Doctors are to prognosis what weathermen are to forecasting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 01/23/2003 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jefferson, Roe & Wade
> Peter wrote: > > I believe that abortion should be taken out > > of the ethics area and moved to medical health. > > Medicos are responsible people and I know that > > in their training they have to debate obstetric situations. > > I don't want medical doctors determining the fate of my children. Sometimes > they are wrong. I saw a woman on television not too long ago who was told > by the doctors that her child did not have a brain. They urged her to have > a late term abortion. She refused. Today the child is a lovely living > daughter about 12 years old. She has some problems, but she lived and the > doctors were wrong. > > Imagine your wife going to the doctor, whom you have given authority in this > matter, and the doctor has his own financial reasons perhaps in recommending > an abortion. Now the choice is your wife's and her doctor's, but what about > you? Something is wrong with this picture. The husband has forfeited his > authority. This is not Godly. > > The point about the abortion issue is that we must live responsibly. If we > have sexual intercourse, it produces children. We have a responsibility > toward this action. The child was not thrust upon us unexpectedly unless we > are idiots. And even if we were idiots, that does not justify us in > terminating a life when we come to our senses concerning what we have done. > Surely God has a purpose in the children he blesses us with. Children are a > blessing, not a curse. > > Peter wrote: > > I may not know all about women, but I listen, and > > I haven't met any women who would say "Yippeeee! > > Now I can have an abortion! That's great because > > I've always looked forward to having one of those!!!" > > There is always a degree of reluctance. > > I agree, and this is an indication that should they choose to abort their > child, they are acting against their conscience. I have heard so many women > complain how they were just doing what the doctor told them they should do. > > Something is really wrong if the statistic is true that one out of every > three pregnancies end with an abortion. May believers in Christ not > contribute to that statistic. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida USA > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
