Abortion is hands-down one of the sickest atrocities our world has ever encountered. The killing of human life for the gain of self is a god unlike any other.
It says our lives and our wants are more important than another human being's.
It is the ultimate form of segregation and ageism and sexism and racism and classism and discrimination.
It says a different group of human life is less important.
It says humans who are younger than us are expendable.
It says that if the sex of another doesn't fit your lifestyle, then you can kill them.
It kills way more of certain races than others, and pretends it doesn't happen that way.
It preys on the poor who feel they have no other option.
It tempts the rich who feel they don't want that kind of lifestyle.
It kills the weak or disabled because of fear in caring for them.
It is evil.
We should all be sharing everything we can about how disgustingly evil it is, because group-think matters. The culture needs to know there is a huge uprising of young and old, churched and unchurched who do not stand for this. Share and share alike, please.
Click share. Please.
But we have to take a minute to step back from our easily seated computer chairs and think about what pro-life means in the world. The statistics are out there - millions of babies are killed all the time...thousands per day. There is a lot of human life to care for and raise in those millions of babies.
Now, the truth is that many of those children would not even exist if abortion was unavailable, as full-term pregnancies would slow the rate of multiple abortions, miscarriages and stillborn babies would sadly end the lives of some, early death from diseases may occur for ill children, and people's sexual activity choices would ultimately have more consequence and change some behavior.
But that does not and will not account for all the millions. We have to be serious about more than just hitting a share button about how bad abortion is. There is work to be done for those women, men, and children who are hurting in unbelievable situations, facing pregnancies with stories that could fill biographies.
Changing a culture's mindset about abortion is vitally important,
AND
caring for that changed culture in its birth pains is a vital follow-up.
Putting our money where our mouth is. Putting our actions where our shares are.
It means donating funds to pregnancy centers, it means giving to organizations who support families, it means considering adoption and foster care for your family, it means buying a pack of diapers for that single mom you know, it means encouraging that man you know to love and care for the mother of his child, it means giving of your time to relieve burdened single mothers or fathers, it means supporting serious, manageable, and pro-life healthcare options with your votes.
It means a lot of things. It means loving life - loving in the sense of showing action in caring for it. That is pro-life.
Don't know what to do? Start here.
Donate money to any of these places:
Bethany Christian Services
This is the organization we adopted through and they provided counseling and services for the birthmother.
Swaddling Clothes
A great organization providing monthly help to young families. Just contact whichever location you would like to donate to from the list. If you are local to them, they take all sorts of gently used items. If not, they always need money for diapers, formula, or other items.
A Place of Refuge
Read about them. They are awesome and found in southern Wisconsin. They provide a home for women facing pregnancies with challenges.
OR:
- Ask your pastor about local pregnancy resource centers you can donate to.
- Give a donation to a friend or acquaintance who is adopting.
- Give food to food drives.
- Send an anonymous gift or money order to someone you know who is facing an unexpected pregnancy or a young parent struggling financially.
Just look for opportunities to support life. Those opportunities are abounding. And if we get what we want and what is right - the end of abortion - there will be more opportunities to support even more precious lives. What a joy to be surrounded by such opportunities!
