LEGAL ABORTION SAVES NO ONE
WE ARE disgusted by the recent pleas of some so-called women’s rights advocates pushing for legalized abortion in the country (Center for Reproductive Rights recent publication) It is utterly a complete abomination to safeguarding human life. This call is UNACCEPTABLE.
Induced abortion is the deliberate termination of the life of an innocent human being and therefore, it is a CRIME! They are oblivious of the fact that abortion is the culprit of all the statistics they are boasting of, ergo, abortion should be eradicated not propagated. How unfathomable it is that these lobbyists brainwash our minds with the unethical idea of compromising the life of the unborn! And the claim that legalizing it will render the abortion safe for the mother is unfounded as well. Numerous researches now reveal the many physical, psychological and spiritual side effects on thousands of women who submitted themselves to the so-called “safe abortion”
Central to this petition are three scenarios: that unsafe abortions cause maternal death and illnesses; that rape victims should be given the choice to terminate an unwanted pregnancy; and that poverty causes poor women to turn to unsafe abortions.
On their first argument, we remain ardent in saying that abortion as a medical procedure is never safe. Abortion in an invasive procedure and advocates themselves have stated that “risks associated with induced abortion increase as the pregnancy progresses.” They also failed to mention the numerous adverse effects of committing abortion physically and psychologically. Some of these women who had elective abortion even end up barren for the rest of their lives. Studies have also linked induced abortions to breast and ovarian cancer. Operation Outcry and Canada Silent No More are collecting testimonial declarations from women suffering after legal abortions in developed countries and there are over 4,000 affidavits so far.
As for rape victims, we dare say that the right to life is in equal footing with the right to a freedom of choice – a choice that is very limited due to fear, anger, pressure and poor advice from people around the victim. It is crucial for us to see the link between life and freedom. Pope John Paul II puts it succinctly: "It is of the greatest importance to reestablish the essential connection between life and freedom. These are inseparable goods: where one is violated, the other also end up being violated. There is no true freedom where life is not welcomed and loved; and there is no fullness of life except in freedom." In this light, we determine that aborting the child of a rape victim does not solve the problem but instead aggravates it. It is not the fault of the child that he/she came to be because of a crime.
Further, killing the child does not redeem the rape victim from her status. It all the more drowns her in deeper depression and confusion. There are records of raped women who have found more peace in bringing to birth the child than those who had the child aborted. And there are even more records showing that the child of rape was truly grateful for having been given the chance to live.
Their last argument is too formulaic for a population control scheme. For the nth time, poverty is the problem not the baby. The government should banish graft & corruption, foster good governance and therefore become a good provider. Legalizing abortion will never alleviate poverty. In hindsight, it could even add fuel to the fire as we are manually deleting potential manpower who could lend warm bodies to participate in ending our economic crises.
Therefore, we firmly believe that the legalization of abortion is not necessary to accomplish the government's concern for poor women in crisis pregnancies. If the government is serious in its efforts to remedy this dilemma, help should come in providing counseling services especially with abortion-minded women, post-abortion mothers and fathers, education programs, maternal and child care services, economic and social development programs that would put a stop to rape, incest, sex outside of marriage and other causes of unwanted pregnancies. All men and women need to be educated on fetal development, the consequences of sex outside of marriage, on human sexuality, fertility and love, respect and relationships. Pregnant women need support and help, not abortion. We should be saving lives, not taking them.
We therefore call on our legislators, medical professionals, educators and the general public to lend deaf ears to this malevolent urge to kill the members of our future generation. Help us defend our pro-life country and our families whose quality of life is threatened. SAY NO TO LEGALIZED ABORTION!
http://www.prolife.org.ph/news/index.php/2010/08/legal-abortion-saves-no-one/
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