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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (207088)	12/4/2001 5:24:10 PM
From: maried.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Tom, there is much that you and I agree on...but I think we disagree on the fact that this is not a black/white issue. This is my gray area. I believe any person with a loving and supportive family and friends has the greatest chance to meet any challenge I totally agree. A loving supportive family can make all the difference in the world! All tests and pain met with love and courage and self sacrifice makes one a stronger, more loving and giving person We agree again. If my child cannot survive this test is it because I have failed to give enough love or I cannot provide the love needed now to sustain and comfort my child Now here's where we disagree! You can surround your children with love, comfort and support them when life hands them trials and crosses. But,sometimes, our children will be in situations that are horribly painful to them. They then may need our love and support through a very difficult decision. That's when we are tested on whether we have enough love...and whether we can support them when their decision is different than our own. But 9 month's is also a small part of life. What guilt might be for a life time. Nine months can be a lifetime to a girl...perhaps 14...who has never had sex before, never felt violence before, and is now faced with the trauma of a rape/incest and nine months of pregnancy. What is giving of oneself to give life to another mean. Would I give up my life for any of my children's lives? Absolutely! In a minute! It was recommended to me that I have an abortion for medical reasons, years ago. I chose not to. That was my life. But this is the life of a child!... not an adult. I don't know if you have children, or if your children are in their teenage years. Hopefully, neither of us ever has to live through this scenario. Marie