No, Don’t Carve Out Exceptions

No, Mr. President, let’s don’t carve out exceptions. It is completely illogical to carve out exceptions in pro-life policy. There is either a baby worthy of our protection, or there isn’t.

It is that simple.

This is a very emotional subject, but it really is that simple. Women who have been assaulted need our genuine love and compassion. We do not need people who don’t want to help us deal with our pain or grief by pretending it didn’t happen and we certainly do not need the additional violence of abortion, if there is a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault.

To say that you are pro-life for unborn babies, is straightforward. It means you believe we would not carve babies out of women. We should not kill children in or out of the womb. Simple!

So why on earth would you think we should carve out “exceptions?” Making exceptions for the so-called “hard cases” is no less cruel. There is a baby, a second victim, who through no fault of their own are part of the complex situation. But that doesn’t qualify that tiny boy or girl for the death penalty. Their father is the criminal, not them!

Their mom, needs us more than ever. She needs support and compassion. Whether or not she conceives, she will anyway. Depending on the situation, she may need to learn a whole new set of coping skills and life management strategies. A pregnant girl or woman is already a mom. The only question is: will she be the mother of a live child or a dead child?

No, Don’t carve out exceptions.

Those exceptions are people. The tiniest, most vulnerable people need us to protect them, not carve them out of the wombs of their mothers, chopping them up into pieces. Please, let’s not. There are so many of us. Just ask us and we will tell you that we love our lives.

President Trump, it is mind boggling that people are even still talking about this in this way. SO many people are holding onto this confused compassion as though it is acceptable. So-called pro-lifers too, are admitting that they are “pro-choice with exceptions” oops, I meant, “pro-life with exceptions.” Oh wait, is there a difference!?!

Elitists decide who should live and who should die, or who deserves protection and who does not. True pro-life people value every life -everyone. No matter the age, stage, location, level of development, or disability, they hold that we should not intentionally kill people.

I know the pain.

I know the pain and I still say, “No, don’t carve out exceptions!” After child sexual abuse, then juvenile sex trafficking, I had a the experience of envisioning abortion when I was literally threatened, “you will have an abortion, of I will kill you!” In a supernatural dream, I saw a tiny face, ribs and stubbly little fingers, after I’d made an appointment. With no education, I saw the truth. Now anyone can see it.

My early life was full of abuse and neglect. I suffered every deprivation through my teen years, involved in juvenile sex trafficking. I know the pain of the core violation of sexual assault. But, I also know what happens in abortion. That baby doesn’t deserve a brutal death any more than you deserve to be assaulted. No one deserves that. It is a great evil. The opposite of love, especially when it involves betrayal of someone who should have cared for you and protected you.

This world is broken, severely broken. There are people who do unspeakable things to other people every day. Let’s not allow it as part of our public policy to allow it to continue.

Calling all pro-lifers!

If you are really pro-life and not elitists, you must stand up for all children and adults who are deemed not worthy by those who profit from the killing of vulnerable people. Stand up for basic human rights: the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

You cannot have liberty without life. Nor can you pursue happiness if you are in bondage. These rights are consecutive, not concurrent. You might feel like you are in bondage when pregnant, but it is temporary. I know, I hated being pregnant. But killing another human being is not the answer.

Let’s offer hope and healing.

Women who conceive by rape need our real love, tangible and material needs must be met. A listening ear, a compassionate response, and support throughout her healing.