Abortion

Average cost of an abortion in America? $450.
Average cost to adopt? $5000-$40,000. 
(not sure of the credit but will list if I find it)

This picture was passed around via Facebook recently.  When I saw it, I was moved to tears. My first thought was overwhelming gratitude that our boy's precious tummy-mama did not take this route.

You might notice that I did not call it "the easy route." See, I do think abortion is murder. Horrible, awful murder. Life begins at conception. Of that I have no doubt.

Yet I cannot look at abortion as an easy route. I know there are some who see abortion as just another way to simply get out of having to pay immediate consequences for their choices. I also know there are some who mourn their choice and only take this route when they feel they have no other feasible option.

It is always easier to make a decision about something when not in an emotional crisis. For all of us. I would say a pregnancy that you did not plan for is an emotional crisis.

I praise God that I get to be an adoptive mom. In counseling situations, I let my bias be known. I don't try to sway, but I don't sit quietly. I have talked with would've-been moms who don't always fully regret their choice to abort, but do experience their loss.

Please consider these things if/when you make statements about this issue. Know that God loves all and we all have messed up in some way or another. Love first. Nurture first. Encourage first. Discipline (or whatever it should be called) comes after this.