So this blog is going to be different from previous ones.. this one may make people mad at me, dislike me, unfriend me on FB, etc but it is something I have to do for my own sanity!! So read if you will but proceed with knowing that you more than likely will not like all I have to say but I will not apologize for my feelings and convictions... With that being said..
Last night I could NOT for the life of me fall asleep. As most of everyone in MS knows we are facing a possible historic ballot come November 8! I have to say I am completely SHOCKED by the number of opposers out there.. I knew for sure that when word got out about saving the lives of innocent babies that it would go through for sure here in the Bible belt of MS.. boy have I been wrong!! When I read all the posts out there about how "I am voting "NO" because it takes away birth control, or it makes a rape victim have the baby, or it will do away with IVF, or any other EXCUSE you could possibly come up with I am SAD, ANGRY, IRRITATED, FRUSTRATED, APPALLED, DISGUSTED, and this list goes on!
I had tons of time to get alone with my thoughts last night and the more I thought the more I wanted to get on top of the tallest building in the world and scream to the top of my lungs!!! WHY?!?! Why would people say "I am Pro-Life but I cannot make myself vote yes to something with such grey areas... I am by no means Pro-Abortion... but think about it .. what you just said and what you are voting NO on is basically saying.. I am PRO-CHOICE!! That my friends is the SAME thing in my book!! A Pro-Life person views life as just that, LIFE, no matter what the cost! To me, a child's life is far more valuable than ANY OTHER THING IN THIS WORLD!! God gave women, only women, the most beautiful gift of being able to carry a child and nurture it.. the most safest place for a baby has now become the most hostile, in its own mother's womb.. and guess what folks.. that is on us!! We have stood by year after freaking year and said it's not a baby, a woman has rights.. blah blah blah!! Yea, I'm on a soap box but this is one issue that has always gotten me fired up and I am really fired up because of all the outrageous and flat out ridiculous EXCUSES people are falling for!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!! KILLING A BABY IS KILLING A BABY.. NO EXCUSE IS GONNA CHANGE THAT!! If this does NOT pass do you realize how many babies will be killed because of CHOICE?!?! And you are ok with that?!?! Oh, let's wait and let them work out the kinks so we ALL can be pleased with how it is written.. all the while babies are being killed by the hands of their MOTHERS!! SERIOUSLY?!?! Have we become that society?? Where so called Christians care more about other peoples birth control and others things that we cannot firmly stand up for the voiceless??? As a believer in God, the Creator of all things, I cannot fathom Him sitting by and being OK with this decision!! In fact, I think He is appalled that we have stood by this long with the blood of some 53 million babies on our hands!! I don't think He is ok with us "waiting" while the bill is worded JUST RIGHT to OUR LIKING!! Oh my, God have mercy on us because I had more faith in humanity than this but I am now beginning to see that I really should not have... people I never in a million years would vote NO are doing so and it is literally breaking my heart!!
As I look at my little girl and the miracle she is and the blessing she has been to all those around her I cannot think of one single circumstance that would have made me choose NOT to have her.. I love her more than life itself and I would gladly give my own for her to live!! I choose to raise her with values that place human life over that of anything else in this world.. ANYTHING!! I would hope and pray that if a circumstance such as rape did happen that she would stand by her morals and would choose life! You can call me crazy but that is how much I value life!! It is not the baby's fault and he/she should NOT suffer for the crimes of the father!! Plus, my daughter would suffer much more if you add the emotional trauma and guilt that abortion would place on top of that!!
This is an issue where there are NO grey areas... Pro-LIFE or Pro-CHOICE! LIFE or DEATH.. YOU CAN'T BE JUST A LITTLE DEAD... By voting NO you are voting Pro-Choice and that is just all there is to it! You can say that is not the case, I am not Pro-Abortion but by voting AGAINST the first bill to ever hit our state or nation that would do away with the issue you are so against then yes my friend, you are indeed voting to keep abortion alive and well..
I feel like I could just keep going but for the sake of writing a novel I will stop here! I have a Pro-Life argument for ANY Pro-Choice argument out there!! I just don't have the time to cover it all.
Great post, sista. I feel the same way you do. I recently told another friend of mine the exact same thing when she asked what she could say to some fellow Christians she works with who are adamant about voting NO because of all the fear PP has placed out there. There is no gray area! You either believe life begins at conception and value that life or you DON'T...it's that simple. You can't stand there and say you are Pro-life and vote NO on this...end of story. Get the word out however you can, Denise...we only have a few more days. Love you, girl - Amy
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