abourtion and i have just heard this poem is it true and is abortion BAD
Month1
Mommy, I am only 8 inches long, but I have all my organs. I love the sound
of your voice. Every time I hear it, I wave my arms and legs. The sound of
your heart beat is my favorite lullaby.
Month2
Mommy, today I learned how to suck my thumb. If you could see me, you could
definitely tell that I am a baby. I'm not big enough to survive outside my
home though. It is so nice and warm in here.
month 3
You know what Mommy, I'm a girl!! I hope that makes you happy. I always want
you to be happy. I don't like it when you cry. You sound so sad. It makes me
sad too, and I cry with you even though you can't hear me.
month 4
Mommy, my hair is starting to grow. It is very short and
fine, but I will
have a lot of it. I spend a lot of my time exercising. I can turn my head
and curl my fingers and toes, and stretch my arms and legs. I am becoming
quite good at it too.
month 5
You went to the doctor today. Mommy, he lied to you. He said that I'm not a
baby. I am a baby Mommy, your baby. I think and feel. I can hear you and I
know I love you. Mommy, what's an abortion?
month 6
I can hear that doctor again. I don't like him. He seems cold and heartless.
Something is intruding my home. The doctor called it a needle. Mommy what is
it? It burns! Please make him stop! I can't get away from it! Mommy!! HELP
me!! Mommy, please make it stop Mommy!! I'm sorry Mommy! Make it stop!
Please make it stop!!!...
month 7
Mommy, I am okay. I am in Jesus's arms. He is holding me. He told
me about
abortion. Why didn't you want me Mommy?
Every Abortion Is Just . . .
One more heart that was stopped. Two more eyes that will never see. Two
more
hands that will never touch. Two more legs that will never run. One more
mouth that will never speak.
2007-02-15 08:56:55 · 37 answers · asked by rb_chick101 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
THANKS for being smart enough to listen to your heart. To many people excuse abortion as nothing because it hurts them too much to care. You're friend may have been hard up if she would have kept the baby, but she should have thought of birth control before getting so deep in such a horrible situation. Please know the at your poem is pretty much completely correct. That life inside her was aware of it's Mommy and the love for her. When the abortion happened, it was aware of that too. It's sad. It really is. Something so cruel but people think nothing of it. Keep your head up for her and talk to her about getting on the pill. She's taken the responsibility of sexual intercourse, now it's time to be responsible enough to not put another's life in danger. Thank you again for sharing your poem. Even though most will criticize, you will open at least one person's mind and hopefully save a life in the future. You Go Girl!!!!!
2007-02-15 09:17:10 · answer #1 · answered by reincarnated/beauty 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I'm not going to get too far into discussing this, but I can tell you a month old embryo (it's not even technically called a fetus at this point) is not 8 inches long. Even a 2 month old embryo is only just over half an inch. A fetus isn't 8 inches long until it's 20 weeks. And all the organs are not developed at one month.
You should be supporting your friend and not getting too emotionally involved in thinking about this potential child. She had a 1 in 4 chance of having a miscarriage anyway, and it would have been very harmful for her body and mental health to have a child at age 14.
2007-02-15 23:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I won't read it cos it is horrible blackmailing crap. Can you imagine a girl that has had an abortion after being raped reading that? I'm sure it would make her day.
As for 100% total anti abortionists they honestly don't live in the real world. Some 14 year olds bodies are not capable of carrying or giving birth to a baby.
The poem itself has been around for a long time and is intended as chain mail for niave people to 'coo' over. Lets hope those people don't have to make the choice one day....
And as for adoption the sad thing is these days that as soon as a child is a 6 months or older they're no longer wanted by most adopters, the vast majority want babies....not 'just' a child.
2007-02-15 14:07:44 · answer #3 · answered by cheddar 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing as sad as an unwanted child your friend has been very brave, babies need food warmth shelter your friend had no way of supplying these (and love but she could have given that). At 14 your friend is still a child . I was very young when I had my first child she is now a mum with 2 adopted children (ironic isn't it) it has taken me a lifetime to recover, if anyone has any doubt that they want the person inside them they should not continue with the pregnancy. Poverty,loneliness and despair or often experienced by those not mature enough to cope. It is my opinion that abortion is frequently the best option. The pill works because it makes the lining of the womb hostile to fertilised eggs, just a very early abortion. I kept my baby but only one person who has come to talk their situation over with me has continued with the pregnancy, she said my baby not it. ( I never ever gave advice I just listened) I am a Granny to 6 and I think abortion is VERY VERY GOOD.
2007-02-15 09:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by chewystuff 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a very sad deep poem and morbid in a way.
I know a lot of your answers will be for and against and all I can say is for whatever reasons it is a very traumatic time, and unless afterwards you receive serious counselling (which I know does not happen) can affect the individual for the rest of her life.
I cannot go into personal experiences too much, but I have experienced an horrific situation and at my age it still haunts me. But whether right or wrong people should not blame themselves for the rest of their lives.
At the end of day your friend is 14, still a baby herself and hopefully in years to come with the right support she will know it was the right decision.
Tell your friend all she can do is prevent such a tragic situation ever happening again, and where are the parents allowing a 14 year old getting into that situation in the first place.
Dont feel too sad, you or your friend and let this be a very harsh lesson learnt.
USE PROTECTION - and it will save this heartache.
GOOD LUCK and please talk to someone. ok
2007-02-15 10:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by jane r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't have an abortion at 7 months for a start. I think abortion should be left up to people who are put in the position that this is an option. Your 14 year old friend did the best thing for her life. For god sake she is 14. Until you have been in this position you don't really have the right to be putting poems like this on here.
2007-02-15 09:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by biancajh 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Although i do not agree with abortion. This Poem is very wrong in analyzing the growth of a fetus. A fetus does not reach 8 inches for several months, or learn to suck it's thumb at two months. The whole things is ridiculous. If you want to know more about what a fetus is like in the early stages (while abortion is legal) then look it up on the yahoo search engine. Again this poem is very inaccurate!
2007-02-15 09:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by cbrandi199 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm so sorry for your friend. It must be hard to have to deal with a pregnancy that young.
Yes, abortion is awful, especially, if like in your poem, it happens in the 6th month of pregnancy (I can't believe it's legal in the States! In France it's only til the 3d month, which is still wrong, but less obviously so).
All I can say is that once it's done, all you can do for your friend is be there for her, not judge her (chances are she already feels awful) and reassure her that you still are her friend and that God loves her.
It's a very hard decision to make at age 14.
2007-02-15 09:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although I wouldn't encourage abortion, we have to realise that this girl is 14 - barely a child herself. 14 is too young to have a baby......
I am trying for a baby myself and have been for some time, and I seriously hope that one day I am able to have a baby myself. I also get angry about all the unwanted pregnancies, but people make mistakes, and I'm sure your friend thought long and hard about her decision. It's easy to say you would never do that, but you're not 14 and pregnant......
2007-02-15 09:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by sarahscarah78 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Personally I would never do abortion but you have to think of your friend's circumstances. She is 14!! Even if she did have the baby, it would probably have many health problems. Also, do you expect for a 14 year old to raise a child when they are only a chlid themselves? What about the guy, he probably has left her too. Let's not judge your friend but rather help her through this difficult time because I'm sure she did not want this to happen.
2007-02-15 09:04:36 · answer #10 · answered by philosophical_schoolgirl 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