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I personally am very Pro-Life and I beleive that life starts at conception. This comes from my code of morality, which comes from my upbrining, my own personal research, and overall, my Christian faith.
Dealing with my upbringing-- I'm a quadruplet (4 babies at one time). Medical professionals told my mother that she might want to consider abortion, or "selective reduction," due to the monumental risks associated with multiple births of our size. My mom adamently refused and trusted in God to take care of her and her babies. After all, God provided them. And God did take care of us. All of us were over 4 pounds at birth, and all in tip-top shape. My parents always raised us to be pro-life.
I also have a friend who was conceived after a rape and her mother decided to go ahead and have her, which is extremely commendable, in my opinion. The girl turned out to be a really great, smart, and beautiful young woman. She would have never blessed the world with her presence if her mother had decided to abort.
Rape is a case which I think is horrible and hope I never have to deal with (not me personally obviously, but my future spouse or family member or someone). I certainly wouldn't judge a woman for getting an abortion after a rape, but I still believe that it's ending a human life, and it's not the child's fault. But like I said, that is a horrible situation, and I certainly wouldn't judge any woman who chose to have an abortion in that case.
As for partial-birth abortions, I think this should be absolutely out of the question. I would love to see any thread of medical evidence from a real-life case (not hypothetical) where giving birth, and then killing the baby while only it's head remains in the birth canal is medically necessary! Doctors actually turn the baby around so that only it's feet are sticking out, because if it's head is out, then to them it's not technically alive yet!! What is the difference between this and just waiting 'till the baby is born completely before jamming a pair of scissors in the back of it's skull! This is one of the sickest practices I've ever heard of and a society that accepts this as normal has problems, in my book.
I'm certainly against abortions as a form of contraception. Here's a tip, if you can't afford condoms or birth control-- go to the county health center or student health center! Almost all of them give out free contraception!
Jeremiah 1:4-5
"Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
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