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Abortion & Child abuse
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Posted by: angelofthelord
In our baptismal vows, we promise to renounce Satan, all his works, "and all his
empty promises."
One of his empty promises in unleashing abortion upon our nation was that
somehow the availability of this procedure would decrease the incidence of child
abuse. The reasoning went something like this: if unwanted children are aborted,
then only wanted children will be born, and since wanted children are less likely to
be abused, then child abuse will decrease in a land of abortion on demand!
Yet it was an empty promise. Exactly the opposite has happened. Since the
legalization of abortion, child abuse has increased.
The promise had a fatal flaw in it, namely, the assumption that unwanted children
are more likely to be abused. As E.F. Lenoski reported as early as 1976, the
opposite is actually true. Abuse is more likely to occur among "wanted" children.
Canadian psychiatrist Philip Ney reports the same findings. He writes, "When I
investigated the relationship between child abuse and abortion and reported a
direct correlation, people were angry and astonished. It appeared that the rate of
child abuse did not decrease with freely available abortions. In fact, the opposite
was true. In parts of Canada where there were low rates of abortion there were
low rates of child abuse. As the rates of abortion increased, so did child
abuse...Indeed, it is a vicious cycle. That is, parents who have been involved in
abortion are more likely to abuse and neglect their children. Mothers and fathers
who were abused as children are more likely to abort their child" (Deeply
Damaged, p.91).
The first thing that has to be noted when examining the relationship between
abortion and child abuse is that abortion is child abuse. Dismembering a born child
would certainly be considered among the worst possible forms of abuse. Medical
textbooks and court testimonies use the very same word, "dismemberment," to
describe what is done to an unborn child by abortion. How, then, is this not child
abuse?
Allowing the abuse of an unborn child, then, creates an atmosphere in which --
more quietly and secretly -- we justify the abuse of born children. The child
becomes the scapegoat for our unresolved conflicts. As the Israelites in the Old
Testament placed their sins upon the goat, who was then led out into the desert, we
allow the child, particularly when still in the womb, to suffer for our sins
The two forms of child abuse -- on the unborn (abortion) and on the born --
reinforce each other by a mutual causality. Abortion results in more post-partum
depression, which inhibits bonding with subsequent children. Conversely, the
wounds of abuse are echoed in the essentially self-destructive act of abortion later
in life.
Posted by: pickone
Thank you for the clear insight on a subject that needs to be magnified. This issue needs to be examined openly and frequently until all of our eyes and ears are opened.
Murder is never acceptable, and it never will be.
Posted by: StarChilde
Dear Father,Your Truth above all, Your Will, Word and Way in all lives affected by child abuse in any way~ in Your Holy Son's Precious Name~ Christ Jesus~! amen and amen