My thoughts on abortion.

I'm been absent. It seems like I've had heavier things on my mind these last few days and they've overwhelmed the lighter things, like smell-goods and goofy neighbors. I've come to the conclusion that I need to just get them out now and I'm going to do just that in the next day or so. I'll say upfront that I have no goal here but to share *me. I don't intend or wish to offend, although I think it's entirely possible I will. I make no apologies for that. In the end, this is my blog and these are my thoughts. I am not sorry for either.

So, the very word "abortion" gets most people on edge, defensive for one side or the other, the moment they read it. I know this and I go into this with some trepidation, but also with confidence in my beliefs. A few mornings ago I received an email from a friend, a "forward" about abortion. It got me to thinking all over again about how I feel. There was a time, 10-30 years ago, that I was not only pro-choice, but pretty much pro-abortion. I never saw abortion as a birth control method, mind you, but a perfectly fine and acceptable solution to an unwanted pregnancy. I was "pro" to the point I was actually an escort and counter-activist. I will say right now that I have ZERO regrets about that...just the opposite, I'm still very proud of what I did and always will be. But, time passes and people change. I've changed. Personally, I would no longer be okay having an abortion. I pass no judgment on those who do...that is between a woman and her God. I will help her, I will support her, I will feel she made the best decision for herself. I *am pro-choice. But, I would no longer feel an abortion is an alternative for myself (pretending I'm even in a position it would be a consideration) and should Jake and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a baby, I will beat them first and then be there for them in whatever they decide. I will no longer suggest an abortion first. I will support them, though, if that is their choice as long as I'm sure they are well-informed about *all options. So, yes, I've changed and I've changed a lot.

What changed me? Well. Logic. Logic changed me. I realized how strongly I felt that all forms of IVF, infertility treatments, surrogacy, etc., are wrong. I feel so *vehemently that these all thumb their nose at God and are basically saying "God screwed up and now I have to fix his mistake." Not everyone is intended to have children and, while I believe so very strongly in God, I also believe God created Evolution, I believe God meant for only the fittest to survive and God makes no mistakes. Period. So, it followed that if I believe that some children were simply not meant to be (infertility) then I also had to believe that some *are (fertility), regardless of the circumstances of either. Like I said - logic.

Do I think infertility-curing measures are right? I do not. I find them to be immoral and offensive to God. Anti-God, even. Do I find abortion to be the same? That's a hard one for me since I do not believe life begins at conception. I don't think life begins until a person is able to take that first life-giving breath on their own and have subsequent breaths sustain that life. Late term abortion? No, no, and NO. I am not okay with that at all, although I will not call it murder. I'm not God. I do wish it didn't happen, though, and don't get it at all, nor do I wish to support it financially, just as I don't want to support infertility treatments financially. Is abortion okay to save a mother's life? A mother should be willing to sacrifice her own life for her child, whether that that child is at 8 months (viable with a minimum of medical intervention) gestation or older...no age maximum. I do not understand this stipulation: "I don't support abortion exceot in the case of incest or to save a mother's life." So, what? A bay conceived of incest is less important? Why? And why should a mother *ever not be willing to give her life for her child?

Now, let me address something else. Murder. I am sick to death of people calling abortion "murder". If you are reading this and really believe it is murder, I mean REALLY BELIEVE IT, what are you doing to stop the murder? Do you rant on blogs and message boards? Do you rant at your dining room table? Do you pray about it all in church and gossip about it with friends? All well and good but why aren't you stopping? Why aren't you killing these abortion doctors so you can save these babies from being "murdered"? Because killing is illegal? That means you put legality over morality, you know. Are you okay with that? Is that Biblical? Is that what Jesus wanted? Law over God? Don't get me wrong, I'm in no way, *no how*, advocating killing abortion doctors. Bless them for having the courage to do what they do for those who feel abortion is their best choice. But I have to ask - if you feel it is murder, why are you not stopping it? If my neighbor was killing infants in his home, you better believe I'd blow his head off in a heartbeat, even if it meant I'd spend my life in prison for doing so. What a small price to pay to save those babies. Legalities are *nothing if you believe in God and what you think God intended.

I welcome comments....they are open. They aren't moderated. Just be logical, that's all I ask.
Have at it.