My friends, I have no happy or peppy greeting for this article because what I’m about to tell you breaks my heart. Call me an emotional whack job, but tears fill my eyes as I am writing this. I have tried to avoid politics on this page for a few months but I feel it is my duty as someone with a voice and audience, however small, to share what happened today. On June 12, 2019, Illinois governor JB Pritzker repealed an act that had previously prohibited partial-birth abortion. While “partial-birth abortion” is not considered a medical term, it is most accurate for the procedure that takes place in this case. The actual medical term is ‘Intact dilation and extraction’. Intact refers to the fact that the child is intact and living. Dilation represents that doctors must dilate the woman’s body to remove the child. Extraction is used because the abortionist removes the child before ending its life. Deemed ‘partial birth’ because many states consider birth to be when a baby is fully removed from the womb and it shows signs of life, for however long, this procedure pulls the baby halfway out before beginning the abortion. The abortionist (doctor performing the abortion) then uses a tool to puncture the baby’s head before removing its brain with a vacuum. The abortionist then removes the lifeless child and disposes of it. These types of abortions are performed late in the term. Usually during the late second or early third trimester. During this time, the fetus is likely to be able to feel pain. According to studies performed in 2006 published in the International Association for the Study of Pain, babies can feel pain as early as 18 weeks, nearly halfway through the 2nd trimester. This means that the children that are killed through partial birth abortions can feel the intense pain of having their brain removed through suction. To use this type of torture on any other form of life would be condemned as cruel and evil, but it happens 3,000 to 5,000 times a year according to the National Coalition of Abortion Providers. Pro-Abortion advocates will tell you that this procedure is only used when the child is not viable outside the womb or in the case of the women’s health, but this is not true as of June 12, 2019. In 2003, President George W Bush signed an act banning partial birth abortions except in the case of women’s health. This bill stated: “A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion--an abortion in which a physician deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living, unborn child's body until either the entire baby's head is outside the body of the mother, or any part of the baby's trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother and only the head remains inside the womb, for the purpose of performing an overt act (usually the puncturing of the back of the child's skull and removing the baby's brains) that the person knows will kill the partially delivered infant, performs this act, and then completes delivery of the dead infant--is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited” Despite this, the Illinois state congress passed a new bill that states “a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this state”. This act completely contradicts the act passed in 2003. While many people may say that this was always an issue for the states, I agree it shouldn’t have been done through the courts, but it is not a states rights issue, this is a human life issue. Science overwhelmingly tells us that a “fertilized egg, embryo or fetus” is life from the moment of conception. So even though this is used occasionally as a measure to protect a woman’s health, Illinois has now made this an option available for any person. Human life is sacred and must be protected. To me, as a Christian, this is terrifying and heartbreaking. I wonder how many of you had heard about this before this popped up on your feed? This is because the media will not tell you about it. If you did stumble on this news, the tone of the article would be quite different than mine. It will be painted as a celebration of “reproductive health” and not the murder that it is. I would like to encourage you to share this article, not for my own notice, but so that others know about the threat and war on the life of the unborn children. I compel you to share this so that you use your voice for those who do not have one. Proverbs 31 is written about what makes a godly woman but there are several principles that apply to all. Verses 8-9 say: “Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable. Speak out in order to judge with righteousness and to defend the needy and the poor.” I must use my voice to speak up and inform those who don’t know about the silent slaughter of the unborn. Here are a few other articles that probably explain this better than me: National Review LIFE Site National Right to Life
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Gregory L Webb
8/12/2019 10:50:32 pm
Thank you!! I agree with your statement about partial birth abortion. America has lost its moral compass.
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