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To: PROLIFE who wrote (16903)	6/2/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 39621

Opinions about partial birth abortion are all over the place, DCF. Personally, I don't believe they should be legal unless the fetus is dead, or the mother's actual life is in danger. The studies I've read show that only 30% of Americans are at all comfortable with abortions after the first couple of months of pregnancy. (I would never have one.) Curiously, they are slightly more frequent among Catholic women than Protestant women. Most women who have abortions in America are Christians (not wild pagans or atheists). However, many people, weighing all the factors, reluctantly conclude that there has always been a demand for abortion by women who are in trouble for some reason, and would prefer early abortions to women, often with other children, bleeding to death in alleys after being butchered in unsafe, illegal abortions, or unwanted babies, who tend to be neglected and abused, which is even more painful for the tiny being than is abortion. Some of these choices are not perfect. I think almost everyone would agree that we need to make adoptions simpler, and support pregnant women who choose to have them and give their babies up in every way that we can. And the "pro-life" movement members which are involved with bombing abortion clinics, and killing and maiming staff, make clear that their actual agenda is more about inflicting their morals on others, and controlling women's lives, than it is about saving lives. And of course, if you want the abortion rate to drop, some things that studies show are effective are freely available condoms and other birth control methods for teenagers, non-guilt laden, objective sex education in schools, and open communication by parents with their children about all sexual issues.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (16903)	6/4/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Over the next couple of weeks, I will post a short book written by David Alsobrook who has given permission to do so. They will be the only posts I will be doing on Ask God thread right now, so if you are interested, please write down the scripture for future reference. WHAT IS THE BIBLE TRUTH ON ABORTION MODERN MOLECH WORSHIP One of the abominations ancient Israel sometimes copied from their neighbors was the practice of molech-ism. From what I have been able to gather, it was a large idol, half man and half bull, with a hollow abdomen. Under the enlarged genitals of the bull part of the image, a fire burned until the hollow abdomen glowed with heat. The ancient idolaters danced and performed various types of sexual activity with several partners in front of this false god. The reveling continued until a small child, a son or daughter of one of the participants, was thrown into the red hot abdominal cavity. The child was seared to death-it's shrieks and cries only inciting greater mass hysteria. The burnt remains were removed from the other side of Molech the following day, after the idol had cooled. As shocking as it may sound, God's ancient people, Israel, who had experienced the One and True God through His covenant with the Patriarchs, sometimes backslid into molech worship! Such a base form of idolatry may be partially understood in the ignorant heathen unto whom the Living God was not revealed. What is difficult to comprehend is how a people who had seen the wondrous acts of Yahweh could be so greatly deceived! In either case, the conscience was seared because basic morality teaches man to care for his young.