Why is it even a question?
It seems odd that we need even ask if killing a member of our species is wrong. Of course, we live in a society where we question even if "wrong" exists, so perhaps it is not. I find it difficult to articulate my exact feelings when it comes to abortion. It is somewhere in the range of disgust and horror and sympathy and sadness.
I trick my mind into not focusing on the exact details of the killing. I suppose we all do that to some extent. Horror is more palatable when we think in generalities and do not let our mind wonder into what killing actually entails. When I think daily of abortion, I think of the death of the child in terms of a light switch. Now they live, now they don't. I can't look at the reality. It is too stark, and too grotesque.
Then I look and I pray.
I trick my mind into not focusing on the exact details of the killing. I suppose we all do that to some extent. Horror is more palatable when we think in generalities and do not let our mind wonder into what killing actually entails. When I think daily of abortion, I think of the death of the child in terms of a light switch. Now they live, now they don't. I can't look at the reality. It is too stark, and too grotesque.
Then I look and I pray.
Labels: Abortion
Posted by Lauren at
5:54 PM
2 Comments:
Sad that i have to inform you that the human species is not the only one who kills memebers of its own species.
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Anonymous, at 5:35 PM
Sad that I have to you inform YOU anonymous, that the human species is the only species with a consciousness and therefore should be held at a higher standard than other animals.
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Anonymous, at 7:03 AM
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