Comments on: A Look through My Eyes

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:23:04 +0000

Love that you presented this from a non-religious standpoint. How weird does that sound? Let me explain…

Not EVERYONE has convictions of a religious nature. So if we present an arguement on the sanctity of life, strictly based on our Faith, and “thou shalt not murder” – we have alienated immediately some who might benefit from the pro life point of view.

Well said Ronnica.

By: Carrie, RtK

Carrie, RtK — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:26:15 +0000

Well, I QUITE agree and thought your post was great!

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:49:27 +0000

Maggie: I’m glad you felt you could! I certainly didn’t write this to here people say they agree with me (but hey, it’s always great when people agree with you, right?).

I guess the bottom line is that I don’t think that a baby growing inside a woman is an extension of the woman, and you do (please correct me if I’m wrong). True, the baby can’t decide for himself whether he wants to live or die (though I doubt he would want to die…I’ve not known any suicidal kids, though I’m sure you could find one somewhere). This is why I choose to speak for their right to live. I’M not choosing for a woman, but I AM saying that murder should not be a choice.

Thanks again for the comment, Maggie! I know that you could have just read the post, spit on the monitor, and moved on (okay, I don’t ACTUALLY think you did that).

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:51:26 +0000

I have to be the dissenter here and disagree. If the right to choose is taken from a woman, into whose hands should it be placed? The government? The Church? Look, I don’t like abortions, at all, and I struggle to try and think of a situation in which I would have one. But, to me, the bottom line is it’s MY decision because it’s MY body. I don’t think it’s right for anyone to second guess a woman who makes a difficult choice. Let it not ever be us who has to make that choice, but I am thankful the choice exists if we have to.

By: joy in the Burbs

joy in the Burbs — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:53:08 +0000

I Agree!

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:20:54 +0000

Logical and RIGHT Ronnica!

There are ALWAYS stipulations in laws and there would, OBVIOUSLY, be a stipulation for that 1% of cases where incest or rape were involved. I actually know of a woman that was raped and gave her baby up for adoption so I don’t necessarily think even all rape cases should end in abortion.

Thanks for the thoughtful post today Ronnica! Somebody needs to stand up and speak their minds about the matter. It’s simply NOT. OK.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:46:48 +0000

Absolutely 100% right on. I did a post about this very thing, with the same argument basically, about a year ago.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving some comment love :)

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:57:36 +0000

To be honest, I’ve heard very few people argue for the banning of abortion in 100% of the cases, and none of those were politicians. I don’t believe an absolute ban of that type would ever be passed in the current political environment, so there’s no worries there.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:52:32 +0000

I know the reasonable cases are another discussion in themselves, but generally, legislators can’t (or don’t) ban parts of things….even though they should. For instance they won’t ban guns with only farmers (or people who hunt for food) as the exception. They want (or don’t want in this case) to ban guns all together. So if you ban abortion, you ban it and it leaves all the other ‘exceptions to the rule’ accountable to the law as well. I would only agree to ban abortion if there were stipulations that make accommodations for those women that are the exception.

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:41:24 +0000

Elizabeth, unfortunately, most abortions aren’t happening because of any of those cases that you mentioned. Rape and incest account for only 1% of abortions, while health of the baby or mother only accounts for about 5% more (these statistics can be found on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States). That leaves over 93% of abortions occuring for other reasons.

Jacki, I agree. Someone recently pointed me to a website where the author was saying that he could win an argument against a pro-lifer by simply asking them if they would jail mothers who seek abortions if they get their wish and outlaw abortion. My answer: MOST DEFINITELY YES, but let’s not leave it at that. I’m more concerned with a doctor and any assistants that are performing abortions. Just like murder is not an option, neither should be abortion. (Once again, the discussion of possible reasonable cases for abortions is another discussion.)