tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post8060510119282063129..comments2024-01-10T02:16:17.236-05:00Comments on Life is Beautiful: Meaningful Life and AbortionLaura @ Life Is Beautifulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11217783333084830679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post-4403374987927598132016-11-16T15:56:33.997-05:002016-11-16T15:56:33.997-05:00This is beautifully written, Laura. What an amazin...This is beautifully written, Laura. What an amazing way to open up the conversation without being confrontational and abusive of either side of the argument. I love your spirit and dedication to our women in crisis. I just wish there were more and more people like you!Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03779249506705844523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post-48227323183053529742016-11-15T02:16:05.283-05:002016-11-15T02:16:05.283-05:00Butting in because I love that you commented! It&#...Butting in because I love that you commented! It's hard to argue with helping people, right? I'm so glad to see this trend too! As someone who's been doing pro-life (in every sense of the word, not just preborn lives) work for a while, it's SO good to see people really caring about people, not just ending abortion. There are awesome networks of medical pregnancy centers growing that offer health care for the whole person. You can look up Obria or Stanton Healthcare (they're seriously amazing). <br /><br />Love your point about education too. Telling teens to just "be safe" is not enough. I think it's great that you've advocated for a deeper understanding beyond the classic sex ed. We might disagree that abortion should ever be an option, but it sounds like you've done some great things to help people. <br /><br />Kudos to you for making sacrifices for your kids. Hopefully more and more people will work hard to make the world a place where all babies can be born because their moms know help is available.Laura https://www.blogger.com/profile/17306677582500633622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post-52378383835918185562016-11-14T19:22:57.343-05:002016-11-14T19:22:57.343-05:00I love what you did with the email as many people ...I love what you did with the email as many people don't do that. <br /><br />I will say that I am pro-choice with a lot of reservations. I believe that abortion should be the last choice after everything else has been examined and re-examined. My problem with it becoming illegal is that we will go back to back alley illegal abortions that will kill many more. <br /><br />I also believe that we wouldn't have many abortions if more people followed your lead. Many people don't (even a lot of my hippie liberal friends) follow what you did. <br /><br />I also believe that education of our youth on the choices and consequences of their behavior needs to be overhauled. Many kids don't learn about the consequences of risky behavior. Where I teach (with teenagers that are super at-risk) we have speakers from community-based organizations come in twice a week during science class to talk about different topics. One thing I lobbied for many years was not just talk about sex but add to part of the curriculum a component about being a parent, for the males staying in the child's life, how much it costs to have a baby, how much it costs to raise a child, resources on programs to help a parent out and about the safe baby surrender sites. After lobbying, it is now part of the health curriculum and it is more than one class. So, at least in my small world, these kids are being educated. One thing that I did not lobby for was abortion services (some did), I just said it should be last, last, last resort to be considered.<br /><br />I remember when my two kids were born eighteen months apart, 19 years ago. I wasn't making much money back then (finishing college) but I always found a way, sometimes it was food and stuff for them and I had to go without. <br /><br />I do agree with you that we do need to find a way in the nation to feed both the mother and child. <br /><br />Sorry for rambling and being so long. csuhpat1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12324673812333885120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post-1948728065893633862016-11-14T14:04:41.110-05:002016-11-14T14:04:41.110-05:00Laura, I am so happy that God has been using you i...Laura, I am so happy that God has been using you in this way! What a powerful story. I think it's interesting that you and the other woman discussed "meaningful life"-I've actually thought about that a bit since Peter was born. He doesn't "do" anything productive or especially extraordinary, but every time I take him out in public, it's amazing to see just how much joy he brings to others. And so I've thought about what a great gift it is that this helpless little baby can, in so many ways, bring such incredible depths of meaning and love to the world. <br />And I agree-not only would it be awesome for abortion to be illegal, but also for us to have a culture that empowers mothers and helps them have a better life with their children. AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462442204217572325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345474462993746539.post-10934396121967479072016-11-13T23:48:03.099-05:002016-11-13T23:48:03.099-05:00Thank you for doing what you do, Laura! Gosh, I mi...Thank you for doing what you do, Laura! Gosh, I miss those conversations outside the facilities so much. I need to figure out how to make this a much bigger part of my post-college life. Seeing people do what you're talking about and supporting life at all stages will do so much good. We don't just care about "forcing" women to give birth, but supporting the value of every life from beginning to end. What a beautiful response from people who are helping this baby be so warmly welcomed!Laura https://www.blogger.com/profile/17306677582500633622noreply@blogger.com