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I received the following response to my video entitled, "How Would You Feel?"

"What do women do then when they get raped and are now pregnant? Pregnant daughters from fathers? Unwed Women have been forced in past history to give up their children by their families, these same women are lost for the rest of their lives looking for their babies. What do we do as a society with pregnant Women when they suffer with a mental illness? What about the mother who just recently dumped her children (7 and 4) into the river here in Portland? Was she healthy enough to be a mother for our Lord's Child 7 years ago?

As a Woman and as your sister in Christ - I want to love all Women and respect each individual hardship that some women go through life. I want to be able not to just think of myself in my life but learn from Women who Hurt and let them know that I will not judge their decision. We are all God's children and I feel He wants us to help and care for each other and not Blame and Shame. Just my thoughts."

Dear "Wondering",

Thank you for sharing your opinions. I am going to answer your questions one by one.

"What do women do then when they get raped and are now pregnant? Pregnant daughters from fathers?"

First of all, statistics show that only 1% of all abortions are performed because of rape or incest. That can never be used to justify the other 99%-which is the overwhelming majority. But let’s discuss that one percent–these girls are caught in a horrible situation which should never happen to anyone. The thing is: will killing their baby make them feel any better or remedy the situation? Of course not! If anything, it will most likely heap depression on them. I’m not saying they need to raise the baby themselves; they can give him/her up for adoption. Though it is a grievous situation they are in, it can never justify killing a life. Because one life already suffers, it does not mean another life needs to suffer (or in this case, be terminated).

"Unwed Women have been forced in past history to give up their children by their families, these same women are lost for the rest of their lives looking for their babies."

Are you saying it would have been better if they had killed them instead? Would that not make them feel lost? In most cases, they will probably feel more lost. On top of the loss of their child, they would have to grapple with the guilt and depression that comes with the (conscious or subconscious) knowledge that they are responsible for the death of their child through abortion. In addition, women who purposely kill their babies just so they won’t have to bother to give them up for adoption are being selfish. Some seem to think it’s emotionally easier to murder your baby than to give him/her up for adoption. That is nonsense!

"What do we do as a society with pregnant Women when they suffer with a mental illness?"

If a woman is mentally unable to care for a child or refuses to give proper care to her child, she should give him/her up for adoption.

"What about the mother who just recently dumped her children (7 and 4) into the river here in Portland? Was she healthy enough to be a mother for our Lord's Child 7 years ago?"

Are you saying it would have been better if they had been killed seven and four years earlier, respectively? That does not make sense to me. It is murder either way. It is just as sorrowful either way. Neither abortion nor drowning your children can ever be justified.

"As a Woman and as your sister in Christ - I want to love all Women and respect each individual hardship that some women go through life. I want to be able not to just think of myself in my life but learn from Women who Hurt and let them know that I will not judge their decision. We are all God's children and I feel He wants us to help and care for each other and not Blame and Shame. Just my thoughts."

Certainly, we should love all these women with the love of Christ no matter what mistakes they may or may not have made. Nevertheless, there are still certain things that must be judged. We must judge between good and evil. "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Isaiah 5:20

My video’s purpose is not to "blame and shame" these women. I wanted to inform them in hope that they will make the right decision (choose life). If you are hurting or facing hardship, does that give you the right to go out and kill someone? Definitely not!

Regarding what you said, "we’re all God’s children." Technically, we are all God’s creation; however, unless we are saved by believing in Jesus Christ, we are not God’s children and not heirs according to the promise. For instance, Hitler was created by God as all people have been. He was not God’s child. It is great that you have love, compassion, and concern for these women. I implore you to have that same love, compassion, and concern for God’s creation within the womb.

I want to end with questions to ponder: In our society, why would many people be willing to do everything they could to rescue a seven year old outside of the womb but not a seven week old (or even seven month old) child still in the womb? In God’s sight and from a Biblical worldview, is there a difference? If so, what? If not, why not?

In Christ alone,

Alyssa Liljequist