Please Help Me With Pro-Life Defense

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I am a 30-something man, and for the past four months I have been working alongside 12 older women (God has answered my prayers to learn humility 😉 and in the lunchroom today I found myself in the middle of much praise for Obama and much criticism of Republicans for being “out of step and behind the times, etc.”. Abortion came up and support for it was unanimous among my co-workers (one cited a ‘priest/friend’ who actually agrees with this barbarism and another so-called Catholic said she believed the death penalty was worse than abortion because “capital punishment actually takes a life”, while a third had no qualms about tolerating evil by saying ‘they know it’s a sin so just let the onus rest on those who choose death’). I am a perfectly imperfect human being rife with flaws who begs God daily to draw closer to me so I can learn to glorify Him through my own life with His grace. I don’t force my views on anyone, but I know sooner or later I will be asked my opinions because I get along well with my co-workers. Abortion is an issue I feel very passionate about and I believe it is my duty to defend my pro-life stance.

Can you please provide some resources to help me defend my position? It’s not that I don’t have faith in my beliefs, nor do I lack clear and intelligent explanations for being pro-life, but rather I want to be able to defend them as best I can, for clearly people like my co-workers don’t really have any good reason for believing what they do and I know that because they respect me they will no doubt think about what I say when such a conversation comes up again.

Thanks and God bless.
 
I would advise, when you’re asked, just share your beliefs in humility.

Don’t try to convert them, but just let the truth of your words show them the way.

Even if they disagree with you as you share to the group, they’ll ponder what you have shared privately and may convert their way of thinking.

If you get into a debate, they’ll merely dig their heels in and defend their positions, in public and in their own minds.

Keep in mind that their ignorance is their poverty. Be compassionate toward them, for their ignorance is what’s blinding them and may even cause them to lose their souls.

Also, pray for them.

Jim
 
you mean like medical textbooks? or facts like hard cases only account for less than 1% of abortions while the rest are for convenience or because birth control failed?

Ask them this: what species were they when their mother was pregnant with them.

Do children choose their father? If not, why punish a baby because of circumstances they can’t control, such as rape.

Ask them if they have ever seen a sonogram/ultrasound

Ask them when they think the baby’s heart begins to beat.

Good Luck!
 
JimR-OCDS said:
I would advise, when you’re asked, just share your beliefs in humility.

Don’t try to convert them, but just let the truth of your words show them the way.

Even if they disagree with you as you share to the group, they’ll ponder what you have shared privately and may convert their way of thinking.

If you get into a debate, they’ll merely dig their heels in and defend their positions, in public and in their own minds.

Keep in mind that their ignorance is their poverty. Be compassionate toward them, for their ignorance is what’s blinding them and may even cause them to lose their souls.

Also, pray for them.

Jim
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God bless. Pray for a change of heart for those who favor “choice.” Pray that when times come up for you to share with anyone why you are pro-life that God will guide you in what to say at each time and hearts will be open.
 
“Would all the people who are in favor of abortion be in favor if they were still unborn?”

A thought to think about.
 
Hello there— I agree with the above poster in that when you do say your words, do so humbly and remember that you can’t change them. Just let the Holy Spirit guide your words and keep praying for your co-workers. They very well could be wonderful people, albeit just misguided. I heard a song on the radio a while back that really helped me when interacting with people with different beliefs. It’s by the Casting Crowns, “Jesus, friend of sinners.” Listen to that and remember we are all sinners in need of Jesus!! Keep up the great work, my friend! We need more people like you.

-Anthony
 
sanchopanza I am a young person trying to be more vocal about being pro-life in a world where people see it as the logical thing to do with an unwanted pregnancy. I live in Canada but here are some of the things that I try to think about when I talk with others.
First and foremost, mercy and humility, as others on this site have said. It’s a difficult subject to begin with and then we consider the struggles and sacrifices mothers make in these conditions.

Second I find it best to ask why people are pro-choice. Some people say, it’s just a fetus. It is good to ask about species then (as someone else here mentioned) i.e. a fetal what? This question is usually followed by confusion, “what do you mean a fetal what?”

“I mean if a dolphin is pregnant, we assume the fetus has a dolphin mother and a dolphin father, so it is a dolphin fetus, if a giraffe is pregnant, giraffe mother, giraffe father, giraffe fetus. So, a fetal what?” – asked nicely 🙂

Conversations about when life begins can be helpful. There is nothing special about a birth canal. What makes a human baby a baby right after it’s born and not the minute, an hour, a day before its birth? And if it’s a human baby a day before its birth, how about a week before, a month before, a few months before? The truth is there is no way to draw a line where the baby is a baby one day but not the day before.

People tend to say well, death might be better for the unwanted child, or for the child that can’t be supported financially, but I tend to think that should be considered before the couple engage in the ONLY act that can result in a child. To think about it after the act is…a little backwards?

I encourage you also to look into these 2 people:

Rebecca Kiessling. You can find a lot about her and her case here: rebeccakiessling.com/index.html. She is a lawyer in the US who was conceived in rape. She talked to someone in government who was saying he was pro-life in every case except the 2% of cases that are from rape and incest. It was a tearfull encounter as she told him, you are basically saying I don’t have the right to exist. She gives other reasons more of us should be pro-life in ALL cases.

The second is Kermit Gosnell. You can find a lot about him as well on lifesitenews.com, which is incidentally also a great place for abortion news, albeit biased towards pro-life. He is being brought to trial for killing babies in abortion AFTER birth. He is being prosecuted for some 300 odd infants, though witnesses are bringing forth stories of thousands, as well as the deaths of a few women who came to him. It is a very potent case and be careful of reading details or looking for pictures, they are very graphic. But there is proof that he is NOT the only case of where this happens in abortion clinics. There is also a MEDICAL STUDY published a few years ago in a New Zealand or Australian journal arguing that abortion of the baby AFTER BIRTH is more safe for the mother. A google search will show it. We live in dark times.
Finally, you can also look into arguments used in Ireland, one of the last countries where abortion is ALWAYS illegal, for how they get around cases when a mother’s life is in danger. Here is a last website about arguing pro-life: unmaskingchoice.ca/ It is Canadian, but the message can be applied also in the US.
For any other questions or concerns about abortion PLEASE feel free to PM me.

Incidentally, I also like listening to Casting Crowns 🙂

God bless you. Remember Jesus said, whatever you do for the least of His people, that you also do to Him. He wants us to argue for those who have no voice, to stand up when no one else will. Also, He never promised it would be easy.
 
Is there any human alive today who did not begin life as a zygote?

Every woman knows how important it is to take care of her body for the health of any child that she may conceive.
 
 
Some other thoughts that came to mind. I’ve also heard people close to me say, “well, if they want to have an abortion, that’s their business, and they’ll suffer the consequences. I would never do that, so it’s ok for me to vote for a pro-abortion candidate. Besides, voting for the pro-abortion candidate favors my financial situation…” But people don’t realize that if you don’t oppose evil practices, you’re effectively cooperating with them. It makes you complicit to a certain degree.

This article talks about the principle of cooperation regarding the HHS mandate:
catholicworldreport.com/Item/1281/cooperation_is_not_an_option.aspx#.UbvPPyTD-1s

Something else related to abortion that I wanted to share. We should remember that Jesus said “This is my body, given up for you.” and should strive to imitate his selflessness and generosity.
 
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