Abortion A Moral Issue

The Christian community is faced with many moral predicaments, which the bible did not address directly: predicaments that the unchristian world is fighting hard to sanitize. One such topic is the issue of abortion. What is abortion? Abortion is the premeditated or the conscious planning and the execution of that plan to terminate a pregnancy; and as we know a pregnancy is a process where a female egg is fertilized by the male sperm cell in the womb of a female to create a human life.

In speaking of the unborn human child Jehovah declared in Jeremiah 1:5; before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. This statement tells me, that Jehovah; the awesome creator of the universe and all that is in it, knows every child even before conception, he has ordained a plan for that unborn child and it matters not, at what stage of development the unborn is; be it, the Zygote, Embryo, Fetus etc. Jehovah has a plan for that child.

In the recent pass fornication, adultery, homosexuality, divorce, abortion and even bringing disrepute to the family name were scorned and frond at by all; while respect for all life, ones community, the elderly, etc. were held in high esteem. Unfortunately today members of the community even some members of the Christian community wears the above negatives (fornication, adultery, homosexuality, etc.) as a badge of honor while we are forced to feel ashamed to celebrate the above positives (respect for the elderly etc.).

The bible has detailed the consequences for the accidental termination of a pregnancy, so it is a sign that the accidental termination of an unborn life is serious business. If Jehovah prescribed or instituted a system of punishment for the accidental termination of a pregnancy how much more serious is the willful termination of a pregnancy. The fact that the bible did not address the topic of abortion directly; only means that Jehovah’s people will have to tap into the abundance of wisdom that Jehovah has given to us in dealing with this and other issues that were not directly addressed in the bible.

The None-Christian community is convinced that abortion is morally wrong, and for many years the legislature have ensure that the necessary laws were enacted to protect the unborn life that flourishes in the womb. Unfortunately today the fight for the right to perform indiscriminate abortions without any lawful consequences; is in full motion and such liberty has a fancy name or term, which is: “The Right to Choose.” This means that the pregnant female has a right to choose whether they should carry a pregnancy to full term and give birth or whether to terminate that pregnancy at any stage.

In order to gain acceptance for abortion, many people try to confused the issue and develop argument such as: when or at what stage does life began? But when does life truly begin. Let us take a close look at this very controversial question.

The abortionist, the right to choose organizations and their followers argues that their inability to recognize certain organs and other human characteristics in the zygote etc. is clear indication that such beings (the life that occupies the womb) are not human. It is important to note that just because the technology is unable to distinguish or recognize particular essential human features and or characteristics in the unborn child automatically mean that these features and characteristics are not there or they do not exist. We all know how primitive modern sciences and technologies are.

We have seen how primitive modern sciences and the technologies are. This is exhibited in the thousand of retraction of findings and theories that were declared to be truthful and factual. The new discoveries that brought to naught the many scientific beliefs that have been propagated as facts for many years. But more so the high level of ignorance that still exist in the field of science such as anatomy and physiology.

The female egg (s) is a living part of the mature female; however when that egg dies the body systematically expels it during menstruation. It is important to understand that female eggs or ovaries do not have the potential intelligent that is required to mature into an adult human. There is also the sperm cell which is the reproductive factor of the male. The Sperm cell is capable of living and functioning independently of its life source although not for long. Like the ovaries, the sperm cell independently do not possess the potential intelligence to mature into an adult human; however the merging or the coming together of the two cells; the sex cell of the male and the sex cell of the female has the potential intelligence that can and have been facilitating the maturity of the cellular union into a mature human. As a matter of fact such cellular being like the zygotes are human (possesses the forty six (46) chromosomes or the two pairs of twenty three (23) chromosomes that represents human life); however they have only attained the first stage of the process, in a long journey that will see the zygote eventually develop into a mature human.

The unborn must develop and mature in the same way an infant has the potential intelligence to be an adolescent but have to develop biologically and mentally in order to reach that stage. Bearing this concept in mind, we must therefore conclude that life began at conception. The fusion of the two cells, each carrying twenty three chromosomes has the potential intelligence or all that is needed to be a human. So at conception we have a human child. The different names (zygote, fetus Blastocyst etc.) that is attributed to the unborn child is just to aid us in understanding the stages of development the unborn child have attain at a given period before birth.

So there should not be any confusion or unanswered question as to when life begins, it is clear that life begins at conception. It is not important whether science and its accompanying technologies are incapable of recognizing the characteristics, that in their small mind, will make the unborn a human.

There are exceptional cases where in my opinion, abortion may be deemed as justify; however, in general I deem such procedure to be morally wrong. But morality no longer holds any real influence in today’s community. I can lend sanction to such case where the life of the mother is at serious risk if she continue the pregnancy or attempt to give birth (whether surgical or natural) to the child.

It is unfortunate, but in my opinion, a pregnancy which occurs as a result of rape is not one that justifies having an abortion. From the honest and sincere confession of the people who have had abortions, the mental pain of such procedure leaves emotional scars that never heals and the trauma that is associated with abortion are the type of trauma that affect the one who consent to such for the rest of their life. It is also important to know that having an abortion in no way, reduces the devastating and traumatizing effect of being raped. Although to carry a child that one unwillingly share with a man, who viciously violate the body of the victim may be hard, it will not impact as much as if a new trauma is added to an already traumatized life in the same way the consequences of having an abortion does.

I will terminate this discourse by making the following clear: I am not a woman, I have never been pregnant, I have never been raped and I have never have an abortion, I therefore wrote this article from the prospective of an empathetic adult male and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I pray that this article may give someone the convicting strength to better understand life and abortion.