Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and about four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.
The reasons women give for having an abortion underscore their
understanding of the responsibilities of parenthood and family life.
Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other
individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths
say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability
to care for dependents; and half say they do not want to be a single
parent or are having problems with their husband or partner.
Abortion isn't a woman's right, its MURDER! It shouldn't be a decision open to debate on... because every life that is placed in a woman's womb is placed with an ultimate purpose. Whether you feel like your ready or not, that's just plain selfish to even consider. You didn't debate on the sexual pleasure you received at one point, so why take a child's life that lightly. There's NO reason "good enough" that can possibly say that your unborn YET, LIVING child doesn't deserve a shot at entering this world. There are options... if its "that bad" then search for the alternatives!!! How about adoption??? That could work out great with a loving & willing family. Don't be a COWARD & take the easy way out. Its UNJUST & simply UNFAIR! You were given a chance to discover life within this world. You weren't murdered at such a beautiful stage in your life. Homicide is the exact same deal whether your running around in the streets & loosing your life as getting your life cut off while your inside your mother's womb.
(ABORTION; STOPS A BEATING HEART, BUT ISN'T MURDER!? WHAT???)
Life is a gift of God.
• It should be cherished.
• It should be nourished.
• It should be protected.
God treats a fetus (baby) in the womb as a living person.
Some people say, "The Bible does not say anything about abortion." Let's look at that statement.
Although the Bible does not use the terms "abortion" or "pro-life," does that mean God doesn't care about abortion? Not at all. There are countless wrong things that are not mentioned by name in the Bible. But rather than list everything that would be against God's will, the Bible gives us guidelines and principles that we can apply to the issues that come up in our lives.
As the following Scriptures show, Christians (or members of other religions) do not need to wonder what God thinks about unborn children or whether he considers a fetus a child.
Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? (Job 31:15).
Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God (Psalm 22:9-10).
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:13-16).
This is what the LORD says—he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you...(Isaiah 44:2).
Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you (Isaiah 46:3-4).
God says murder is sin. (Abortion kills the fetus.)The word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations" (Jeremiah 1:4-5).
The Bible does not specifically use the word "abortion," but it's clear about "murder."
You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13).
