” … a library turned to dust.
No shadow to mark its passing
in the night.”

Could it be that the ‘gift’ of human life is not seen in the ‘night’ of today’s knowledge?

When we “take” communion, we RECEIVE it. We don’t actually “take” it. Take is the wrong terminology.

Likewise, you don’t have an abortion. You receive gifts. You TAKE what you want.

A child is a gift. It is given. You receive it. But when you end it’s life you turn a gift into a demand.

So yes. You receive a gift. You make a choice. That choice causes a reaction. In this case it destroys the gift and ends a life. That too has consequences. Future generations are destroyed, sin is brought into the world, the person suffers spiritually and emotionally. The ramifications are far reaching if not endless. Certainly not quantifiable.

To choose is to be proactive. To receive is to be passive. Having an abortion is not simply “not having a child”. It is not passive. It takes actions along with choices.

You’re right. You don’t have an abortion (passive). You commit an abortion (active). And a dead child might be a “consequence” but that is reducing that little life to it’s least denominator. It’s so much more than a “consequence”.

rather than comment on your topic, I’ve centered on the word ‘consequence’. I am wondering if ‘choice/choosing’ is just one part in the sequence we call: ‘acquisition’. Notice that I did not say ‘THE’ as in the lone stage, but one stage among many. I’ve wondered why we PL’ers are often stymied by this word. Perhaps, we too focus exclusive attention to a word that is part of a process: the [non-demanding child]. THE solution (since ‘child’ and ‘needing’ are repetitious terms) is ‘access to abortion’. Only a ‘dead child’ will appease this. Please note how the word ‘wanting’ is just one more word in the ‘acquisition’ sequence.

Have you ever been bugged about calls to ‘have’ an abortion … and not ‘commit’ an abortion.?

Someone from the Daily Kos made sense? Someone from the Daily Kos understands that women can actually take responsibility for their behavior?

Well, it is too much to ask considering her solution wasn’t to think twice before spreading your legs – her answer was to get your own private insurance to pay for it.

So close, yet so far away!