it is a matter for voters.Hats Off wrote:Individuals living abroad are paying thousands of dollars just to go home and vote yes. It seems to me that government legislation mandating "no" isn't going to solve the issue. I don't believe I could vote "no" on an issue like this; the people will do what they want regardless of how I would vote. What are the chances of a child having a good life or learning the way of Jesus when he/she was brought into the world because mother wanted an abortion but did not have the resources? What kind of life will an unwanted child have?
from what i read, political Canada is run-away with far left agenda, not confined to abortion.
i would have to vote no, if i voted.
i’m acutely aware of poor circumstances many are born into.
it’s not man’s decision to decide God would not do better for that child, or, that the child would not be a force for good on earth. humans do not have that knowledge.
what we humans can do, esp believers, is emphasize the importance of valuing life, valuing self and family, in context of worship of God, not self .. better care for mothers in harsh circumstances, care for their children, “love them both,” and, choices for adoptions made known, not hidden, with abortion “featured.”
i see evidence of lots of improvement in these areas, and they are critically important.
i agree with you, i believe it would be inhumane to simply end abortion access without direct support for better alternatives. i wholeheartedly agree with this. it’s happening.
there are many wonderful people who are devoting their lives to help women choose life, and, to cope with life.
right now, Trump has submitted a plan to withdraw funding to clinics that do abortions - the plan is to direct those funds, $60 million, to EXISTING clinics that provide overall women’s HEALTHCARE, not abortions.
$60 million is only a portion of the stated $500 million PP is reported to receive in tax dollars.
mind-boggling numbers in my world.
for me, it only makes sense.
as more+more science is learned, as advances are made in displaying beyond question the humanity of the not yet born, aside from psychopathy, the human heart would protect human life.
in ways humans have hearts for all life, including animals and trees, the oceans, et al.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st ... le-x-rule/
you and i were born into a world wherein pregnancies happened, most knew if they engaged in sexual intercourse, a baby could result! this was not usually a surprise. there was far less divorce, families adjusted to make room at their tables for the new family members.
i was not planned, were you?
but, i was welcomed and cared for. i learned, my existence certainly changed the course of my family’s lives! .. that was normal life for everyone. after me, there came 2 more. 3 before. not planned. accepted as a result of married life. life was tough. no social services. but, life was valued.
abortions happened. divorce happened. murders happened. life was not “ideal.”
but, wholesale abortion, euthenasia, divorce, etc., were unthinkable.
with today’s many advances, on paper, “we” should be doing better, not worse!
an aside ..
early in my life, young women might not realize they were pregnant for weeks-months after conception. lots of young women learned of their pregnancies through older women in the family who recognized signs BEFORE the mother!
lots of women found out they were pregnant through their mother or mil telling them, “you’re pregnant!” there was no “morning after” anything. most did not speak of pregnancy until they began to show, maybe 6 months, esp with first pregnancies.
modesty during pregnancy, not exhibitionism, was valued.
pregnancy was an intimate, sacred part of marriage.
science which should be helping women and families, so far, does much destruction of women and families. i pray this changes.
