Thursday, January 22, 2004

Today is the anniversary of one of the Supreme Court’s worst decisions EVER, imho - Roe vs. Wade. Let me state that I am 100%, emphatically pro-life. I do not believe that abortion is a good idea at any time, regardless of the circumstances of the conception. Yes, I oppose abortion for victims of rape and incest. I am sickened by those who support partial birth abortion - there is never a need for that form of infanticide.

The sad truth is that the vast majority of women and girls who seek abortion do so as a method of birth control - their reasons are ultimately incredibly selfish. Let’s be honest about this fact. Girls don’t want their parents to find out they’ve been having sex. They don’t want to have to give up their dreams of college and career. They don’t want to have the responsibility of raising a child when they are still kids themselves. So they do what they’ve been told is the easiest thing - they abort their babies. Women don’t want the inconvenience of single motherhood - or the financial strain.

The percentages of women who get pregnant as the result of rape and incest are maybe 1 or 2% - those women will be better served by serious counseling for their trauma and adoption options. They don’t have to raise the baby themselves - there are thousands of couples who are on waiting lists for adoption. It’s scandalous that so many babies are murdered when there are loving homes waiting for them.

I grieve for the women and girls, who for 31 years, have been sold a tissue of lies and who have made the dreadful decision to abort their babies. They have been robbed of a precious gift - not to mention the post-abortion complications they experience including guilt, infertility, anger, etc. I pray that at some point Roe vs. Wade will be overturned - for the health of all women and children.

LATER: A link to the National Right to Life info page.

Abortion statistics page