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Subject: Abortion, another view.
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Date: Wed, 13-Jul-83 13:07:04 EDT
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Children-Things We Throw Away?  by Melody Green (Parts copied  by
Dave,  for  a  copy  of  the entire tract, order LD#3 from Melody
Green, Last Days Lifeline, P.O. Box 40, Lindale, TX 75771.

"Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my
body for the sin of my soul?" -Micah 6:7.

Non-therapeutic abortion has become the second most common surgi-
cal  procedure after circumcision. Non-therapeutic means that the
abortion is not performed to insure the life  or  health  of  the
woman,  but rather because of her desire for convenience, absence
of distress, and her so-called happiness.

Doctors perform 1.2 million abortions  per  year  in  the  United
States alone...that's one for every 2.8 live births. Abortion has
become so frequent, that population experts say that it  has  be-
come  in effect, a new form of birth control. But abortion should
not be confused with birth control, which  prevents  a  new  life
from  beginning-abortion  destroys  that new life once it has al-
ready begun. Of the women having them, 75% are unmarried, 32% are
teenagers and 20% are "repeat customers."
                       Abortion techniques

The following are the most commonly used abortion techniques:

DILATION AND CURETTAGE(D&E): The opening of the cervix is dilated
with a series of instruments to allow the insertion of a curette,
or sharp scraping instrument, into the uterus. The fetus is  then
cut  into  pieces  and scraped from the uterine wall. Bleeding is
usually profuse. The operating nurse must  then  re-assemble  the
parts  to make sure the uterus is empty, otherwise infection will
set in.

SUCTION CURETTAGE (Vacuum Aspiration):  Using  this  method,  the
cervix is dilated as in a D & C, and then a tube is inserted into
the uterus and connected to a strong suction apparatus. The vacu-
um  is so powerfull that the baby is torn to bits and then sucked
into a jar.

SALT POISONING (Saline Injection): This method is used  after  16
weeks  when  enough  fluid  has accumulated in the sac around the
baby. A long needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen into
the  baby's sac. Some fluid is removed and a strong salt solution
is injected in.  The  helpless  baby  swallows  this  poison  and
suffers severely. He kicks and jerks violently as he is literally
being burned alive by the solution. It takes over an hour for the
baby to die by this method...his outer layer of skin is complete-
ly burned off. Within 24 hours, labor will usually set in and the
mother  will  give  birth to a dead baby. (Quite frequently these
babies are born alive. They are usually left unattended  to  die.
However,  a  few who have survived the ordeal-due to the mercy of
the hospital staff-have later been adopted.)

HYSTEROTOMY OR CAESARIAN SECTION:  Used  mainly  in  the  last  3
months  of  pregnancy, the womb is entered by surgery through the
wall of the abdomen. The tiny baby is removed and allowed to  die
by neglect or sometimes killed by a direct act.

PROSTAGLANDIN CHEMICAL ABORTION: This newest for of abortion uses
chemicals developed by the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co.  These chem-
icals cause the uterus to contract  intensely,  pushing  out  the
developing  baby. The contractions are so abnormally severe, that
babies have even been known to be decapitated by them. Many  how-
ever,  have also been born alive.  The side-effects to the mother
are many-a number have even died  from  cardiac-arrest  when  the
compounds were injected.
                        HYPOCRITIC OATH?

"To none will I give a deadly drug, nor offer counsel to such and
end...but guiltless and hallowed will I keep may art."

"Sure, the money was important. And oh, it was  and  easy  thing,
once  I  had  taken this step...to see these women as animals and
these babies as just tissue."
                The Myth of the "Unwanted Child"

One of the most frequently  heard  excuses  of  the  "pro-choice"
groups  is, "it would be unfair to bring another 'unwanted child'
into the world." Actually, there is no such thing.  Once  a  baby
is born it will never be unwanted because of the extreme shortage
of newborn babies available for adoption. It is obviously not the
child's  happiness  and  well-being  that  is  of  utmost concern
here...but that of the parents.

If you are about to make the fatal mistake of ending a life given
of  God(PSALM 127:3), then I beg you to reconsider.  Please don't
do something that you will regret for  the  rest  of  your  life.
Don't  destroy  something that isn't yours.  That baby belongs to
God, even though it may be in your  womb.  If  you  do  not  feel
equipped to raise a baby at this time, I urge you to take another
look at the situation...  maybe there is a way...pray  about  it.
If  you still feel that this is an impossibility-then BE A GIVER,
NOT A TAKER.

There are good agencies that will help you place your baby  in  a
loving,  gratefull  home.  I know of good Christian families just
waiting for the chance to  adopt  a  child.   You  can  give  the
greatest  possible  gift  of all...the gift of life! In fact, you
can give it twice..

There was a lot more to this tract but I felt that these would be
good parts to give my view point.  Though these are not my words,
this is how I feel. I am a married father  with  another  on  the
way.   Though  I  do not know what it is like to be with child, I
have some ideas since I am living with my wife whom is  pregnant.
If  you  have  any questions please send them to the name and ad-
dress at the top of this letter.

"Do  not  kill  the  innocent...for  I  will   not   acquit   the
guilty"(Exo.  23:7). The eyes of the Lord are in every place, be-
holding the evil and the good"(Prov. 15:3).

Respectfully, David Heppner.