Top Ten Reasons Why I Vote Pro-Life

Pro-Life Voting

This is not about the past nor shaming or condemning women. My comments are not to refute the woman’s rights dialogue. I am interested in looking forward and instilling ideas into minds of those who may not have looked at it with this viewpoint. 

Neither do I need to have a conversation with people with closed minds. If you do not agree with me, you just do not have to read this. If you have an open mind and are curious about rationale for Pro-Life Voting, read on.

Abortion targets the infirm, the weak, the less desirable, people of color, and harms women. For many women, it is not really a choice, it is the only option she is given. It is pressure from family, friends, society and possibly the father. It is born out of fear of the unknown. 

Millions of women have babies and go on to see their dreams come to fruition. However, there are no guarantees in life, and we cannot predict the future, including after abortion. In other words, abortion is not the magic pill to make a woman’s life better.

Top Ten Reasons Why I Vote Pro-Life

1. I tried very hard to get pregnant. 
   • While I was acutely aware of thousands of abortions happening all around me. All I wanted was at least one child. Through adoption – I was blessed with 2 – but that is another story. 

2. The Genetics and the DNA of a human is solidified immediately at the moment of conception.
   •  That is not about religion – that is about Science. 

3. The embryo and the fetus are simply early stages of development of a human being. 
   • Is it acceptable to stop the development of a teen because they are not yet an adult and cannot live on their own, supporting themselves? Is it acceptable to stop the life of a toddler because they are not yet a school aged child and cannot dress and feed themselves or walk to the school bus? Then neither is it acceptable to stop the beating heart of a fetus because it is not capable of living outside of the womb. 

4. The fetus does indeed feel pain.

5. All Lives Matter – but in the case of abortion, the statistics overwhelmingly show more black abortions than white. 
   • So do Black Lives Matter less than Whites? Where is the outrage for systemic or institutional racism in the case of abortion?

6. I have cared for hundreds of children who were born at early ages of gestation (as early as 23 weeks) who have survived, thrived, and gone on to become full functioning members of society.

7. I have cared for thousands of children who were born with a birth defect, genetic abnormality, trauma in utero, among other health issues, who are wonderful people and have enriched their parents lives not to mention others in the world around them. 

8. I have cared for hundreds of children with Down syndrome. 
   • Have you ever met a person with Down Syndrome? Aren’t they very special, happy, love filled individuals? Some countries like Norway and Denmark abort nearly all of the babies with Down Syndrome and claim they have eradicated the disease. The US also accepts Down Syndrome as a reason for abortion.

9. There are many other “choices”.
   • Adoption, Parenting, Abstinence, Birth Control to name a few.

10. I was born with a Cleft Lip and Palate. 
    • Great Britain is reviewing its laws that allow aborting babies solely because they have a cleft lip and palate as well as Club Foot. (All treatable conditions.) I know other countries – such as China – already actively abort for these reasons. If I was conceived in today’s world in a certain country (even in this country), I would be aborted on that fact alone. Even my own gynecologist suggested to me when I was concerned about my chances of having a baby with a cleft, that we could do an ultrasound and if the baby was affected – I could abort. Let that sink in. 

Our only hope is to enact laws to protect our most vulnerable. 

This issue is far reaching and is not simply a “One Sided View”.

• Pro-life laws also protect the elderly and infirm.
• It is not only Republicans who are Pro-Life. Check out Democrats for Life. 
• There are groups such as Secular Pro Life and Pro-Life Atheist Organizations – so this is no longer just about religion. 
• Women who call themselves Feminists support life.
• Many women who have had abortions have gone on to support the Pro-Life cause and champion for change based on their own personal experience and possibly preventing other women from making the same choice. 
• People conceived in Rape and Incest are coming out to support Pro-Life laws. 
• Individuals who survived abortions, share their stories to promote Pro-Life laws. 
• Babies born into a poverty situation have the chance to break that cycle when they grow up. Babies aborted because of poverty, will never have that chance.

My statements are not meant to be blaming or cause another person grief about their own choices they have made in the past. 

My statements reflect an alternate viewpoint to the rationale for abortion. 

My statements are about the future and the possibilities for hope, healing, and forgiveness.