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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alright, I am not exactly sure why I am wading into this except that I wanted to make a point to my fellow pro-lifers, which is that you aren't taking into consideration the emotional toll that it can take on a mother, other parent and older children to carry to term a child who has a very small chance of survival.  Are you visibly pregnant right now?  Think of how many times a day an acquitance or stranger asks you if you know what you are having, if you are excited, if you have the nursery ready?  When your older children are with you, how frequently someone asks them if they are excited to be a big brother or sister?  Now imagine that younhave a less than 5% chance of giving birth to a live baby and a much less than that chance of bringing a baby home.  Could you do it?  I wish I could say that I could, that i could allow my child to die in my arms, but I really, honestly could not.  Maybe in a world where i coukd live i a cave and not see people and be reminded that I could miscarry my baby any day and that longing prayed for and awaited child is destined to die.  And I don't think I could ask my 3 year old to do it either.  
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You are right. I am sorry if I posted anything that seemed like I lack compassion.  I think that I and others were posting not to make things harder, but to share another viewpoint. I guess it's just all about how you look at things. You get lots of "it's okay, it's okay, it's okay" but anyone who says anything different is told to be quiet. There are many mothers who have aborted and regretted it. There are many who have not aborted and appreciated the time that they did have. Why is it taboo to discuss this?

Compassion is not what I lack. It's just that I look at things like- it's not really anyone's place to commit such a violent act when you don't even know how things would turn out- but even if you did, it's a horribly violent act to commit against an innocent baby. Some people do not realize that. I did not always view things like this. I never even thought about what abortion was, so I was okay with it. It was just "a thing". I thought it was wrong, but it wasn't anything to get worked up about. Then when I found out about what actually happens, that changed my mind. It's a TERRIBLE thing to do to a baby.

I don't deny that it must be very hard for the mothers and I feel for them. I feel for them if they don't terminate but they know the chances aren't good. I feel for them if they do terminate. Neither choice is going to erase the pain. There is going to be pain. I just feel for the little babies whose lives end in such a horrible fashion. And I feel for the mothers who eventually have to deal with how they choose to end their child's life. You can feel okay for years, but it will eventually catch up to you. I don't care if it's your choice- I will accept that it is, but I will never agree that it's okay to rip a child apart; and that it's the only option.

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