User blog comment:Mrdaimion/Serious Sam Issue 1 - Abortion/@comment-1153194-20120205010610

I do agree with Sunshine. The reason these kinds of blogs or topics are avoided is to avoid conflict and arguments, in general. I do feel a sort of obligation to let people in on my opinion on the matter, though.

I'm coming from the other side, and I hope people can respect my beliefs, here. I don't let people know how religious I am, basically because I don't intend to be overly preachy, and the mere suggestion that I'm religious might deem me as 'preachy'. Anyway, I do not support abortion, but I don't go out protesting against it. It's not my role to judge what people to do, in all honesty. However, I'd like to express myself on the subject, because it is something that does concern me.

So, here's part of my issue with it, and part of something I base my beliefs on. In the Mosaic Law, most people know it says murder is a no no, which is something that is also against the law, with say, the police. XD But that's not even what I base my belief on, with this subject., well, it is in a way. There was another law given, that may be lesser known, these days, that was if a two men were in a struggle, and a pregnant woman got injured, and her unborn child was fatally injured, some people know the 'soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth' in paying back an injury, as deemed by the Bible, if this situation were to take place, the person who caused that injury was to give their soul in behalf of that unborn child. So already that fetus in the womb was considered a soul by God. While I personally don't follow the Mosaic law, that principle in what God views as matter sticks with me.

Next, from personal experience (and don't mock me here, or badmouth this girl, as this is something really serious/major), a friend of mine who was married, got pregnant (by her husband). She knew she wasn't supposed to get pregnant for health reasons, and by a fluke, she did. Her doctors told her that if she gave birth she would die, and the baby would die. She shares my beliefs, so an abortion wasn't an option for her, and to put it basically, she put more value on her beliefs and the love of her unborn child than she did for herself. She gave birth, and she and her child survived. If she had an abortion, that child wouldn't have had a chance at life.

I know a lot of people state that youth, incest, and rape are excusable for abortion, and I definitely feel that each of those situations are sad. But punishment for the issue is being taken out on the innocent child. Problems may arise, because of the birth of the child, but even that isn't the babies fault. In the case of youth, the problems can be prevented, totally, by having self control, even though sexual feelings are especially intense at youth. But that's not the way out, too many, they want sex and no repercussions.

Finally, there was an episode of Real World I saw, some years back, that influenced me, kind of heavily. There was a pregnant young woman on the show that was considering an abortion. Her mother came to visit before she went about it, and they showed their conversation. Her mother explained that when she was pregnant with her, abortion was illegal. She said that if it were an option, she would have considered it, due to being a single woman, and financially not well off. But she said that if she had gone through with it, she wouldn't have one of her best friends, being her daughter. After that, the young woman decided to go through with the abortion. It was pretty surprising to me, and it's something that always stuck with me.

I hope nothing I said hurt any feelings, but it is a topic I care kind of deeply about, and I just wanted to express the other side. Hopefully I didn't type anything too offensive. I tried to be respectful, enough.