Hello, friends. Typing with one finger slightly immobilized by a band-aid is difficult (note to self: get a cut glove), but I'm feeling passionate today. If there are spelling errors, blame it on my finger.
The March for Life was today. This meant a lot to me before, because babies dying should mean a lot to everyone. But it means a lot more to me today, because I'm a foster mother.
My foster daughter would have been a prime candidate for abortion. She was born into a low-income family, her older siblings had previously been in foster care, her father wasn't in the picture, and her mother had some mental health issues and couldn't keep a steady job. Any abortion advocate would have said that abortion was the right option, that her life would be too hard, that it would be better if she was never born.
But let me tell you, this girl loves life. She's had a hard one, to be sure, but she is smart and funny and kind. She loves animals and little kids and she will go on for days about Disney movies and cocker spaniels. Has her life been a cakewalk? Of course not, but there is no possible scenario in which it would have been better for her to die.
So don't talk to me about how abortion helps women. Abortion would have killed my foster daughter without a second thought.
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Friday, July 31, 2015
A Reminder
Hello, friends! I haven't been blogging once a week recently, because I don't think you would find a list of the books I've read while sitting around the house particularly interesting. (If you would find that interesting, I can certainly oblige you. :P) I've decided to only write a blog post when I have something interesting to write about.
Today I want to write about the abortion debate.
This will not be a blog post detailing the pro-life position, because there are plenty of those. This will also not be a blog post blasting the pro-choice position, because there are plenty of those, too. And although this blog post was inspired by the recent anti-Planned Parenthood videos, it isn't really about the videos. Instead, it's my hope that this blog post will be a reminder to both sides that we are all human, and deserving of respect.
In college, I was an active member and leader of Students for Life. I held signs outside abortion clinics. I participated in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. three times. I attended numerous conferences. I was, and still am, adamantly pro-life. However, I do not see the usefulness in attacking pro-choicers in any way. Yes, honest and open debate is useful. No, rude and abusive insults are not. I bring this up because I've seen it too many times.
In the same way, it's not useful for pro-choicers to attack pro-lifers in any way. Again, yes, honest and open debate is useful. And again, no, rude and abusive insults are not. I bring this up for the same reason that I called out pro-lifers in the previous paragraph. I've seen this happen too many times.
If we all treat each other with respect, if we are willing to listen to each other with no agendas or ulterior motives, the world could change. But as long as we insist upon treating each other like we are less than human because we disagree, the world will stay the same. No one, regardless of their views on this debate, wants nothing to change.
Today I want to write about the abortion debate.
This will not be a blog post detailing the pro-life position, because there are plenty of those. This will also not be a blog post blasting the pro-choice position, because there are plenty of those, too. And although this blog post was inspired by the recent anti-Planned Parenthood videos, it isn't really about the videos. Instead, it's my hope that this blog post will be a reminder to both sides that we are all human, and deserving of respect.
In college, I was an active member and leader of Students for Life. I held signs outside abortion clinics. I participated in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. three times. I attended numerous conferences. I was, and still am, adamantly pro-life. However, I do not see the usefulness in attacking pro-choicers in any way. Yes, honest and open debate is useful. No, rude and abusive insults are not. I bring this up because I've seen it too many times.
In the same way, it's not useful for pro-choicers to attack pro-lifers in any way. Again, yes, honest and open debate is useful. And again, no, rude and abusive insults are not. I bring this up for the same reason that I called out pro-lifers in the previous paragraph. I've seen this happen too many times.
If we all treat each other with respect, if we are willing to listen to each other with no agendas or ulterior motives, the world could change. But as long as we insist upon treating each other like we are less than human because we disagree, the world will stay the same. No one, regardless of their views on this debate, wants nothing to change.
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