I direct her to a Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center that I support financially that will help her with healthcare, expenses, and maybe job training and childcare once the baby is born.
My lower education was by home school.... but through a large, mega "Evangelical" church. The church had a school (K-12) but ALSO a support ministry for homeschooling. I was a part of that. The curriculum was provided by the school, testing and grades were made by it, etc.
Well, it required "service hours". Quite a few. Half of which could be through our church (which I did), but I supplied the rest by mostly by
volunteering at a "crisis pregnancy center" one my parents and church financially helped. Because I was a teen and a BOY, I was not permitted to interface with the moms, so I did secretarial work, cleaning, helped with the storeroom, etc.
When there were no moms at the center, I often spoke with the two care givers then volunteering. And (it was obvious) they made a point of talking to me - a teen boy super-saturated with male hormones and already sort of dating. Anyway,
those years had a profound and lasting impact on me. In terms of how I view my sexuality and that of others, how I view abortion, and how I view being responsible.
ONE of the things I learned is that OFTEN the mom feels a LOT of pressure - from the dad, from her parents, and often from "friends" all of whom often pressured her to "get rid of the thing." They were told the "thing" was just a lifeless blob of non-human cells, and an abortion was the same as getting a haircut (except hair is alive and this thing isn't). The pressure often equated to expectations and sometimes demands. At times, the reason was purely economic (guys know all about child support laws and parents that often they end up contributing time and money) but more often, it was simply "do the easy thing".
But here's the thing: Moms often don't buy this. Especially after they learn about the development of their baby and when they "meet" her through an ultrasound. The "pro-choice" thing is not only absurd (the one most being killed has no choice at all!) but often not true AT ALL. The mother is told to do this... and feels she has no other choice. The center tried to listen, care, support - and show that there are options.
The Pro-Abortion "camp" isn't about giving choice to some and depriving it from the one to be killed, it's about PROPERTY. Declaring the unborn to just be PROPERTY. OWNED by the mother (like a slave - not a human, not a person) and she can do with IT whatever she wants - including killing "it." They are consistently speaking of the unborn as PROPERTY, not even the equal of your dog but more like a kleenex. They MAY have to realize that ultra-sound but still insist, "That's an image of PROPERTY." Children are property, slaves... owned by the powerful who may do with "it" as the owner pleases - even be killed. All this is defended by terms, language, arguments taken right from the pro-slavery movement in the US long ago, just regurgitated. The pro-abortion argument all depends on DIVIDING mother from child, pinning them against each other, insisting the woman has POWER and OWNERSHIP, and that this blob they see in the ultra-sound isn't alive, isn't human, it's property they own and control. Because of the pressure they feel, some moms choose to believe that.... because it lessens their guilt. Of course, the abortionist makes a lot of money doing this. Blood money.
But more and more moms don't buy the obvious lie. They know this one kicking them is not a a kleenex or lifeless blob... this is their baby. The abortion rate in the US has been declining for a long time now as more and more people are recognizing the lies and choosing to be more responsible in their personal lives (teens for example are far more apt to use contraceptives than they were). We are winning - simply because we are right.
Overturning Roe v Wade doesn't change much, States are still free to empower this murder, this "property" mentality, this lie that until the last cell of the last toe to exit the birth canal happens, it's just a lifeless blob - not a baby, not a boy, not a girl, not a human (not even a cockroach) but lifeless, worthless property (like a used kleenex). And some US states will do that (including my state) - at least for as long as they can keep us the lie and be supported by dads who don't want to use a condom and pay child support. We need to tell the truth.... we need to support BOTH moms and babies.... we need to counter the division, the divisiveness that the pro-abortion camp so needs.... we need to encourage responsibility, care, support.
- Josiah
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