Because I cannot remain silent.
Mar. 12th, 2009 02:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
olde_fashionedI stumbled across this video quite by accident, but after watching it, I just couldn't not post it here. To be honest, I think I would have felt guilty if I did not.
If evil triumphs because good men do nothing, and ignorance the root and the stem of every evil, then perhaps I will have done some good by speaking out against this horrific atrocity.
Watch the video, and look at the pictures.
Warning: The video isn't graphic, but the pictures that I've linked to below, are, quite frankly, horrific. This isn't CSI we're talking about, with fake dead bodies, these are real human beings. Dead babies that have been murdered. Living souls that have been snuffed out like so many candles. Tiny hands that will never grasp, little hearts that will never beat again.
Unless you're prone to squeamishness, I strongly advise looking at the images, but also taking care while you do so. They are not pretty. They're sobering, they're shocking, and they're thought-provoking. I know it's not fun to look at dead babies, but I think we need to see this.
I do know that a lot of people don't believe that abortion is murder, because a fetus isn't a baby, right? It's not a human being, it's a "fish" or some other such entity. Right? Well, you take a good look at these pictures, and then you tell me what abortion is.
This is what "a woman's right to choose" is. And this, and this, and this. This baby was beheaded.
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*sits back and waits for the firing squad*
If evil triumphs because good men do nothing, and ignorance the root and the stem of every evil, then perhaps I will have done some good by speaking out against this horrific atrocity.
Watch the video, and look at the pictures.
Warning: The video isn't graphic, but the pictures that I've linked to below, are, quite frankly, horrific. This isn't CSI we're talking about, with fake dead bodies, these are real human beings. Dead babies that have been murdered. Living souls that have been snuffed out like so many candles. Tiny hands that will never grasp, little hearts that will never beat again.
Unless you're prone to squeamishness, I strongly advise looking at the images, but also taking care while you do so. They are not pretty. They're sobering, they're shocking, and they're thought-provoking. I know it's not fun to look at dead babies, but I think we need to see this.
I do know that a lot of people don't believe that abortion is murder, because a fetus isn't a baby, right? It's not a human being, it's a "fish" or some other such entity. Right? Well, you take a good look at these pictures, and then you tell me what abortion is.
This is what "a woman's right to choose" is. And this, and this, and this. This baby was beheaded.
Comments will be screened.
*sits back and waits for the firing squad*
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Date: 2009-03-12 09:48 pm (UTC)That's interesting. It's less of an issue in my denomination because we're not OSAS, but then other problems come up.
Nope, I haven't read that. I take it that it's something you liked?
Definitely! The author was once pro-choice, so she knows how to speak to that crowd, but she has very important things to say to both camps. And she's now very firmly pro-life. You can read an essay on a similar topic on her website (http://www.frederica.com/writings/from-pro-choice-to-pro-life.html).
I feel like both sides need to rethink. The pro-choice camp needs to realize that abortion IS painful. That women who have abortions DO suffer. That's putting aside the larger moral issues. And the pro-life camp needs to realize the very real pressures that are put on women to have abortions (as I already mentioned).