What if your mother was going to die if she didn't have an abortion?
I did not know what to say. I know that ALL Cases of abortion are morally wrong and a mortal sin. But, when the baseball reaches home, its kind of hard. You can say a Mother should die instead of having an abortion all day long. BUT, whats hard is saying, MY Mother should die instead of having an abortion. I do not want my mother to die.
I am a hypocrite on this subject.I will tell someone that their mother should walk in the footsteps of St. Gianna, she died for her baby. But I will not tell my mom to die for her unborn baby. I love my mom very much.
How would I respond to this? Ask yourself, what if your mom was going to die unless she had an abortion. I really do not know how to respond.
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For those wondering who this "St. Gianna" is, she's Gianna Beretta Molla, a very devout Catholic lady who, back in the early 1960's, had a pregnancy that threatened her life. However, being against abortion, she decided to go through with it anyway and...well...she croaked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianna_Beretta_Molla
The thing is, even she wouldn't be a good argument against abortion. It was her choice to go with her personal beliefs.
However, others aren't Ms. Molla. That they can't get through their thick skulls.
And over 90% of abortions involve tiny globs that are no more "people" than discarded skin sludge in the bottom of a shower drain.
See what convoluted avenues you get into when you THINK you know all these absolute rules? That is why the decision shouldn't be left up to a priest, or a congressman, or some conservative wanna-be. That is why the decision should be made by the people who know the circumstances, that is, the woman and her doctor. Not you.
I will tell someone that their mother should walk in the footsteps of St. Gianna, she died for her baby.
The "for her baby" part really gets me.
What guarantee do you have that the foetus will live? In fact, I'm pretty sure it has about as much chance of living as if it were aborted.
Gee, I'm sure that the beatification of that woman wasn't politically motivated in the least.
Maybe it will help persuade a few more women to commit suicide for the sake of a clump of cells, right?
"I will tell someone that their mother should walk in the footsteps of St. Gianna, she died for her baby. But I will not tell my mom to die for her unborn baby. I love my mom very much."
That's like saying you want, for instance, car jacking legalized. Except car jacking YOU; that is to remain illegal.
Now the difference between what you tell others and what you think about your mother is what we can call an 'empathy gap.' And the secret to being a good person, even a good Catholic, has more to do with empathy than it has to do with your views on abortion - think about the empathy you're supposed to feel for Christ on the cross. Think about that empathy gap a lot more; just admitting you're a hypocrite is not the answer.
In other words, you want to tell other people how to live their lives, but when it comes to yourself, you want everyone else to butt out.
Now imagine others love their moms as much as you love yours. It's always easy until it affects you personally, right?
Funny how all these people say the mother should die to save the baby. I'd like them to list me one case where that actually happened. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's happened once or twice, but those are the exception, not the rule.
"I am a hypocrite on this subject."
Well, thanks for being honest about that.
However, I still do not think hypocrites should be in the business of dictating morality to anyone other than themselves. Just my opinion.
You've taken the first small step.
Now you just need to recognize that other people have mothers, too.
Good, now repeat the hypocrite's motto: "It's OK when I do it!"
You think I'd want it on my conscience if I knew my mother died having me because she didn't want to have an abortion?
I'm the youngest of seven. The doctor told my mom after her 6th child that he didn't want to see her pregnant any more. Guess what? He saw her pregnant one more time, with me. This was a couple years before Roe v. Wade, so she couldn't have gotten an abortion if she'd wanted one, but I would be OK with the idea that if it were legal she could have aborted me. I'd never have known it. But having 6 kids with a husband who didn't help out around the house much due to his old-school beliefs about "women's work," suffering from post-partum depression, and tasking my older sister with babysitting and changing my diapers to her resentment, having 7 kids was hard on my mom.
"I will tell someone that their mother should walk in the footsteps of St. Gianna, she died for her baby."
Uhhh...no. She had a myomectomy (surgical removal of a fibroid tumor which spares the uterus) rather than a hysterectomy 'for her baby' but she died of septic peritonitis seven days after delivering the child by Caesarian section.
Confused?
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