Women get into these situations because of the enemy in these three forms: the devil , the world or themselves. They go not knowing who to turn to in this “cisis mode”. We offer hope , someone to turn in this very troubling time.While many believe that it’s just her choice and don’t think about the baby or the mental or emotional anguish . Not to mention the sin and sin’s consequences - eternal death for those in procuring abortion. "Just mind your business ". We’re christians and such we are called upon to be followers /imitators of God. And what is God but not love and compassion and justice. Are we loving if we don’t defend the widow or the orphan/ those most vulnerable? Are we loving if we see a sin and don’ t try to help? Are we loving if we see someone about to fall into the deadly lie that there’s no other choice. I’m been on the sidewalk at these arbortuaries with women that have been lied that it’s not a baby and it’ll be ok. LIES!! I’ve seen women and men when you tell them the facts and not lies their babies live another day and they don’t go through all that guilt. Years later and they’re not ok . They’ve gone through so much suffering because they fell for the lies of the world. Or so much pressure from employers , friends ,family, boyfriends even husbands.We talked to women who’ve been so abused that when we tell them that God loves them , they don’t/can’t believe it. Even if I’ve helped one soul from all that , it’ll be worth it. We offer them true choices such as another place to live, food and clothes , education, job training. Many think it’s a choice but up to 68% feel presured or coerced into aborting. Go to
www.unchoice.org for more info. God bless and keep you.
No woman entering an abortion clinic “automatically knows” what she is doing. Most have a small window of time within which they can consider their options. They run the gamut from civilized discussions with their husbands over a ruddy cabernet in the comfort of their tidy homes to solitary agonizing over the entrapment, frozen with fear and rage and worry about the father of the fetus, the fetus itself, over money, over losing that job they just got two weeks ago. Although most understand the available options, there are some who simply cannot see through the window of adopting their child out after birth, so abortion becomes their solution. I strongly disagree that interference from the outside at the doors of the clinic is helpful in any way. For better or worse, with or without regret, the steps taken through the doors are almost always with a singularity of purpose, to end the pregnancy. The decision has been made. Yes, there have always been exceptions. Yes, there are women who change their minds. But the vast majority do not, and no amount of placard shaking and stage-voiced prayer will have any effect whatever.
I notice that your perpetrators are “the devil, the world or themselves”, that these are the “causes” of unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. Nowhere do you mention the man’s role in this scenario, the lies that he may have told to get what he wanted. You can call that the work of the devil, but I call it nearly every single adolescent male and a significant number of adult males. Men are hard-wired to pursue sexual activity. Morals and manners are the first victims in this game. Let us please hold men 100% accountable for accidentally creating life if we are going to hold women 100% accountable.
As with any political or moral issue, abortion has its polarity and all attendant press, statistics, anecdotes. It’s a difficult topic to measure and assess because of privacy issues and the spun-off misinformation that comes with that. I have been pro-choice for forty years and will continue to believe that each individual has a right to decide what action is most appropriate in the face of an unplanned pregnancy. If a woman chooses abortion, she will suffer whatever consequences may befall her. You, as a judgmental outsider, protesting on the steps of the clinic, will not. So your actions are moot, having no practical significance other than possibly garnering favor with your God in your efforts to superimpose your morality upon women who do not need it.
I don’t discourage you from protesting or praying or believing as you do. It is your right. You believe in what you’re doing and stand by your convictions, both honorable choices. But lay blame or judgment or a hand or a threat upon a single woman entering an abortion clinic and you are infringing on her right to exercise her own judgment about her own situation. She is prepared to live with the consequences. I was.
Who is “we” who offer these women so many choices? Are you an organization? Who pays for shelter, food, clothes, education and job training? Have you thought that maybe some women get pregnant for the free ride?
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