http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/states-ban-abortion-20-weeks_n_885419.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk1%7C73623
This news video is reporting that some states are moving to ban abortions after 20 weeks. I applaud the fact that some states are taking any steps to ban abortion in any faction.
However, pre 20 weeks, before the fetus is viability, or before the fetus feels pain, etc. are all stupid excuses for a barbaric society that actually entertains the idea of legalizing and allowing women to murder their own children.
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
I’m Back
Sorry I have been MIA. I just had my 4th sweet baby about a month ago and I am finally getting the hang of things. As I have been catching pieces of news here and there and getting caught up reading all my favorite news sites I’m sadder than ever for our nation. Things are worse than I want to believe, however, as depressing as things are here are 2 little bits of good “news.”
FIRST:
SECOND:
As I stare at the face of my month old baby angel girl, I am grateful for the moral law makers, to those few I say, “thank you!”
FIRST:
Texas lawmakers approve bills requiring ultrasound before abortion. Read more: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-08/politics/texas.sonogram_1_abortion-procedure-joe-pojman-ultrasound?_s=PM:POLITICS (my apologies that the the article is pro-choice leaning but that’s what you can expect it is from CNN)
According to the article the House measure requires 24 hours to pass after the ultrasound before a woman can have an abortion, while the Senate version allows just two hours. Personally I think the better thing would be for the woman to have to watch the ultrasound as she has an abortion. I know it sounds morbid but hear me out. It would be terribly gruesome to make a mother watch her newborn baby be killed in front of her eyes but is this not the same thing??? Or wouldn’t the very best thing be to make getting an abortion flat out illegal like murdering is. We are living in this consequenceless society and it is destroying us. Women, girls, and even the “accidental” fathers, need to be made aware that murder has consequences and they need to face those consequences. I am proud of Texas and the moral law makers there that are taking any steps that they can to protect life.SECOND:
Orrin Hatch, Morality in Media want President Obama to resume prosecution of pornographers. Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700132174/Orrin-Hatch-Morality-in-Media-want-President-Obama-to-resume-prosecution-of-pornographers.html
Apparently since Eric Holder was appointed as attorney general, the Justice Department has continued to prosecute cases that were in the pipeline, but it hasn't launched any new ones. One of the most society degrading industries in the world isn’t being prosecuted by our government, instead the the Obama administration is pushing agendas like removing swings from from playgrounds, making stipulations for parents on what foods they can pack in their kids school lunches, and taking time to write “funny” speeches for the White House Correspondence dinner. If you want to experience what tacky really is you can listen to a portion of the address by, going here, it’s appalling. But as not to end on such a disappointing note, I commend those senators who are asking President Obama to resume prosecution of pornographers.As I stare at the face of my month old baby angel girl, I am grateful for the moral law makers, to those few I say, “thank you!”
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Maria Talks Crap
Heard about this website on the radio today. I just had to check it out. MariaTalks.com
Unbelievable.
Did I mention this site is set up from a teenage girl's point of view and specifically designed for teens?
The worst part is how the website defines abortion.
"An abortion is when the contents of the womb (uterus) are removed, so that the uterus goes back to how it was before a woman got pregnant. Abortions can happen naturally (sometimes referred to as a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage) or can be done with medications or surgery."
Let's try a more accurate definition shall we?
(from the Merriam Webster English Dictionary)
"The termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus." Notice the words death and embryo and fetus?
Let me go even further and correctly define the TYPE of abortion this website is talking about in the first place (not a miscarriage!)... "induced expulsion of a human fetus."
Also, the way they are comparing an induced abortion to a miscarriage makes an induced abortion seem rather... natural, which is completely false.
Take a look at the site's info on Abortion for yourself:
http://www.mariatalks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=92
So this site receives $100,000 a year from the state of Massachusetts.
Unbelievable.
Did I mention this site is set up from a teenage girl's point of view and specifically designed for teens?
The worst part is how the website defines abortion.
