Unsettling article concerning "unwanted children"

I don't usually venture into these waters but a story from bpnews.com has really disturbed me. The article focuses on abortion and recalls an interview on ABC News' Nightline that aired on January 11. The following are some quotes from the doctor, interviewer (the same guy that interviewed Michael Jackson some years ago), and some abortion "ex-mothers." CAUTION: if you are a younger reader, you may not want to read some of this post.

One of the most shocking comments: "I've had one of the most emotionally satisfying careers that I can imagine anyone having," Harrison said Jan. 11 on the ABC News program "Nightline." "I can't tell you how satisfying it is when two weeks after a young woman has come in distraught and thinking that her life is ruined, and she comes back two weeks after the abortion and she is a new woman. She's been given her life back."

This philosophy equates that a baby being born "ruins" a woman's life. For most of the history of the entire world, a baby has been thought of as a "gift from God" mainly beacause it is. The whole process of fertilization, pregnancy, and birth is a true miracle - rather one thinks it comes from God or evolution. However, this philosophy that espouses that unwanted babies "ruin" a mother's life just shows how selfish our society really is. The feeling is that we "deserve" the best of our life and anything that gets in the way can be rightly discarded. This is extreme selfishness.

Furthermore, "Bashir cited to Harrison as facts these stages in the unborn child's development: The heart is pumping blood after 21 days; brain waves are recorded after 42 days."And you are, every day, relentlessly terminating that life," Bashir said to the doctor. "And you are happy with that?""Am I happy with it? No, but I'm not distressed about it," Harrison said. "I would be a lot more distressed if I could not terminate that life for the patient that that life is going to be a disaster for."Bashir also asked him, "When does life begin?""When fertilization occurs, that is a new life. And that's why I say that I kill life," Harrison said, while denying the unborn baby is a person, "that I kill something that's potentially a person. It's not a person."When Harrison mentioned a patient who has had nine abortions, Bashir asked, "Is that really appropriate?""If she needs nine abortions, yes," the doctor said.

I'm sorry, but nine abortions is not appropriate; it is irresponsible. Children are a byproduct of sexual intercourse. There are no accidents. Any couple that decides to have sexual intercourse knows that there is a possibility of becoming pregnant.

Lastly, "Amanda, 20, told the Times, "It's not like it's illegal. It's not like I'm doing anything wrong. I've been praying a lot, and that's been a real source of strength for me. I really believe God has a plan for us all. I have a choice, and that's part of my plan."

Again, our consumer-driven society has brainwashed young girls (as well as older girls) into believing that their life has purpose, a plan (which everyone's life does) but that they can do whatever they would like, as long as it is "legal" to ensure that their plan goes through smoothly.

Unfortunately, what is "legal" changes with the wind. However, God's Holy Word does not change. It has been from the beginning and will be until the end.

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