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OneSheep
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I am with you 100% on this.
This is not necessarily true. I did not consider the unborn a life, a valuable life, until I saw in a video the tiny feet and heartbeat of an 8 week old child. It was a presentation by a pro-life group. But the important thing was not only the factual information, but that I was not rejecting the pro-life people outright. I listened because I trusted; I listened and heard because I was open-minded to what they had to say, and I might not have been open-minded if they had made the presentation with a judgmental approach, ranting about the sin of abortion, etc.
The group was welcoming, nonjudgmental, and accepting of people where they are. All of this is very important.
A core experience I have is that my grandfather’s first wife was told by her doctor that if she were to have a second child, she would not survive. Unfortunately, she became pregnant, and the doctor told her that unless she had an abortion, she would not survive. She went to a priest, and he told her not to have the abortion. My grandfather pleaded with her to have the abortion, but she refused.
She died during or before childbirth, and so did the child. My grandfather was devastated, of course, as well as their young daughter.
Though I am a grandson of his second wife, the family story did not endear me to the priest’s position.
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