Life.is.Precious.

"A culture that destroys children is a culture without hope." -Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Mission 

Today is the 42nd anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. The 42nd anniversary. For 42 years abortion has been legal. That is 42 years too many.

INCIDENCE OF ABORTION

• Half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion.[1]

•Twenty-one percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.[2]

• In 2011, 1.06 million abortions were performed, down 13% from 1.21 million in 2008. From 1973 through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions occurred.[2]

• Each year, 1.7% of women aged 15–44 have an abortion [2]. Half have had at least one previous abortion.[3]

• At least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45, and at 2008 abortion rates, one in 10 women will have an abortion by age 20, one in four by age 30 and three in 10 by age 45.[4,5]

• Nine in 10 abortions occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.[5]

• A broad cross section of U.S. women have abortions:[3]

• 58% are in their 20s;
• 61% have one or more children;
• 56% are unmarried and not cohabiting;
• 69% are economically disadvantaged; and
• 73% report a religious affiliation.

(Of course this is a rough estimate and only copied and pasted but none the less my heart breaks.) 

I strongly believe that no one should point fingers and condemn the woman who suffers this pain she will carry with her for life. Not just just nine months. Maybe it was her choice, maybe she was forced into choosing it. Not saying it's right. It's not. But these women need our love not our criticism. 

Arms should be open to all ages of life. Not only to the babies in the wombs but their mothers, fathers grandparents etc. 

We are a broken people. 

Life is precious.  

Like you read above the percentages of women who have had abortions are high. Women around you who you pass on the street or have known your whole life may be suffering post abortion syndrome.Once the abortion is done the pain doesn't go away. It lingers inside forever. Something, someone is missing.  

"The problem is not that the truth is unknown; the problem is the truth is unlived."  -Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Mission 

By choosing life, saying "yes" from the moment of conception you are allowing the truth to live within you. Meaning whether you're a mother with a baby inside you or you just simply are being you. That truth lives in you. But how can it be lived if it is not given the chance?

The truth needs a voice... In this case we are it. 

Pray for the unborn babies. Pray for their parents. Pray for those who impact and influence the babies' moms and dads. Pray for healing. Pray for an end to ending life.

Like quoted above, "A person is a person no matter how small." - Dr. Suess  

We all need prayers.

#istand4life