I've been slow to
respond and trying to choose my words carefully. I have been grieving the actions on the state
of NY. Sick to my stomach kind of
appalled. I know I'll not do this as eloquently as others, but it's heavy on my heart. Friends, we cannot remain
quiet any longer. There is literally
life at stake.
I've had this article pop
up on my news feed countless times the past couple of days and I want to take a
moment to address the key points:
Title: It is
possible to be morally pro-life and politically pro-choice at the same time.
<<<< I disagree, there are only two options-- you are either it for
it or against it. One or the other. This is like saying, I'm not personally in
favor of murder, but I won't interfere with anyone's right to kill a [insert
person - my neighbor, the homeless, the disabled, a democrat, a
republican]. Should we also remove the endangered species list while we're at it? I'm not in favor of killing bald eagles, but I won't interfer with anyone's right to kill a bald eagle. Or, I'm not personally in
favor of breaking into a house, but I won't interfere with anyone's right to do
so. And, quite frankly, if it's
someone's right to enter this country illegally, then I don't see why they
can't just come into our houses?
Point: There's
far too much gray area to legislate. That's just an excuse. Like me saying, this accounting standard is
too hard to implement, so I guess I won't [yeah, I'm an accountant].
My house is so dirty, so I think I'll just live in filth for the rest
of my life. If we just gave up when
things were hard, where would we be? My job is too hard, I'm not going to try.
Point: Abortion bans hurt some mothers who desperately
want their babies to live, and I'm not okay with that. I've heard too many stories of families who
desperately wanted a baby, who ended up having to make the rock-and-a-hard
place choice to abort because the alternative would have been a short,
pain-filled life for their child. Too many stories of mothers having to endure
long, drawn out, potentially dangerous miscarriages and being forced to carry a
dead baby inside of them because abortion restrictions gave them no other
choice. <<<< The bill
signed into law by NY literally requires you to kill a full-term baby and then
deliver it. You are forced to carry a
dead baby inside of you no matter what with abortion. We can't make the baby disappear. Gosh, I can't imagine giving birth to a child
that's only going to live a pain-filled life.
Can't even imagine. All I know,
is that I pray to God every night:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonable happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Point: I am
not willing to serve as judge and jury on a woman's medical decisions, and I
don't think the government should either. <<<< Did we just
eliminate the argument for government funded healthcare? Also,
I guess we're OK acting as the judge and jury to high school students
wearing MAGA hats? Are we implying that
pregnancy is a disease and abortion is the cure? Please tell me, if so.
Point: Most
importantly, if the goal is to prevent abortion, research shows that outlawing
it isn't the way to go.<<<<< Using that logic, I guess we
didn't need to outlaw segregation. Or, I
guess we don't need to outlaw murder or rape?
Why do we even have laws?
Further, we could move to the gun control argument here-- we're so
focused on outlawing guns, but by this logic, I guess we shouldn't?
There's so many
problems with these arguments-- when it all boils down to us scraping together
excuses to make murder OK so we can all sleep at night. And I'm sorry, it's not OK. It's time to get vocal and put actions behind
our words. It is a matter of life or
death and there's nothing in between.
Much love friends,
Jessica
