Downward Spiral

I haven't posted anything really controversial or political in a long time, if ever. But, after reading this article in the LA Times, I just had to post some thoughts.

Now, I'll begin by saying that I am against abortion. I am against all forms of abortion. I think it is wrong, and I think it is murder. So, if you are on the other side of the fence on this issue, beware, as I could, and probably will step on your toes.

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, I want to comment on some things from this article:

A nurse has already given her a local anesthetic, Valium and a drug to dilate her cervix; Harrison prepares to inject Versed, a sedative, in her intravenous line. The drug will wipe out her memory of everything that happens during the 20 minutes she's in the operating room. It's so effective that patients who return for a follow-up exam often don't recognize Harrison.

I guess that helps to keep their conscience clear. I wonder if Harrison takes this drug as well?

"There's things wrong with abortion," she says. "But I want to have a good life. And provide a good life for my child." To keep this baby now, she says, when she's single, broke and about to start college, "would be unfair."

And to whom is this the most unfair? At least you can go on with your life. You can go on and make more mistakes. You can go on, and be successful. But what about this "mistake"? Can this "mistake" do that? So again, I ask, to whom is this the most unfair?

A high school volleyball player says she doesn't want to give up her body for nine months. "I realize just from the first three months how it changes everything," she says.

Now, we wouldn't want you to lose your figure just because you made a mistake and got pregnant, now would we? Oh no. That would be just terrible.

"I've been praying a lot and that's been a real source of strength for me. I really believe God has a plan for us all. I have a choice, and that's part of my plan."

And what about the plan He had for that child you just aborted? I guess we'll never know now. It's a shame that our nation has become so self-centered.

His first patient of the day, Sarah, 23, says it never occurred to her to use birth control, though she has been sexually active for six years. When she became pregnant this fall, Sarah, who works in real estate, was in the midst of planning her wedding. "I don't think my dress would have fit with a baby in there," she says.

Well now, if there was ever a reason for an abortion, this would be it -- HER DRESS WON'T FIT!

The last patient of the day, a 32-year-old college student named Stephanie, has had four abortions in the last 12 years. She keeps forgetting to take her birth control pills. Abortion "is a bummer," she says, "but no big stress."

This girt has had four abortions. Four! Now, many on the side of choice, will argue that the main reason that they favor abortion is not for a matter of convenience, but for the mother's safety. Now maybe you don't see it this way, but I think that having four abortions simply because she forgot her birth control pills (not that they are always effective, mind you) is simply ridiculous. It is this mentality that is bringing our country to ruin. These same people will see the violence that occurs in schools across the nation, and in our cities, and elsewhere, and will wonder, "Why do they do such things?" Well, I'll tell you! It's because no one values life! That's why!