Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!teltone!dave From: dave@teltone.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Abortion, another view. Message-ID: <168@teltone.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jul-83 13:07:04 EDT Article-I.D.: teltone.168 Posted: Wed Jul 13 13:07:04 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 01:53:47 EDT Lines: 113 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.