Encourage one another and build one another up. Pray without ceasing. Test everything. Keep what is good. Avoid all evil. -1 Thess 5:11,17,21,22
Thursday, July 3, 2025
An uncomfortable question
If he is not a "baby" while he is in your womb, then why do you paste ultrasound images into his baby-book? Why are "your circumstances" the condition that determines whether he is a baby or just a "lump of tissue"?
Some years ago I got into a conversation with a local professor's wife regarding abortion. She announced, with pride, that she had three abortions before being ready to start a family and it was the right thing to do. I agreed and said "you're probably right because now those children are in heaven whereas if you had raised them they would have ended up in Hell. With you". After a bit of profanity she stomped away. ---ken
Why is killing a pregnant woman a double murder but abortion is ok? Even the law has a double standard. Why has that never been to any court that I know of let alone the supreme court?
From what I'm seeing, abortion is seen as an exception - so the mother determines to terminate the life, but others cannot make that decision for her (by murdering her).
There are courts that have heard these types of arguments and upheld the distinction. But you're correct, it hasn't gone to the supreme court.
Colloquially, the word "baby" has many uses, and isn't solely used to identify an infant. Your adult child can be your 'baby'. So it's possible that it can be a "lump of tissue" and a "baby" at the same time.
There are those that are pro-abortion that attempt to correct those that refer to their unborn child as a 'baby'. It's weird. We should definitely push back against that.
Some years ago I got into a conversation with a local professor's wife regarding abortion. She announced, with pride, that she had three abortions before being ready to start a family and it was the right thing to do. I agreed and said "you're probably right because now those children are in heaven whereas if you had raised them they would have ended up in Hell. With you". After a bit of profanity she stomped away. ---ken
ReplyDeleteIf not a person, then it is property. Bought, sold or disposed of at will.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.
Kinda sounds like chattel slavery?
Does to me,
A little East of Paris
Why is killing a pregnant woman a double murder but abortion is ok? Even the law has a double standard. Why has that never been to any court that I know of let alone the supreme court?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I'm seeing, abortion is seen as an exception - so the mother determines to terminate the life, but others cannot make that decision for her (by murdering her).
DeleteThere are courts that have heard these types of arguments and upheld the distinction. But you're correct, it hasn't gone to the supreme court.
I agree with your sentiment.
ReplyDeleteColloquially, the word "baby" has many uses, and isn't solely used to identify an infant. Your adult child can be your 'baby'. So it's possible that it can be a "lump of tissue" and a "baby" at the same time.
There are those that are pro-abortion that attempt to correct those that refer to their unborn child as a 'baby'. It's weird. We should definitely push back against that.