The chapter I read for this week's lesson touched on all the reasons why women want an abortion. It could be because they are too young, not married, were sexually abused, the baby has complications or they feel they have the choice because it is their body.
Now with those with complications. The church has said to council with church leaders, Heavenly Father and your spouse on this because in these cases the mom could be in danger of loosing her life or the baby may have a defect that will keep them living for more than a few hours of being born. Also with sexual abuse, that is a tough one and council with church leaders would be very beneficial.
Elder Russell M. Nelson explains the views of the church perfectly on abortion, "As sons and daughters of God, we cherish life as a gift from our Heavenly Father. It is eternal, as he is eternal. Innocent life is not sent by him to be destroyed! This doctrine is not of me, but is that of the living God and of his divine Son." I really could not think of a better way to explain why we must not abort a life. Heavenly Father put that life on this earth to learn and grow and become a son or daughter of God. It is not our right to say if can be taken away or not, Heavenly Father gave us the privilege to provide a life and that privilege should not be taken lightly.
Something else I also thought of was those moms who cannot have kids or have a really hard time having children. They would give anything to have a baby so if you have the opportunity to be a mom then take that as an honor and be the best mom you can be or use adoption so these moms can have the opportunity to have children. I know that some children may not be born into ideal circumstances and if people feel that they cannot care for the child LDS Family Services is always there to help those of the LDS faith make a decision and find parents to adopt if that is the way they want to go.
The First Presidency of the church came out with a statement in 1991 on abortion. In this statement they give "a few suggestions for preserving and defending the sanctity of life in legal and appropriate ways." Those six ways are: "maintain and promote chastity and fidelity. Help provide for unwed parents. Become more informed. Discuss the sanctity of life accurately and appropriately. Recognize the consequences of abortion. Strengthen our testimonies of the sanctity of life." More on abortion and the church's stance on it can be found on lds.org. You can type in abortion and find many talks, aticles and statements on the topic.
I have a testimony that each of us is a child of God and we are all sent to this earth for a purpose. I am sorry if I was preachy but I hope that we can all see that these little children have as much as a right to live as we do. Prolife.
Here is a video on a 12 years old view on abortion, this kid is pretty amazing!
Happy Day & Happy April!
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