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an abortion, you owe it to yourself to get the facts. That's what AbortionTV is all
about. You can start by contacting an AbortionTV
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Some letters to AbortionTV:
"Any feelings
of misgivings that are sure to arise from an unplanned pregnancy
absolutely stop as soon as that child takes his first breath."
J.K
To all who haven’t decided...
My due date is 3 days from now... November 29. I would be huge right
now... I would be happy. Please, don’t do this. It is a lie. If you have
even 1% doubt or have ever thought you couldn’t do this, then please
don’t. I am telling you right now, this is the most painful thing I have
ever had to go through, and it is far from over. I am 20 years old. I
got pregnant after being with my boyfriend for about one month. I didn’t
want to get the abortion, but my
boyfriend thought I should. I wasn’t strong enough to stand up for by
beliefs. I can’t blame anyone, and I am not trying to. I am simply
saying that there are so many more options. This will never go away. I
can never take it back. I can never have my baby. I not only took away
my child’s life, but also every other person my sweet babies life would
have effected. I wish I could have read this 9 months ago. I wish that I
would have known... please, don’t pass up your chance to give the most
beautiful gift you could... life.
Elaina
(Read
more letters...) |
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Sections on this page:
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Living 6 week unborn child from ectopic pregnancy |
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Is your reason to consider abortion to
eliminate the problem of either...
- Carrying a child to term and delivery and/or
- Having a child introduced into this world (whether or not you want to raise your child)
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or maybe you don't want to carry the
baby to term because of ...
- The potential embarrassment of other people knowing you're pregnant
and/or
- The physical inconvenience of the gestation period and birth process.
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or not wanting a child introduced
into your life because...
- This isn't the way you "envisioned" your life to turn out -- having a baby at
this time, or under these circumstances.
- You may not be financially able to raise your child.
- You're worrying that a future mate will not want you because you are raising a
child (or gave one up for adoption).
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The first thing
to remember is that right now, this very moment, you are a mother. You're
not a "potential" mother -- your baby is already growing inside you. It's
your child, and nothing can change this fact. You have three choices: 1) to raise
the child yourself; 2) give the baby through adoption to a loving family (and yes, you can
participate in your child's upbringing -- see "adoption"),
or 3) Kill your child through abortion.
If you're honest with yourself, you'll realize that
aborting your child only replaces one problem with a worse one -- knowing that you made
the decision to terminate a human life your baby's life. (see abortion videos)
It's hard not to respect the late Mother Theresa.
Here's her point of view.
"By abortion, the mother
does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And, by
abortion, that father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for
the child he has brought into the world"
Mother Theresa
The National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC, February 5, 1994 --Before the
President, his wife and a room packed with clergy of all denominations. |
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Don't be mislead,
the fetus inside you is not a "small blob of unrecognizable tissue," or some
insignificant "birth product," (a term used by abortionists to protect
themselves from the truth of what they're really doing). It's
human. By the time you know you're pregnant, your baby already has a heartbeat. |
At six weeks your
baby may not look exactly like you, but does a nine year old child look like a
seventy year old? Of course not, but would anyone argue that they're both human
beings? Are you going to look physically identical to the way you are now
in thirty years? |
In a similar way, the actual
"birth" is just another "transition" on the human highway -- from the
womb to open-air. Just because we cannot see the baby, does not mean we can
disregard what is there. (see abortion
pictures, videos) |
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The womb does an
excellent job of nurturing the growing baby, but perhaps with one flaw: there's no
window for us to see inside. This lack of a window is the pro-abortionist
best friend. Oftentimes, we choose to believe that what we don't see,
doesn't exist. It somehow makes the act seem OK because we cannot view what is
actually taking place. In a similar way, massive opposition to the Vietnam war
materialized only after television brought the horrors of war into our living rooms.
Maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves. First, you
may want to review the facts on the page "View Live
Abortions," to fully understand what abortion entails, then return here. |
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| Embarrassment OK, maybe it's embarrassing. Maybe you didn't plan on
getting pregnant. We're all human. We all make mistakes, and everyone
gets embarrassed at times. Sometimes our mistakes aren't obvious to others,
sometimes they are. This one is. Other people may want you to have the
abortion because they are embarrassed. Perhaps your parents or
boyfriend. It's not fun or comfortable to be embarrassed. But is the cost
(killing a human being) of eliminating this embarrassment worth it?
The embarrassment of being pregnant goes away quickly --- the emotional trauma of abortion
stays with you the rest of your life. |
| Physical Inconvenience. Yes, it can be inconvenient. Your stomach will
grow. You'll have to deliver the baby. Here's another reality: it's only
temporary and surely a small price to pay knowing that you did the right thing -- letting
your baby live. |
| A baby isn't in your cards at this
time Maybe this is the first major incident in
your life that doesn't "follow your script." Maybe you intended to get
married and live on the same neighborhood as your childhood friends -- all with healthy
bouncing babies, backyard cookouts and perfect marriages (see Peggy Sue Got Married,
starring Kathleen Turner). Well, here's a fact: yours, and everyone else's
lives never go exactly as planned (see the evening news). If it wasn't this baby, something
will come along to throw your life off track. Let's not blame the baby, it's not her
fault. Let's just blame fate that things don't always turn out the way we want them
too. |
| Future mate or current boyfriend may
disapprove Encourage your boyfriend to join you
in viewing the pictures and videos on AbortionTV. Share the experience of
discovering the real truth behind abortion.
Second, if you're ultimate Prince Charming cannot
accept the fact that either: 1) you're raising a child, or 2) that you gave a child
for adoption, then consider this: he's neither a Prince, or Charming. Find a
real man. You wouldn't be happy with that one anyhow. |
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| REALITY #1: You're
pregnant. You cannot unwind this experience.
Abortion won't unwind it either. The only choice now is how you deal with it.
Whether you're brave enough to do the only right thing -- having the baby.
Take comfort in the fact that this has to be the only inconvenience that you
experience. If you cannot raise the child, and you have to be honest with yourself
about this -- then there are fabulous and rewarding choices.
(see "Other ways to get rid of the kid") |
| REALITY #2: You're not alone. There
are thousands of women in your same predicament. View one girl's story. |
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| REALITY #3: Your life will
change from today forward. Choosing abortion temporarily eliminates the
"physical," problem, yet in reality, only replaces it with a life-long
emotional one. |
| REALITY #4: You may not be
supported to do the right thing. To complicate things, many people you
love may not want you to have the baby (for their reasons, not yours). |
| REALITY #5: What if
your mother had aborted you? She
didn't. But consider this. That baby inside you (left alone to grow) will
someday be your age. Imagine that person sitting beside you today.
What possible reason can you give him/her for considering terminating the only life they
would ever have? Is any reason worth it? |
| REALITY #6: This is NOT an
unwanted baby. Maybe it is unwanted by you, and
that is OK. There's nothing wrong with feeling this way. This may not be the
right time for you to raise a child.
You may ...
- be a single mother
- not be mentally ready to raise this child
- not be financially able to raise this child
- still be in school or have other major obligations
- be a minor living with your parents
- be married and not want to raise another child
- know that this child has physical or other problems that you don't feel capable about
dealing with them.
- or hundreds of other reasons...
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Consider
this:
There are 200,000 couples in the United States who desperately DO want your baby!
Ironically, each year there are only 25,000 babies to adopt. |
Maybe adoption
isn't for you, or maybe it's something
you may want to consider.
More on adoption |
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