The controversial debate around abortion in this country will never go away. People will always be on one side or the other. I make no pretense that I am a pro-life advocate because I feel that pro-creation is the most wonderous and miraculous gift a man and a woman has in this life. It is unimaginable that such debate rages over when a fertilized egg is life and that people would choose to use abortion as the chief method of contraception.
 
  According to the Alan Guttmacher Institutute (AGI), Planned Parentood, abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures in the U.S. today. The most appalling is the partial-birth abortion method. During this procedure, the baby is murdered in the birth canal. The doctor turns the baby into a breeched position so that the feet pass through the birth canal first and is actually outside of the body. The skull, while in the canal is gripped with a surgical tool and then pierced while a suction device is used to destroy the inside of the brain. The pain that the baby must endure is unbelievable!

  The statistics as of 2004, states that there were 1.37 million abortions in the U.S. and that is 3,700 per day. Now if Americans do not see this as a crisis, then there is something really lacking in our culture today. The lacking of personal responsibility tops the list. Why must we resort to such a cruel way of dealing with an unwanted pregnacy? There seems to be a proliferation of drug stores in American cities today, so contraception is within reach for men and women. Doctors are giving it away for free in many cases. There are social services agencies such as Planned Parenthood. Let's be real, it couldn't be easier for the male with the use of a condom. That's right, the abortion issue isn't just about women, it is the men too, that needs to be responsible.

  The debate goes on about circumstances that abortion should be appropriate such as in the cases of rape and incest or if the woman's health is in jeopardy. What do you think the statistics say about this? The AGI says that 95% of abortions is the primary method of contraception; 3% of the abortions occurred because of the woman's health risks; 1% because of fetal abnormalities; and 1% due to rape or incest.

  The arguement of when life actually begins goes on and on. There will never be a resolution to this because there will be different viewpoints, even within the medical community. I think you know where I stand on the subject. When that embryo attaches it self to the woman's uteran wall, life has begun. Any other arguements to the contrary, I chalk up to people trying to soothe their own consciences for choosing abortion. If we are grown up enough to enjoy the pleasures of sex, then we should be responsible enough to deal with the connsequences. I could think of worse things than giving life to a being that will be a part of oneself. The baby will grow within the mother and this is something that even the father will never truly know the closeness of. This fact makes the whole matter of abortion even more incredulous.

  Our society should realize that there will be consequences for participating in a culture of infanticide. My God, there are so many people that want newborn babies to raise and yet, they are told that there is a shortage of them here in America and they have to go overseas as Madonna has recently done. People, please, give the children up for adoption. Don't take the easy way out for yourself and throw the human life away.

 The Supreme Court has chosen to hear three different cases challenging the Partial-Birth Abotion Ban of 2003, which President Bush signed into law. The challengers mainly headed up by "Satan's Mignions" at the ACLU. They are stating that the ban is unconstitutional. It is encouraging that the Court is deciding to hear these cases. I am pleased to be an advocate with the Amercan Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). This group is growing in membership and becoming a counter weight to the ACLU. The ACLU is anything but shy in stating that they support abortion in any form and want to do anything possible to take any remnant of God out of our society.

 Thank God for President Bush's recent appointments of Justice Edwards and Justice Alito to the Supreme Court. With their pro-life records, the infants that can't speak or plead on their own behalf may have hope. It is ironic to me, that with the state of our world and the dangers we face, the safest place for a baby should be the woman's womb, yet even there, they are targets.

  The doctors that perform these abortions, especially the partial-birth procedures, should be jailed and barred from practicing medicine. After all, they have violated their Hippocratic Oath of "Do No Harm." They take on the role of God. I often wonder how it is that they sleep at night? I welcome any arguements to this stance. What kind of healing is the physician performing in these cases?

  I pray and hope that all of those in our nation that value life will take part in voicing their outrage at the culture of infanticide that is flourishing in society today. Let's rally behind pro-life groups everywhere in pushing for the Supreme Court's Partial-Birth Abortion Ban being held as constitutional and legal. Then the push onward toward the reversal of Roe v. Wade.