The fam and I recently watched Amazing Grace. I was struck by a scene in which William Wilberforce ambushes a group of British MPs (Members of Parliament) on board a pleasure cruise of the harbor. Wilberforce is standing on the deck of a slave ship and assails his unsuspecting audience with a graphic verbal description of the horrific conditions experienced by those Africans kidnapped by British slavers.
I couldn’t help but compare this stunt with the use of imagery by Pro-Life/Anti-Abortion advocates. I thought it revealing that Wilberforce’s trap is shown to be a bold and heroic move. What is the difference between Wilberforce’s recitation of the evils of slavery and a Pro-Lifer’s use of abortion imagery? None, I think.
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You have a point when used to influence mature adults. But I’ll emphasize that young children should not be exposed to such imagery.
Otherwise, bravo.
Hmmm… I’m not so sure.
While I wouldn’t go out of my way to shove these kinds of images in the faces of small children, I think any child mature enough to navigate the world wide web is probably mature enough to handle this horrible reality.
I’m not sure how long I will hide this atrocity from my children. After all, it is killing thousands of their peers every day.
God Bless
Unfortunately, we seem to be a nation who will rise up in unity against cruelty to animals, and stand up to pedophiles, while saying killing an unborn child is nothing to get upset about. Since when did premeditated murder of an innocent human being become okay with God?
By all means, these pictures should be shown until they sicken people into taking action. There are many positive things we can do that don’t involve violence against abortion clinics by pro-lifers.
These films could and should be shown to youth groups in every church. We can also support ministries and programs designed to encourage unwed teens to keep their babies, and either adopt them to folks who would be responsible loving parents, or offer these would-be unwed parents financial assistance until they can support themselves. While I know many people object to that, better supporting an unwed mother and her child for a time, than having one more horrific murder chalked up in our nation’s mounting abortion statistics. You can’t put a monetary value on a human life.
There are two parts of this whole abortion thing. Not only is abortion murdering an unborn child, but abortion oftentimes murders the spirit inside the woman who went through this.
As a mother of a daughter who took the option of abortion (at 3 1/2 months I might add - forgive me if I ramble here a moment, I still myself struggle with this) I have personally seen the devastation that it causes to a woman in her soul, in her heart, in her spirit, in her emotions, in her entire being. Many, many women, not just my daughter, live with that horrible act inside of them and never ever turn to the Lord for healing. They never reconcile what they did with what Christ did for us on the cross.
My daughter attempted suicide 5 years after she had done this and to this day still mourns for what she has done. She was told she would never have children because of it (thank the Lord that wasn’t the case) but in reality she was forever scarred. I have spent countless hours with her in my arms, both of us sharing tears, and yet her healing hasn’t totally happened. She cannot find God’s forgiveness for her nor her own forgiveness for herself.
I myself bear scars and took years to come to terms with what happened and only then by God’s perfect mercy.
So while I agree that there needs to be a support system for unwed mothers and much more, I also believe that somehow more women who have experienced this devastation and are walking in devastation need to somehow be reached too.