If I had learned about Rachel's disability before she was born, they would have asked me if I wanted to abort her. There are people out there who have aborted babies just like her because they are told that their quality of life would greatly harm them. I know for a fact that my world and my children's worlds are much better off having her. Why can't others see that?
They asked me if I wanted to abort Aaron when I was about 20 weeks pregnant with him. Why? He had classic markers for Downs syndrome. We said most emphatically NO!!! Lo and behold, he was born completely fine, and I shudder to think what could have happened if I wasn't so against the idea of abortion.
Everyone deserves to live, even if they aren't wanted by their parents. Someone would take care of that child. And if they didn't practice premarital sex so wantonly and without thought, they wouldn't have to worry about it. I had to accept responsibility for my actions, and it most certainly didn't kill me to do so. Also, if God wants to give them a child with a disability, then it's their responsibility to care for that child either themselves, or adopt the child out and allow it to live it's life until God calls him/her back home. PERIOD!
They asked me if I wanted to abort Aaron when I was about 20 weeks pregnant with him. Why? He had classic markers for Downs syndrome. We said most emphatically NO!!! Lo and behold, he was born completely fine, and I shudder to think what could have happened if I wasn't so against the idea of abortion.
Everyone deserves to live, even if they aren't wanted by their parents. Someone would take care of that child. And if they didn't practice premarital sex so wantonly and without thought, they wouldn't have to worry about it. I had to accept responsibility for my actions, and it most certainly didn't kill me to do so. Also, if God wants to give them a child with a disability, then it's their responsibility to care for that child either themselves, or adopt the child out and allow it to live it's life until God calls him/her back home. PERIOD!
Does she look like she hates being alive? I didn't think so!
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4 comments:
Of course every child deserves to live....when I was pregnant with my fourth child (just a couple of months after having my third), the doctor asked me if I wanted to keep the baby. I was shocked, and said, "yes, of course, I don't believe in abortion". But there wasn't even any evidence that there was anything wrong with the baby, it was just that the doctor thought the timing of the pregnancy might have "inconvenienced" me, I guess!! :-(
I don't understand why more people don't just give their unwanted babies up for adoption....there are so many out there who want them, even the severely disabled ones! I belong to two online Yahoo groups called "Adopting Children with Cerebral Palsy" and "Adopting Children with Limb Differences", and they are very active groups! These people are willing to travel all over the world to adopt kids with deformities and serious medical problems!
P.S. I really like the new look of your blog!
Thank you, Joann..1 for liking the new blog design, and 2 for understanding that life is sacred. Every child could find a new home, if only people cared to think about it. The "disabled" children especially. Also, if the general public at large would be more responsible towards sex (my opninon would be to wait until marriage, but I realize that is not the general consensus) then there wouldn't be a need for aborting children just because one "wasn't ready" to be a parent. It is also appalling to think that doctors disregard life like they do. Thank you also for having your fourth child. It must have been difficult, but I am sure you were rewarded for your decision.
Holly, there's no way I could have made any other decision....I could never kill an innocent unborn baby. You may remember that my first 3 babies were my daughters; number 4 was my only (biological) son. :-)
Stephen was my only son until Paul and I adopted Matthew.
My daughter Robin became pregnant out of wedlock at age 19; she was afraid to tell me at first because she thought I would want her to have an abortion. But the minute I found out she was pregnant I was urging her to have the baby. And Andrew has been a source of pride and joy to her and to me and to his entire extended family. He was my first grandbaby and was born on my 42nd birthday! I was privileged to be at the birth. I was the first to hold him.
OF COURSE people should wait until marriage to have sex, because sex makes babies! And every baby deserves a mommy AND a daddy who wants them. But of course, people don't think about that, do they?
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