RE: new abortion quiz

Forget about questions #1...#4. Let every respondent see a medical film
of what abortion entails and then ask them your favorite questions.
There is no reason to ask questions to people that do not actually know
what they had done to the unborn.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Cameron, Leslie
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:02 AM
To: Sheila Wilson; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: new abortion quiz

I appreciate that people have very strong feelings on both sides of this
issue. Without addressing any of the other questions raised, I would
like to note, in regard to Question #3, that social sciences research
does not bear out the conclusion reported below. That is, social
sciences research has not found evidence of "post-abortion syndrome" or
that PTSD related to abortion exists. That is not to say people do
not have strong feelings. As you might expect, reactions and responses
vary: Some women report negative feelings; some women report great
relief. But when large groups of subjects are studied, this conclusion
of a form of PTSD following abortion does not hold up. There is some
evidence that women with prior mental and emotional problems (e.g.,
existing depression or anxiety disorders) can continue to experience
those problems.

Leslie Cameron

        -----Original Message-----
        From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
[mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Sheila Wilson
        Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:55 PM
        To: asa@calvin.edu
        Subject: Re: new abortion quiz

        Question #1: Do more people (post-natal) die from murder or from
natural causes? Who cares, murder is still murder and against God's
laws. The question/argument is irrelevant.

        Question #2: What percentage of Evangelical Protestant women are
beaten to death by their husbands every year? Who cares, murder is
still murder no matter who dies or how they are killed - including
unborn babies.

        Question #3: How many women suffer from post-traumatic stress
disorder after having an abortion? 19% have diagnosable symptoms, 50%
have mulitple symptoms. Post-traumatic stress also affects the husband,
other children, other family members, and even friends. I know this
from personal experience of friends and family.

        Question #4: When does conception begin? Psalm 139:13 "For you
[God] created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's
womb." We do not have the ability to decide when life begins or when
the soul exists but God does. Until God chooses to tell us that exact
moment, we must not assume and take the life. We were created by God
with a plan and a purpose (Jeremiah 29:11, 2 Timothy 1:9).

        Yes, we need to improve the lives of children now living and
those who are to come. We cannot do this by sacrificing some of the
unborn. I personally know of too many people who found out AS ADULTS
that their mother had an abortion and then wondered why and even wished
they had also been aborted.

        We must quit making excuses. Unborn babies don't belong to
"Caesar," they belong to God. Abortion, whether legal or illegal, will
always be a choice just like any other sin is a choice. We must educate
people, help them learn that God has a better way, and show them the
way. That is our calling.

        Sheila

        
        
        Sheila McGinty Wilson
        sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net
Received on Tue Oct 12 09:25:24 2004