I am "Pro-Life" except for when....

And before you get your gloves out to fight me - this isn't me trying to convince you that I am right and you are wrong. I don't want to get into this whole Pro-life/Pro-choice debate. I think science has pretty much proven that the egg and sperm put together creates a life so .... lets move on and let me say what I have to say....

I don't think about this constantly - but when the topic of abortion comes up, its hard not to. And with Obama pushing abortion as much as he has been - its hard to not hear about it at every turn.

I am sure you have heard this before... I know that I have. Maybe you've even said it yourself... I doesn't really make sense to me but let me fill in the blank if you don't know where I am going with this - "I am prolife except for when the the baby is conceived through rape or incest." Many "pro-lifers" stick by this - maybe they believe it shows "compassion". I don't really see how - can't we still be compassionate while still valuing life, despite how it was "created"?

"I am prolife except for when the the baby is conceived through rape or incest." If you believe this statement is true then you devalue the life of my baby. I don't understand it - why is my daughter's life any less valuable because of how she was conceived? Why is her life not worth fighting for? I feel anger when I think about it. I feel anger that evokes strong emotion. I feel helpless - so I cry. It's like you're trying to tell me that babies are pure and helpless and worth saving - except... except mine is not.

Guess what? My daughter is valuable, and she is beautiful, and Jesus created her. He knew how she would be conceived and he loved her anyway - He has a plan for her. He also saw what her first mom went through - and wept. He wept for the loss of her innocence. We don't have to "choose" between mother and baby - we can choose both.

You may be interested to hear from people who experience this directly - adults conceived in rape and those who have been raped but chose life:

http://www.rebeccakiessling.com/Othersconceivedinrape.html

Look at my daughter and try to think of a reason she isn't as valuable....

She loves to be tickled :)