Lie #13: Abortion helps human flourishing.
There are three parts to this deception:
Deception 1. • That abortion providers (Planned Parenthood, and others) promote male-female marriages, growing a family, and maintaining population growth text here.
Deception 2. • That abortion providers tell the whole truth about the sequella of abortion that affects men, women, and children - physically, emotionally, and mentally. The Reality of Abortion Regret, Trauma, and Healing. Reported physical, emotional, and relational effects include these.
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Immediate effects:
- your dead baby
- nausea and vomiting, fever, chills, diarrhea, headache
- guilt, shame, or denial of the abortion Secondary medical effects:
- incomplete abortion, heavy bleeding that will not stop, diarrhea and digestive pain, allergic reaction to the medications
- infection
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Emotional effects:
- tearfulness, mood changes of anger, grief, or numbness
- flashbacks / nightmares, and disrupted sleep
- anxiety
- significant regret / self-loathing / worthlessness
- low self-esteem / negative self-image
- sadness, depression, and bipolar disorder
- continuous spiritual and mental state of alienation, guilt, and self-hate
- suicidal ideation
- apathy
- substance use Increased physical effects:
- breast cancer
- sexual dysfunction
- primary infertility, secondary infertility: ectopic pregnancy; spontaneous abortion, and stillbirth
- complications of pregnancy
- small for gestational age, low birthweight, and preterm birth
- premature death Relational effects:
- rejected / delayed / broken marriages
- isolation and loneliness
- no connection with mothers / motherhood
- the loss, emptiness, longing to hold my babies, the regrets
- no or few children or grandchildren
Deception 3. • That abortion promoters tell the truth about pro-life pregnancy centers. text here.
Here are some helpful places to search and learn:
Messianic Prophecies | Long-Term Health Effects | TOP 10 MYTHS ABOUT ABORTION | Post-abortion trauma is real, and researchers do women no favors by denying it | What are the consequences of abortion? | Testimonies of Aborted Women | 8 Truths That Destroy John Oliver's Ignorant Rant Against Pro-Life Centers | text here | text here
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"For in Your sight no one living is righteous." (Psalm 143:2)
God has provided the means for us to be reconciled to Himself.
"Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them." (Psalm 65:3)
The Messiah is God's provision for our forgiveness.
"But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisment for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)