Here is something I think when it comes to abortion.
Since everything has consequences, and the future is changed by every choice;
Scenario 1:
Woman gives birth to child X1
Woman gives birth to child Y1
Scenario 2:
Woman aborts child X1
Woman gives birth to child Y2
Would child Y2 have ever existed if the woman did not abort X1?
Scenario 3:
Girl of 18 gives birth to child X from a one night stand
Goes down the wrong path having given up education to be a mum
Because she lives in poverty, gives birth to more fatherless children who grow up in poverty
(this is a very common scenario)
Scenario 4:
Girl of 18 aborts child X from a one night stand
Continues education, learns self respect
Gets a good job, finds a husband, gets married has a family
I think it is about what we do with our life's after something, the future, and how we decide to think that defines things.
If you are pro-life, and someone chooses to have an abortion, what do you do, condemn them, curse them, tell them God will punish them, oppress them, talk behind their back, judge them? Or, do you support them, either way, whether they take your advice or not? With the same level of support, as if they chose to keep their child?
Scenario 5:
Girl of 18 gives birth to a child from a one night stand
Gives the child away, never to be seen again
Because the child has no real parents, the child suffers an identity crisis.
Gets into the wrong crowd, messes with the wrong people ends up shooting some people dead, goes to prison
There are too many scenarios and possibilities, but the main thing is: Good can come out of bad things, bad can come out of good things, good can come out of good things, and bad can come out of bad things.
People can go to prison for heinous crimes, come out and be blessed by God
People can live a pure life, and then screw up right at the end, and be blessed by God
People can believe they are not blessed by God, and be blessed by God
I'm an optimist. I believe in the best in people, even after seeing the worst in them, or things I don't agree with. But many see the worst of people and condemn them with their own judgements. But no-one is God. Playing judge and jury is playing God.
That is why having such a generalised debate is not really fruitful. One is not talking about a particular person, in a loving way, like how can we help them. One is taking a certain attribute and defining everyone with that attribute as the same.
One side says they are the truth, the other side say they are the truth. But the actual truth is that they both have truth, and coming together is part of it. Polarising things, and people, just seems a bit unhinged. People who are pro, tend to be more positive than people who are anti.
Compare a pro rally to an anti rally.
If you are pro-life, be pro-life, it's very different from being anti-abortion. Being anti always leads to using something which is somewhat against God who is love, something used to try to control.
'Fear'
