The Abortion Soliloquy

[Michael Prahm]

The Abortion SoliloquyTo abort or not to abort--Is that not the question?Whether it is more nobler to bear childrenWho will leave the doors open, causing global warming,Or quiet the unborn before there cries can be heard.To abort or not to abort--The church and the state are tangled in this umbilical cord of debate.If the church were to have its way,Its statement is, “thou shalt not kill!Ignoring the states decree thru-out history,A person is alive when he breathes, and not at the time they are conceived.To abort or not to abort--The state has its demand that it is a woman’s right to choose,And in this no man may impede,But let the woman bear a child, and every court will make the father pay.To abort or not to abort--The state wants to abort the church, the church the state.You can no more separate church and state, than body from soul.Both unchecked leave us to the worst kind of imprisonmentLife with out joy, love with out hope, living with out willTo abort or not to abort--The argument grows terse, if you disagree with me,I’ll smite you with a curse.Judges over turn against people’s will,church’s march and intimidate stillTalk shows, talking heads, letter writers, and the rest,so wide is the chasm, why today this is the test;Whether or not you fit on that court so supreme,will you abort or not abort, is the nominators scheme.To quiet his side, in this one point he resides,the person must at all cost, be the willing ally,whether nation suffers, or constitution loosed,but pre-judging the judge is prejudice my friend.Both sides are guilty, both sides offendTo abort or not to be abort--Is this really the question,or is it the means to each sides deeper endsIt defines liberal and conservative, democrat and republican, the left and the rightEvery follower on each side has been made to walk this plankThis question has not moved forward during my life,wedged by the same spiteful mire,Both sides on high ground stuck in their prideI already know what the many chosen few will write,its murder choose lifeTo them I will say,you have ignored what Exodus 21:22 has to say,And to those who demand it’s the woman’s right to choose,Wasn’t the decision made by the ones who contributed the sperm and the egg?

[John Richeson]

This is a topic I have trouble with in my own mind. I am kinda glad you brought it up.

I wish abortion were as simple as some have made it out to be in our past but it is not in my opinion. It is not as simple as the whole "breath of life" "soul life" thing. I wish it were...and for years I believed that....but I no longer believe it is as simple as that. That "easy" doctrine has caused untold problems for both women and men that I care not to mention or discuss here.

I don't know....I guess I believe it is a case by case thing as to whether it is right or wrong and to what degree it is right or wrong. I think murder is carrying it to an extreme but on the other hand I believe treating it like it is nothing more than a "growth", as if it is non-life is just as extreme.

Others may have better comment.