My Brother's Baby

My brother's girlfriend is pregnant and scheduled to get an abortion this Friday. My heart aches on so many levels. I hurt for Brent - I know the pain of losing one's only child. I hurt for Jill - I honestly don't know if she's having problems with killing her flesh and blood child, but I hurt for the pain and grief and guilt she is sure to feel down the road. Granted, the doctors have said that with her diabetes she is not healthy enough to have the child and that the child may have awful health problems if born. All that being said though, the child is still Brent and Jill's flesh and blood son or daughter. They will always grieve over the death of their child. I hurt for Mom and Dad, especially Dad - they have 5 grandchildren, 3 of whom they've never even met. Two died from abortion, and one from miscarriage. I know it grieves them to have so many grand-children, yet they are not here for them to enjoy. I hurt for myself - it grieves me to see another little child in our family die so prematurely and perhaps unnecessarily. At the very least, a violent, humiliating death. As for Ashley, Tamara, Jill's family - I have no idea what they all feel.

I'm sad.....

Another little life snuffed out. The baby is the lucky one. They don't live to see the aftermath and fallout from the poor choices that were made leading up to it's death.

Who will dare say that a child is not deserving of the protection of it's life? Who will dare say they are a christian, in love with God, and yet, in the same breath, say it's a woman's right to destroy her child? Who will rationalize and pretend that somehow that living critter inside Mommy's tummy is not a baby?? Rationalize how we want to, in our hearts, we know better. Who will say that the government should not protect those little babies because it might interfere with a woman's "rights"??? What about a woman's, a mother's responsibilities to care for and protect her offspring??? Does anyone say that a man, if he didn't consent to the woman getting pregnant, should be free of his obligations as a daddy?? No way! And what about little baby's right to live??? Does anyone care about that??

I'm sick of hearing the hypocrisy of people - of christians especially - who somehow attempt to defend the unholy, ungodly, abomination of murdering one's own son or daughter! They say, "Oh, I believe it is wrong and I would never do it, but I can't impose my beliefs on another woman to do what she wants with her body." Or that, "The government doesn't have the right to tell a woman what to do with her own body."

What about a government's responsibility to protect human life??? Who cares about that??? What about the sacredness of a fresh, innocent, clean little unborn child??? Who will defend him or her? You would think that of all people it would be mothers. But no, it's women who proclaim their "right" to kill their children!

Yes, I'm sure some who might stumble across this would throw out the needle in the haystack scenarios of the mother's health - like my brother's girlfriend - or of rape or incest. Yes, yes, yes, we all know those situations can and do occur. But they are the exception. And when they do occur, well, maybe we could all sympathize if someone made a choice to kill their child. I know I could, even if I think it's the wrong choice. If I was a mother and my life was at stake, I would hope I'd have the courage to die so that my child may live - after all, isn't a parent supposed to be willing to sacrifice their life if need be for their child's??? But even as I say that, I know I'm human and weak. I may choose my life over my child's in the heat of the trial even though I know it's wrong. I hurt for Jill. What an awful choice to have to make. If she spares her child's life, she may die, or even worse, her child may be horribly handicapped and sick. If she takes it's life, she lives with that the rest of her life.

Still, though it has struck my family, is that any excuse to give official credibility to the disposal of our children? Would any parent say that the government should not protect their 3-year old, their 10-year old, or their 17-year old? Then why say it should not interfere with the murder of a baby who has been alive for 2 months inside it's mother's womb?? Anyone, especially a christian who would say otherwise is a hypocrite and needs to look at their beliefs and motivations.

I cannot say that I would always do right if given the option to do wrong. When I was first told by my ex that she was pregnant, I freely admit that the abortion "solution" seemed quite attractive. And it was only after praying and crying to God, and confessing to friends that I accepted that my life had forever changed. And only after all that, did I truly want to see my child born. I so empathize with people in that situation because I've been there. But neither my weakness nor anyone else's changes what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. Abortion is evil!

Murder is evil. Fornication is evil. Using people is evil. But somehow most of us seem to feel a more violent outrage when evil is perpetrated against a child. Even God seemed to feel that way. All through the Old Testament, God spews His anger and outrage over the sacrificing of children to false gods. The only difference today is that instead of the god being "Molech", it's the god of convenience, or partying, or career, or anything other than a desire to raise that little child God has blessed them with. How dare any of us, christians especially, try to say a woman - or a man - has the right to destroy that precious little life God has miraculously and lovingly formed! Shame on anyone, including myself, if we dare think otherwise! Shame!

I am angered and in pain and grief over what my family, as well as Jill and her family will go through because of this evil. Oh that we would turn to God!