"An abortion is when the contents of the womb (uterus) are removed, so that the uterus goes back to how it was before a woman got pregnant. Abortions can happen naturally (sometimes referred to as a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage) or can be done with medications or surgery."
Let's try a more accurate definition shall we?
(from the Merriam Webster English Dictionary)
"The termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus." Notice the words death and embryo and fetus?
Let me go even further and correctly define the TYPE of abortion this website is talking about in the first place (not a miscarriage!)... "induced expulsion of a human fetus."
Also, the way they are comparing an induced abortion to a miscarriage makes an induced abortion seem rather... natural, which is completely false.
Take a look at the site's info on Abortion for yourself:
http://www.mariatalks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=92
What the controversy is about:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1332044&position=0
I must make fun of the phone# for the website before I finish this post...
(877) MA-SEX-ED
I am sorry, I know it means Massachusetts, but it just sounds bad when said aloud.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
My first post - Abortion
This has been on my mind a lot lately. I fully support changes to make getting an abortion a more thoughtful process. Seriously, people... you can't just go to the doctor and say I want my lips and face done, and BAM there ya go! So why should anyone be able to do that with an abortion?
Do you ever feel misjudged, misunderstood, or out of place? Unlike popstar Katy Perry, I don't feel "like a plastic bag drifting in the wind" (terrible lyrics!). I feel very grounded and at the same time as if I am aflight with the birds frantically searching for twigs to build my nest, to keep it safe. I feel the world is in such chaos, yet it is still so wonderful and lovely and I cannot wish to leave it. But some days my sorrows bring me to realize I will gladly leave when taken. I know where I am going.
Sometimes I feel as if I am being pulled by two ropes. One tied to the side of my heart, the other to my brain. Abortion. Legal? Illegal? Right? Sometimes Right, sometimes wrong? Or just plain wrong? and by whose standards are these judgements to be made? Sigh. I cannot even begin to bring all the articles, arguments, and feelings of this topic to this one simple post. I do, however have some opinions of my own to share.
I am not by nature a factual/logical/practical person. I hate math, am no good at science, and I am usually very trusting and unrealistic when it comes to people. If I may do so, I will call this last trait FAITH. I have a lot of faith in people. I strongly believe people can change and will change if given the chance. I also believe people deserve a chance. I have been through a lot in the last few years. Not much compared to many, but I know my experiences have helped shed some light on the subject of abortion.
First off I became pregnant at 19. I was not married. I am very fortunate that the father is the man I love and will always love. I know this isn't always the case in teen pregancies, yet... I cannot help but think of my life without my precious twin girls born 9 months later. How can I not value life when I have seen where it comes from, what it does to people, and how much these little "insignificant" cells can grow to be. Now 4, my girls are a complete joy. As newborns they were crazy. Life was crazy. My life was sort of in chaos for a while. I remember calling my mom one day crying, "I haven't slept in 4 days!" and that isn't even an exaggeration.
Some may argue that teens are not ready for this full-time mommy duty that comes with a newborn (and never actually ends til you die). I agree fully. But, really who IS ready for this? No one can possibly imagine or fully realize what it feels like until they have done it. Sacrifice, service, unselfishness. These are things I have been taught and have experienced all my life. They really do make me happy. I have learned more in the past 4 years about myself and about life than I have ever learned in Church, College, or all the years of my life before then.
Not long ago I got a call from a good friend. I love this girl with all my heart! She had pretty much been "talked into" an abortion by a partner(that is all i can bring myself to call this guy). "If you do this we can be together" he said. "Nobody will want you once you are pregnant and fat. Or once you have a kid attached to you all the time." And she believed him. Some states are putting more waiting period and counseling session requirements into effect in order to have an abortion. Oh how I wished for these requirements in a certain state when I heard my friend whisper to me over the phone, "I have never felt like this. I wish I never did this. I have never felt this low. Like a piece of s***. I am a piece. of. s***."
