Sunday, March 23, 2008

Let's Talk Abortion.

Happy Easter! to those of us who celebrate easter. Thank God for the resurrection. For those who believe in God, imagine where you would be now without Christ. Would we even be in existence? Aiight, so lets go to today's write-up. Abortion.
Everyone's got different views on abortion, a very controversial issue indeed. Philosophers get into debates about when it is too late to have an abortion, and the right-to-life. Philosophers' principles and values are based on logical reasoning rather than on empirical methods. Looking at the denotation- dictionary meaning, of abortion. Answers.com defines it as; " Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival." Just as there are various views on abortion, that's how various definitions of abortion exist.

Consequently, she would not be going in depth on this issue. She would be looking at it from a 'general' [subjective] point of view.When an abortion is carried out, doesn't the individual feel as if she is taking away a part of herself. It's true there are several reasons as to why people commit abortion. Not giving that fetus the chance of becoming a child, the right to life- to live. Limits your knowledge of what the child could have become if he or she was given life. The child is robbed of every chance of becoming someone great in future. Of actually having a purpose in life and fulfilling it. Imagine this...would you have been where you are today if your parents [mothers] had aborted you? I would love to hear our views on abortion, your comments are appreciated. May you be successful in all your endeavors. Below are some quotes to think about:


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But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So the mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to love - that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts. By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world."

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he so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly fatherless society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts -- a child -- as a competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience. It has nominally accorded mothers unfettered dominion over the independent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters"
"And, in granting this unconscionable power, it has exposed many women to unjust and selfish demands from their husbands or other sexual partners. Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign." - Mother Teresa


To all the readers, thank you for being here. Remember the above view is subjective!