Having trouble with trying to convince my mother that abortion is wrong and should be illegal. HELP PLEASE

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speakttruth said:
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Show her some pictures and videos and let her see how they mutilate a human being, that should convince anyone. The story of the silent scream. How an abortionist was aborting his own child and when he was watching his procedure, he could see the baby in distress and trying to get away from the instrument and after he had done the abortion he totally converted, because he realized he killed his own child and could see it knew that someone was trying to hurt it. He did hundred of abortions and now he is an advocate for pro life. He has a lot of penance to do.
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See I don’t know if showing her pics or videos would do anything. Years and years ago, probably 20 years or so, my aunt wanted to have an abortion and wanted my mom to accompany her, which my mother did. She sat there with my aunt while she got the abortion done, but still thinks that it’s the woman’s body and she has the right to do what she wants. It makes me so sad to think if someone were to ask her for permission to get an abortion, all my mom’s answer would be is “I wouldn’t get one but you can do whatever u want. It’s your choice.”
 
dje101 said:
See I don’t know if showing her pics or videos would do anything. Years and years ago, probably 20 years or so, my aunt wanted to have an abortion and wanted my mom to accompany her, which my mother did. She sat there with my aunt while she got the abortion done, but still thinks that it’s the woman’s body and she has the right to do what she wants. It makes me so sad to think if someone were to ask her for permission to get an abortion, all my mom’s answer would be is “I wouldn’t get one but you can do whatever u want. It’s your choice.”
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Perhaps encourage your mom to encompass more of the Law, than just respecting free will.
A response that I might use given the request is:
“Though you can do whatever you want without the fear of me passing judgment on you, there are several options that obtain far more peace, happiness, and energy for you and the child, than abortion. And because there is a better way, I cannot be there to help you abort the baby. If you are interested in the better way, I would be more than glad to share.”
Also, if your mom would still consider being there for “moral” support during an abortion, gently admonish her that by the Law, she would be an accomplice to murder during the abortion.

I hope this helps. I greatly appreciate you sharing your situation! I have learned greater insight into our faith from pondering the solutions.
 
dje101 said:
Hello all,

I was having a discussion with my mother the other night about how abortion is wrong. She’s says that she believes abortion is wrong but will not stop another woman from doing what she wants with her own body. Then she throws out the scenario of a rape or incest victim and says that these are scenarios where women should be really allowed to have an abortion. How do I convince my mother that abortion is wrong? Are there some resources that’s you could point me to? Thanks.

PS. Abortion of a baby as the result of rape or incest is still considered to be morally wrong, right?
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Well, you could always make the point that the baby is not the mother’s body. It has its own DNA that differs from BOTH parents. Therefore, proscribing all abortion is actually defending the rights a person has, whereas abortion attacks them.

In the case of rape or incest, remember, about 1% of all abortions are due to rape AND incest. If we were to ban all abortion, excluding these scenarios, we would literally be saving millions of children! Back to the main point. Aborting another human being for something it didn’t do is illogical and immoral. The phrase " innocent until proven guilty" should come to mind. The child did not rape the mother, the assailant did. Why then should the child be the one who gets the death penalty? Your mother might want to say that the child will remind the mother of a past trauma. I would ask her " why does one wrong automatically justify another? " If you think about it, aborting the child won’t remove the experience from the victim’s mind.

Sorry for the long post. 😊

P.S. the statistic on rape and incest comes from Guttmacher.
 
smichhertz said:
Hi dje101,

Please look at the links others have posted. They are good resources. Its difficult to just teach all the information in a day, but research is vital. ESPECIALLY in the abortion debate, because its so controversial. People are quick to skew facts, twist statistics, etc. So you really need to carefully sift through the information to get to the facts.

That being said, I’ll mention a few quick “one-liners” if you will to help get your mom on the right track.
  1. If it’s wrong, then why should someone be allowed to do it? That’s like saying “I think slavery is wrong, but I’m not going to stop another from doing what they want with their slaves”
  2. It’s not the mother’s body, it’s a baby’s body. The human fetus has a completely separate genetic code and is in every way a separate biological human entity. Hence, the “it’s my body” argument fails, because it’s not the woman’s body that is killed.
Only1% of abortions in the US are due to rape or incest (that statistic might be outdated). So what about the other 99%?

Correct. Murder does not fix a rape or incest experience.
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Oops :o Just saw your post and realized that I said almost the exact same thing.
 
jochoa said:
Perhaps encourage your mom to encompass more of the Law, than just respecting free will.
A response that I might use given the request is:
“Though you can do whatever you want without the fear of me passing judgment on you, there are several options that obtain far more peace, happiness, and energy for you and the child, than abortion. And because there is a better way, I cannot be there to help you abort the baby. If you are interested in the better way, I would be more than glad to share.”
Also, if your mom would still consider being there for “moral” support during an abortion, gently admonish her that by the Law, she would be an accomplice to murder during the abortion.

I hope this helps. I greatly appreciate you sharing your situation! I have learned greater insight into our faith from pondering the solutions.
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Your mom actually saw the doctor hacking the baby parts and what they do to them after? Ask her if you are separate human from her. So just because the baby is little it is not separate. The fact the baby is small and needs some help to come in this world means that it is still connected to mother and it’s only her body not the babies and she has the right to ripped it out of her? What about the women who have premature babies, if they are not nine months are they not babies yet? Yet abortions are legal up to nine months in Canada. So when does it become a baby? Ask her some of these questions. I don’t think they would allow her to see the full abortion. Show her the real videos.
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When your mom gives you the argument “It’s the mother’s body; she can do whatever she wants with it”, remind her that the fetus is NOT the mother’s body. The mother’s body is always female and has its own unique DNA. The fetus’ body can be male, can have different hair and eye color, different skin tone, different blood type,different fingerprints, etc. Different DNA means a different person! The mother has no right to kill this unique individual just because she doesn’t like how the baby was conceived or how it will impact her life. None of us has the right to kill someone because we don’t like how they came into this world.
 
Abortion is always wrong, as others have already said here, since it is a murder (at least to me).
 
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