My Body. My Choice.

 choice: n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

Am I turning into one of those old ladies who spouts her opinion because she can? was my thought. You know the type. No one asks what they think or feel, but they voice it anyway.

It had been a while since I weeded a gravel path, but there I was--on my hands and knees. The forest fire smoke that blanketed the area earlier in the day was being swept off by a breeze. The thermometer was cooperating, so I wasn't getting overheated. It was a good time to think.

I am not one prone to confrontation or conflict. If anything, I may tend to be too passive--or perhaps, I used to be. Much of my writing has been on the "safe" side. Do I really want to write about this? I asked myself. 

Yes. Good, bad. Right or wrong. I have something to say. And I'm going to say it.

A war cry is being shouted across the land by pro-abortionists: "My body. My choice."

Since the beginning of creation, procreation has taken place on planet Earth between a male and a female. A sperm cell from the father fuses with an egg cell from the mother, and conception takes place, the start of pregnancy. This is the beginning of a new life, a God-given life. 

Within 24 hours after fertilization, the egg that will become a baby rapidly divides into many cells. God designed the female body to provide a cocoon for that new life until he/she is able to survive in the world as we know it. 

There are those who try to argue the fertilized, developing embryo is "just a blob of cells," and is, therefore, expendable. I would remind those who take that stand that every person on the face of the earth was once in that state, including them. 

Some feel abortion is necessary if there is an indication the baby won't be "perfect." That thinking includes those with Down's Syndrome. My cousin was one of those "imperfect" people. Bonita had more kindness and love in her heart than most people have in their pinky, including those who would have advocated she be aborted.

Many who are pro-abortion feel they have a right to do whatever they want when it comes to pregnancy-- unwanted, inconvenient, or otherwise. 

What is an abortion? It is "the expulsion from the womb of a fetus or embryo before it is fully developed." What is pregnancy? It is "the progression of stages from conception to birth."

The basis for an abortion is the presence of life. Abortion is the termination of life.

Yes. It is your body. Yes. It is your choice. But understand that the choice you are making isn't about whether you want curly fries or tater tots. It is a life or death choice, and that decision doesn't affect only you. It affects an innocent, one without voice who is given no choice over his/her destiny.