I always hear the jokes and teases about women and their emotions while being pregnant and afterward. Nobody in my life and certainly nobody in authority ever told me about the emotional consequences that come from having an abortion. The self-hate, the feeling of unworthiness, the confusion about relationships, or the sorrow. Women are women and we have a natural instinct to love and nuture. (Some more than others, please forgive my mistakes dear children!) A woman KNOWS the feeling of loss that comes after an abortion, comes because there was really life in her. A live human being that was hers. Once made, her decision cannot be taken back.
Although many may say they don't regret their abortions and never felt that loss, I dare anyone to look me in the eye and truthfully tell me that to my face.
Last July we lost a baby. My poor little baby died in my belly and my body would not let her go. I had to have a D and C to clean my uterus out. (This procedure is sometimes used in abortions, although now they have easier ways like a pill you can take to discharge the fetus.) Thankfully they put me out for this because I was a mess. I woke up on the bed, nurses all around me. Bawling. "It's okay to cry," said one nurse, "this is a sad thing." I cried all day, could not stop and even now I am crying as a write this. I wrote a dear friend about my experience and she said, "You should know better than anyone that everything happens for a reason. and just so you know, you are not the only one that has felt that loss." She has had an abortion. I know she can understand my loss. BUT everyday I thank God and the Heavens that I did not CHOOSE to feel this way, to have this happen to me. I cannot fully understand the pain that can accompany the loss of a child by choice. No, and I never hope to.
To me this is not about rights. This is about avoiding consequences.
WOMEN: SEX MAY CAUSE PREGNANCY! (hello? is this news to anyone?)
Perhaps the real decisions should be made BEFORE. and the questions asked should be:
1) hmmm, should I have sex this young?
2) should I have sex with this person?
3) what will happen if i get pregnant? what is my plan?
You have the right to have sex, yet you do not have a right to avoid the consequences that come from doing so. This is not a casual issue. and cannot be taken lightly. It certainly cannot be based on promiscuity and selfishness.
All the excuses:
I am not ready
I want to go to college
I don't love/know the father of this child
I didn't choose this
This will ruin my life
I don't want this
It will be too hard to give the baby up for adoption
I just wanna satisfy my urges, I don't want a baby
I, I, I.
Cut it out and be real.
Do what is best for everyone involved.
No matter how hard.
One day you will be grateful.
*find out more about states' laws on abortion and changes
www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/25/states-looking-change-definition-late-term-abortion/
www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/health/2011/03/utah-pushes-stricter-abortion-laws#
www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14401
law.findlaw.com/state-laws/abortion/
Do you ever feel misjudged, misunderstood, or out of place? Unlike popstar Katy Perry, I don't feel "like a plastic bag drifting in the wind" (terrible lyrics!). I feel very grounded and at the same time as if I am aflight with the birds frantically searching for twigs to build my nest, to keep it safe. I feel the world is in such chaos, yet it is still so wonderful and lovely and I cannot wish to leave it. But some days my sorrows bring me to realize I will gladly leave when taken. I know where I am going.
Sometimes I feel as if I am being pulled by two ropes. One tied to the side of my heart, the other to my brain. Abortion. Legal? Illegal? Right? Sometimes Right, sometimes wrong? Or just plain wrong? and by whose standards are these judgements to be made? Sigh. I cannot even begin to bring all the articles, arguments, and feelings of this topic to this one simple post. I do, however have some opinions of my own to share.
I am not by nature a factual/logical/practical person. I hate math, am no good at science, and I am usually very trusting and unrealistic when it comes to people. If I may do so, I will call this last trait FAITH. I have a lot of faith in people. I strongly believe people can change and will change if given the chance. I also believe people deserve a chance. I have been through a lot in the last few years. Not much compared to many, but I know my experiences have helped shed some light on the subject of abortion.
