Whew! Hot topic!! Like someone else said, abortion is a complex topic with no easy answers--especially if you have an ounce of compassion in your body. That being said, as a Christian, I believe that God is involved with EVERYTHING that happens in this world--the good the bad and the ugly. Does that means that he caused a 13 year old girl to get molested by her HIV infected uncle? Does it mean that he 'caused' this girl to get pregnant and also infected with HIV? No, I don't believe that God 'caused' these things to happen, but I do believe that he allowed them to happen (look at the situation with Job). I also believe that His ways are not my ways and that I cannot question or try to change what He has allowed to happen. The more I learn about His Holy word, the more pro-life I become. I still sometimes have a hard time reconciling this with my flesh, but I can't see where the Bible would condone this. That being said, if I, or my (future) daughter was raped and conceived, I would ask the Lord to give me the strength to carry the baby to term. I would also seek his guidance about raising the child. I firmly believe that if He led me to raise the child he would give me everything I needed to do it with out bitterness.
There was an e-mail going around a while back that told of the situations that several pregnant women were in. All told of horrible situations, no father, teen aged mother, rape, diseases, poverty, etc.--all things we use today as 'good reasons' for abortion. It asked the question: "Would you advise this woman to have an abortion?" Then came the 'punch line'. All of the children grew up to be accomplished leaders and history makers that the world would be deprived of had the women done the "sensible thing" and aborted their babies.
I think the best thing that any of us can do, no matter what side of the fence we stand on, is to do everything in our power to reduce the need for abortions--be it by RU-486 or any other method. And, for those of us who are pro-life, we need to make sure we are doin more than just sitting on the sidelines tsk-tsking about the moral decline of our world and the need for "Jesus". We need to be showing folks the Jesus in us by mentoring teen mothers, lobbying for access to health care, low cost day care, etc.!
[This message has been edited by Eclipse (edited October 04, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Eclipse (edited October 04, 2000).]
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