Financial Shakeup this weekend

[Wellardmac]

emayer wrote:

This issue unfortunately strikes close to home. I am blessed to have 2 young healthy and vibrant children, but my wife and I were forced with the wrenching decision of performing a later-term abortion during her first pregnancy. The problem was that the fetus was diagnosed with a severe cardiac issue which would have meant a limited survival even if the baby made it to term. We agonized over this decision, but ultimately felt that the burdens of this child's suffering, and strain on my wife would be too much.

As a result, while I abhor the thought of abortion for mere social inconvenience, I do think remains the ultimate right of a woman. Let the individual wrestle with and face the moral consequneces of their actions. I do agree however that this topic should have no place in the political arena. It's use serves only to distract us from the other difficult issues at hand.

Eric, I'm sorry for your loss. I know where you're coming from. We walked into the week 19 ultrasound of our twin boys ready to make the same decision after an initial screen had indicated a false positive on a birth defect. It's a horrible decision to make, but it's a personal one and noone has the right to take it away from the mother. It her decision alone and hers to live with for the rest of her life. Noone who has not lived through that kind of decision can even begin to come close to imagining the pain of having to terminate.

There are some experiences in life that noone can even come close to understanding unless they have to live through it. I held the dead body of my first born son after he died a horrible, violent, and preventable death. I challenge anyone to tell me how I feel about that.

Some people make me sick when they try to tell others how to live.