I hate debates. I hate people arguing, fighting, de-friend-ing, and all of the other mess that comes along during election times. I also hate the word hate. But I seem to find myself using that word quite frequently lately as well, as far as this election goes. So, here, in the semi-privacy of my blog, I am going to use my freedom of speech and express how I feel about this....
We are in an incredible state of crisis in this country. Some, I feel, are too blinded to really see it, but the ones who do, generally focus on the tax issues, the economy, jobs, and all of those other very important issues that we have at hand. I am very much in agreement for lower gas prices, more jobs, lower taxes, borders having tighter security and so on and so on. I realize many of these issues are serious, and I do not in any way want to down play that. But what is weighing so heavily on my heart is women's rights. Maybe it is because I am a women, maybe I am just a softy, but I believe that women should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. HOWEVER, I do not believe in women having the right to decide fatal decisions when it comes to the LIFE they are carrying. I know some will roll their eyes and immediately step up on their soap boxes at that comment, but this is my heart. I also realize that there are several decisions when it comes to abortion that are very sensitive such as rape and incest. I am not trying to make light of those situations, but the reality is that those cases are actually a very, very tiny percentage of the reported abortions. What I am mostly referring to is the fact that people are using abortions as a means of birth control with out one thought (or maybe they fight those thoughts??) as to the fact that the "tissue" they have inside them is in fact a baby. A baby who needs his/her mother to fight for it, not kill it.
I realize that a lot of the argument is that it is a women's right, it is her body. It is also an argument that if the child is "unwanted" anyways, why bring it into the world just to be put into foster care? I am here to tell you that they are TONS and TONS of families that would take those children. It is called adoption. It is also proven that once a birth mother sees her child on an ultrasound for the first time, she usually changes her mind about having an abortion.
I have always been pro-life. Always. But I was never really able speak out about it, or stand up for it because I had never really done any research on it. Well, I have been researching, and reading, and listening. And no, not just to conservatives who think the way I do, but to other sides as well. It is important to get the facts and to learn what is really going on, not just stand up for something that is what you THINK is going on. The truth is, abortion is murder. Killing innocent babies. I weep just thinking about what we are so blindly, as a nation, fighting over. How did we, as Americans, come to this? It breaks my heart.
A little over four years ago, there was a child whose parents were thinking about abortion. The dad was all for it, and the mom was a bit uncertain. She, although she was unable to figure out how to provide for her child, said plain and clearly, "I am the one who made the mistake, not him. He should no be killed because of my mistake." (paraphrased) I will forever be grateful that BOTH of those beautiful people chose life. Because, quite simply, they gave us their son. My child may never have been a part of my life. God orchestrated this family, and I am making a promise now to stand up for the little voices that need to be heard, that need to be born.
So, this year, although I am not crazy about everything that is going on in the political arena, and I will not get a total package with a canidiate who is for everything that I am, I am going to vote for LIFE. I am going to do my part to stand up for those tiny voices that need someone to fight for them. And I am going to pray, that some how, some way, God will open the eyes of our Nation to see the damage that is being done.
With MUCH love in my heart for these precious babies,
Ashley
