My heart is pounding, hands shaking, my mind is just jumping from one thought to the next, and I just can’t seem to hold back the tears. Why? It’s not the pregnancy hormones, I can promise you that. But it has everything to do with pregnancy.

I was googling for baby pictures for what was going to be my 14 week baby update and came across abortion pictures. This has happened before during my previous pregnancy posts, but I trained myself to look the other way (how easy…just to look the other way). This time, I was convicted to look at the reality of what our country allows to happen to unborn children who can’t stick up for themselves. Just from having some general idea of what abortion is and how it is performed, I am, and have been for some time now, pro-life. But after reading a paper written by a registered nurse (please note that there are graphic pictures) here, I fully understand how and when the many ways an abortion is performed. Actually seeing (and not just having a general thought about) post abortion pictures…it first made me so mad…and then a terrible saddness came over me! I just want to pick the baby up, cuddle him or her, put their little arms and legs back together, and tell them everything is going to be alright. But I can’t…and I can’t persuade the mother to change her mind…those pictures are over and done with.

So what do I do? I can’t change others; I am responsible for only my actions. So, I’ll pray…pray…and pray.

Just an FYI: Did you know that the youngest baby to survive was born at 22 weeks? Some women have abortions at 22 weeks. See, it just doesn’t make any sense…

Tags: Abortion, Pregnancy

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