The Sanctity of Life in Great Britain
Two very heart wrentching stories have shown up in Britain dealing with abortion. One deals with the ease in which one can go about getting an abortion these days while the other discusses parents having abortions due to defects in the child. My first take on this is, "When will this come to our shores? Or has it already?" But then the deeper question arises--What about the respect and care of the unborn? Has England lost its conscience?
Well here are the stories.
Make 'em perfect: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=388114&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5
And sex as recreation: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2201486,00.html
This first story just begins with saddness. "The ethical storm over abortions has been renewed as it emerged that terminations are being carried out for minor, treatable birth defects." The piece chalks it up to people wanting to have the "perfect" baby. Well, are we to judge perfection based on physical characteristics when it comes to our fellow man, or are we to only look at the body? Given the day's culture and what we see on TV and magazines, the body is all there is. (Plus, when hear some of these Hollywood types speak, it seems that the body is all they have so it better be perfect.) But I for one am not ready to throw away life because it looks different. Are we to get rid of Stephen Hawking?
The second story points to exactly what abortion is: a means to have sex without having to suffer the consequences. We have gone from abortion being necessary for the mother's health to aboriton being necessary for the salvation of the mother's social life. Here are the numbers of women getting this "treatment" in Britain.
Well here are the stories.
Make 'em perfect: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=388114&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5
And sex as recreation: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2201486,00.html
This first story just begins with saddness. "The ethical storm over abortions has been renewed as it emerged that terminations are being carried out for minor, treatable birth defects." The piece chalks it up to people wanting to have the "perfect" baby. Well, are we to judge perfection based on physical characteristics when it comes to our fellow man, or are we to only look at the body? Given the day's culture and what we see on TV and magazines, the body is all there is. (Plus, when hear some of these Hollywood types speak, it seems that the body is all they have so it better be perfect.) But I for one am not ready to throw away life because it looks different. Are we to get rid of Stephen Hawking?
The second story points to exactly what abortion is: a means to have sex without having to suffer the consequences. We have gone from abortion being necessary for the mother's health to aboriton being necessary for the salvation of the mother's social life. Here are the numbers of women getting this "treatment" in Britain.
The number of abortions bpas provided to women in the first nine weeks of gestation rose from 27,000 to 32,000 between 2004 and 2005. Early abortions now account for 65 per cent of the organisation’s 49,000 case load, up from 56 per cent a year earlier. This increase is part of an overall trend. In 2004, the latest year for which government figures are available, there were 185,400 abortions in England and Wales, compared with 181,600 in 2003, a rise of 2.1 per cent.
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