First off I became pregnant at 19. I was not married. I am very fortunate that the father is the man I love and will always love. I know this isn't always the case in teen pregancies, yet... I cannot help but think of my life without my precious twin girls born 9 months later. How can I not value life when I have seen where it comes from, what it does to people, and how much these little "insignificant" cells can grow to be. Now 4, my girls are a complete joy. As newborns they were crazy. Life was crazy. My life was sort of in chaos for a while. I remember calling my mom one day crying, "I haven't slept in 4 days!" and that isn't even an exaggeration.
Some may argue that teens are not ready for this full-time mommy duty that comes with a newborn (and never actually ends til you die). I agree fully. But, really who IS ready for this? No one can possibly imagine or fully realize what it feels like until they have done it. Sacrifice, service, unselfishness. These are things I have been taught and have experienced all my life. They really do make me happy. I have learned more in the past 4 years about myself and about life than I have ever learned in Church, College, or all the years of my life before then.
Not long ago I got a call from a good friend. I love this girl with all my heart! She had pretty much been "talked into" an abortion by a partner(that is all i can bring myself to call this guy). "If you do this we can be together" he said. "Nobody will want you once you are pregnant and fat. Or once you have a kid attached to you all the time." And she believed him. Some states are putting more waiting period and counseling session requirements into effect in order to have an abortion. Oh how I wished for these requirements in a certain state when I heard my friend whisper to me over the phone, "I have never felt like this. I wish I never did this. I have never felt this low. Like a piece of s***. I am a piece. of. s***."
I always hear the jokes and teases about women and their emotions while being pregnant and afterward. Nobody in my life and certainly nobody in authority ever told me about the emotional consequences that come from having an abortion. The self-hate, the feeling of unworthiness, the confusion about relationships, or the sorrow. Women are women and we have a natural instinct to love and nuture. (Some more than others, please forgive my mistakes dear children!) A woman KNOWS the feeling of loss that comes after an abortion, comes because there was really life in her. A live human being that was hers. Once made, her decision cannot be taken back.
Although many may say they don't regret their abortions and never felt that loss, I dare anyone to look me in the eye and truthfully tell me that to my face.
Last July we lost a baby. My poor little baby died in my belly and my body would not let her go. I had to have a D and C to clean my uterus out. (This procedure is sometimes used in abortions, although now they have easier ways like a pill you can take to discharge the fetus.) Thankfully they put me out for this because I was a mess. I woke up on the bed, nurses all around me. Bawling. "It's okay to cry," said one nurse, "this is a sad thing." I cried all day, could not stop and even now I am crying as a write this. I wrote a dear friend about my experience and she said, "You should know better than anyone that everything happens for a reason. and just so you know, you are not the only one that has felt that loss." She has had an abortion. I know she can understand my loss. BUT everyday I thank God and the Heavens that I did not CHOOSE to feel this way, to have this happen to me. I cannot fully understand the pain that can accompany the loss of a child by choice. No, and I never hope to.
To me this is not about rights. This is about avoiding consequences.
WOMEN: SEX MAY CAUSE PREGNANCY! (hello? is this news to anyone?)
Perhaps the real decisions should be made BEFORE. and the questions asked should be:
1) hmmm, should I have sex this young?
2) should I have sex with this person?
3) what will happen if i get pregnant? what is my plan?
You have the right to have sex, yet you do not have a right to avoid the consequences that come from doing so. This is not a casual issue. and cannot be taken lightly. It certainly cannot be based on promiscuity and selfishness.
All the excuses:
I am not ready
I want to go to college
I don't love/know the father of this child
I didn't choose this
This will ruin my life
I don't want this
It will be too hard to give the baby up for adoption
I just wanna satisfy my urges, I don't want a baby
I, I, I.
Cut it out and be real.
Do what is best for everyone involved.
No matter how hard.
One day you will be grateful.
*find out more about states' laws on abortion and changes
www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/25/states-looking-change-definition-late-term-abortion/
www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/health/2011/03/utah-pushes-stricter-abortion-laws#
www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14401
law.findlaw.com/state-laws/abortion/
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