A Call To Take A Stand… A Call To Celebrate Life!
“He’s got the whole world, in His hands. He’s got the whole world, in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands… He’s got the little, bitty babies in His hands…”
Recently, our school held a Suicide Prevention assembly in honor of Yellow Ribbon Week. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in America. This is a truly sad subject and I’m sure this assembly helped save at least one life. The fact is, twelve people die a day from committing suicide. This seems like a big deal, but it’s nowhere near that of the number of deaths due to abortion.
February is a month that is set aside to “celebrate life”. We all should be thinking of how wonderful and blessed we are to be alive, right? Personally, I’m thinking of all the people who had the right to life taken away from them. This may seem like a depressing way to “celebrate life” during this month, but it is simply my way of thinking.
It’s very disheartening to think of those twelve people who succeeded in finding a way out and I am truly sorry for those twelve families who are left dealing with the death of their loved one. Yet, twelve people is nothing in comparison to the 4,500 to 9,000 babies who are “terminated” by the CHOICE of their mothers in the twenty-four hours that twelve people kill themselves. Don’t the people who commit suicide of a CHOICE, also? Shouldn’t the CHOICE of life and death be left up to the God that created life in the first place?
For some reason, every time I hear the word “abortion”, my heart sinks and anger for the irresponsible women replaces any compassion that I might feel toward them. Why? This question enters my mind every time. Why must our government give this “right” to mothers to commit murder. Killing someone outside of one’s body is a crime, yet killing within the womb is not?
These children who are being aborted deserve the right to make their own choices, not let their mother choose for them. Why can’t these women see that there is a child living within them? Why can’t they just be responsible and do the right thing: carry the child to full-term. Why couldn’t they have used protection or birth control or, heck, remained a virgin until they were married or READY for a child? Why can’t they see that there are thousands upon thousands of loving couples waiting for a child of their own, but are unable to conceive? Why can’t they give their child the right that every person is entitled to: life! Wasn’t it the great Thomas Jefferson who said that every American has the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” Why doesn’t a baby have that right? They can easily be called a citizen of this country as the next person. I do not see any right to “life, liberty,” or “the pursuit of happiness” in the concept of abortion. The child is denied life and any freedom of joy that comes from living!
I have debated this subject with a few people, but one in particular whose opinion has shocked me. This fellow student is a firm liberal who dislikes President Bush and all that he stands for, as a Christian. (She is a part of an Eastern religion known as Sikhism.)
Her opinion is that a “fetus”—she doesn’t think of “it” as a child— will not amount to anything if the mother decides to carry it to full term and the child is placed in foster care. Now, is that not the most ridiculous thing you’ve heard in your life? One’s upbringing should have nothing to do with his or her potential of amounting to something or someone in their life! A person could be raised in the wealthiest of families, yet still wind up living on the streets.
She also believes that the meeting of an egg and a sperm at conception is not a child, though that child’s heart will begin beating just eighteen days later. She believes that it only has the potential of being a child, but it should not be considered a child until after the first trimester. At six weeks old, the baby already has measurable brain waves, its mouth ears and nose are taking shape, its arms are beginning to develop, and so are its eyes. I am a FIRM believer that life begins at conception because at this stage, the baby’s genetic code—D.N.A—exists and it is completely different from the mothers.
I believe that, since a third of our population has ceased to exist from abortion, we have lost the person that would have found a cure for AIDs and another who would have found the cure for cancer.
This month calls us to celebrate life, so let’s celebrate! By golly, let’s be thankful that we are alive and our mothers were responsible enough to give us life by allowing us that right. But, we need to remember that there are thousands of children dieing each day as we are celebrating life.
Since our schools allow freedom of speech, shouldn’t we be able to have an informational assembly concerning abortion? No, they will not allow it. This subject is “too controversial.” I believe that people are forming their opinion on something they know very little about. If we educate the general public, starting with teenagers, I believe we will see a steady drop in the abortion rate. This would save lives, yet my school—Buchanan High School—will not allow a program to prevent abortion. It may be a very dramatic thing to say, but it’s true: even our schools are killing off innocent children!
Lives lost as a result of abortion: 1 Billion!
Only 3% of those aborted are due to rape, incest, or the mother’s health. That means that 97% have been aborted by “birth control.”
4500-9000 lives a day! (Equivalent to 3 World Trade Center Bombings per day!)
Take the initiative: form your own opinion, just make sure you know the facts behind that opinion!
Isaiah 49:1: Listen to me and hear this: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name.
God has seen, God has heard. He has held those babies as their mothers killed them. I believe those aborted children are with Him, in heaven.
~Danielle Lawrence
Some resourceful sites: www.justthefacts.org www.pointofview.org www.prolife.org www.roevwade.org www.reclaimingamerica.org www.focusonthefamily.org | 
jubilant 
Life is really good right now! I'm sooo happy! Everything is going wonderfully right now (except math, but that is ok!) I really love life! Here's why I'm happy:
I like him a whole lot and enjoy every moment I spend with him! (You would have gone second, Jer, but I didn't wanna hurt anyones feelings!)
