What Republicans Have done to stop Abortion

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

tstew,
I'm not removed from the situation with no apathy. My daughter's father wanted me to abort. I have a 21 year old beautiful, blue-eyed, blonde haired daughter. I'm glad I chose to keep her and yes I suffered from that decision, but it was much less than what I would have suffered had I aborted her.

She's gone through hell with it, because he's spoiled, rich and doesn't care about anyone but himself. He hasn't changed one bit since 21 years ago. He doesn't even acknowledge he has a daughter.

She was angry at my decision for many years. I shared things with her about him that caused me to walk away. That didn't satisfy her.

Now, she has a dear friend, who is a pastor's daughter that is pregnant. The father is violent. She was sharing what she told the young girl. "You are the mother and you have to make the decision to protect that child. My mother had to make that decision with me."

tstew, when she was sharing this with me she looked at me and had this expression on her face - she finally after all these years got it! Why I walked away, alone with her. I'm crying as I write this because I needed her to understand that so we could be healed. God is good all the time.

Anyway, on the subject of abortion. I just don't see how the issue could be overturned when we live in a liberal and basically immoral society. Even if every Republican was pro-life we are not the ones that are able to change the law. We still have to contend with those that don't agree. It will go to state's rights and then you fight the - "Don't tell me what to do with my body!"

Laws do not change the heart of man. God' spirit does that and the only hope we have is that the church just keeps on keeping on.

Where sin does abound, grace does also much more abound.

PO, I can only imagine facing that situation and having the courage to do what you know is difficult...but right. Doing what is right always pays off at the end. I'm sure that your experience will bring life to many people.

I don't get to personal on forums, but I will say that this particular issue is very passionate for me too. My wife and I lost our only child, and I would do anything to reverse that. It is that experience that I believe makes it difficult for me to look at millions of babies as a number that can be tolerated or trivialized while we spend decades working out the kinks.