Thursday, September 24, 2009
Hey Guys and Girls! :)
As you probably know i am working/studying and being a mummy full-time!
It ain't easy but it is the path that God has placed me on and i know that He has a great plan for me to grow, strengthen and become wiser from it all.
I am sad to say that I am doing a 3,500 word essay on ethics and abortion, I found out some sad stuff.
It's not done yet, but am sharing with those interested in reading... It is a sad, sad fact.
We need to pray for our generation.(Yes this is my essay so far LOL)
The History of AbortionOne thing that we must understand as readers is that abortion is not a relatively new idea like some believe. Abortion is an act that has been done over centuries and in different cultures.
There is a rich history of women helping each other to abort.
Until the late 1800’s, women ‘healers’ in Western Europe and the U.S provided abortions and trained other women to do so, without legal prohibitions.
In the early 18th Century, Britain passed anti-abortion laws, which then became stricter throughout the century. The U.S followed as individual states began to outlaw abortion.
By 1880, most abortions were illegal in the U.S, it was seen as a sin. Abortion became a crime and a sin for several reasons:
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DANGER – Abortion was seen as too dangerous of a procedure. It was carried out with crude methods, few antiseptics and high morality rates.
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A THREAT TO MALE DOCTORS – Male doctors were tightening their control over the medical profession. Doctors considered midwives, who attended to births and performed abortions as part of their regular practice, a threat to their own economic social power. The medical establishment actively took up the anti-abortion cause in the second half of the 19th century as part of its effort to eliminate midwives.
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DECLINING BIRTH RATES – Due to abortions the birth rate among whites began to drop largely in the 1800’s.
THE PROBLEM OF MAKING ABORTION ILLEGAL:Some women were determined to rid their unwanted pregnancy and found ways abort their unborn child themselves. Due to the laws of abortion being illegal women resorted to dangerous and sometimes deadly methods, such as inserting knitting needles or coat hangers into the vagina and uterus, douching with dangerous solutions like lye, or swallowing strong drugs and chemicals. The coat hanger became a symbol of desperation of millions of women who have risked their lives to end an unwanted pregnancy.
These laws against abortion were in effect until 1967 where a few states began to liberalize their abortion laws
By 1973 the Supreme Court handed down its decision that allowed most abortion laws to pass.
The Problem of AbortionAccording to research preformed by the Guttmacher Institute, one in four teenage girls fall pregnant by the age of eighteen; half become pregnant before they are twenty-one.
Of the more, one million American teens who become pregnant every year roughly half choose to have abortions. Approximately a third of all recorded U.S abortions – which number in excess of 1.5 million a year – are preformed on teenagers. In fact, the abortion rate for eighteen and nineteen year olds is two times the national average.
Like those in America, the amount of abortions in other countries:
70,000 a year in Canada
180,000 a year in the United Kingdom
15,000 a year in Australia
The approximate amount of world-wide abortions per year is 46,000000! (26,000000 illegal abortions, 20,000000 legal)
This is truly a disaster!
Moreover, one out of six women who have an abortion describe themselves to be an evangelical Christian.
THE CAUSES OF ABORTION.
Abortion has become tragically common amongst teens – even amongst Christian teens – for several reasons.
The Teen Sexuality Crisis
In today’s day and age it is not uncommon for the average teen to be sexually active.
Personal research shows that rough ages that the average teen starts having sexual relations:
➢ 15 years old in United States
➢ 15 yeas old in Australia
➢ 17 years old in the United Kingdom
And the ages get younger on a yearly basis.
One in four girls that are sexually active, claim to come from Christian families and attend church regularly.
The Availability of AbortionAbortion has become a multi-million dollar industry in numerous Western countries, and many are committed to making abortion available to every woman – of any age.
Many Schools educate their pupils about ‘safe-sex’ and ‘abortion’
It is evident that youth are being educated that “If it feels good, do it. Oh… and don’t worry if you fall pregnant, there is always ABORTION!”
The Cultural Climate
Over the years, many people have come to accept abortion. For example, a Los Angeles Times Poll showed that 57% of those interviewed, viewed abortion as murder; nonetheless, 74% favored abortion if the aborted child has a serious birth defect. And even among evangelical college students, only 71% said they opposed abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.
THE EFFECTS OF ABORTIONThe most significant effect of abortion, of course, is the willful and cruel loss of human life through the work of his/her own mother. Such a tragedy has; Spiritual, Medical, Emotional, and Societal consequences.
Spiritual Effects
When we sin (whether we are Christians or non-Christians) produces a moral guilt, as well as a psychological guilt (guilty feelings/guilty conscience).
The guilt that is produced from having an abortion may not only create eternal feelings of regret or self-blame, it also harms a young (or old) persons relationship with God until the sin is repented and forgiveness is felt, in stating this we must also remember that feeling forgiven does not erase the memory and regret.
Sad right? :( Please don't stop praying for our girls too! They need protection from the Devil and his tricks!
I know sometimes we get lazy to spend time on our knees, but seriously guys, our friends need it!!!
<3 loving u all always
xox
written with love
@ 11:24 PM
Love you, bye bye -
