Solving abortion woes with a three-letter word

Contrary to what Mr. Unus Vocate implied, it is not the lack of available contraceptives or the lack of "birth control counseling" that is responsible for women getting pregnant.

Women are not stupid, Mr. Vocate. We know exactly what causes pregnancy and how NOT to get pregnant. You think that free contraceptives and birth control counseling should be available to all federal and military health care clinics and to all sexually active adults. That's absurd. But let's go a step further. Why not give this "service" to all high schools? That's where teenagers start sleeping around, right?

I think the only free thing we need is the freedom to teach students about God and His Commandments. Teach them that their bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit and that they should respect their bodies and keep it pure until marriage.

But since we have removed God from our schools and churches, we don't have a moral compass to guide us. God out, the devil in. So now we have young adults who sleep around like alley cats and end up with unwanted pregnancies. It is so easy to get an abortion that girls just keep on using it as a means to get rid of their "problem."

When we removed God and His teaching from our schools, we decided what kind of a society we wanted to have: a Godless, conscienceless, do as you please society. Abortions are the result that we should have known was coming.

We all know that sex outside of marriage is wrong and that abortion is murder. But no one cares. Not in this society. We say it is the sign of the times. But it goes deeper than that. It is a sign of turning our backs on God. And until we put God back in our society, nothing is going to change.

When a woman becomes pregnant with an unwanted baby she must decide if she wants to give birth to it or have it slashed to pieces while still in her womb. She can always give birth to the baby and let a childless couple adopt it and give it a home. But if she decides to abort it she is robbing it of life. A life where it might have done some great thing for all mankind. Plus, if she aborts it she will never hear it say Momma for the first time bringing her joy. She will never see it dance or hear it sing. And when she is old and is needing someone to help her get to her doctor appointments, him or her won't be there to help her, she will be all alone. Yes her selfishness will someday come back to haunt her.

I just wonder: If a woman had to kill the baby with her own two hands after it was born would she then choose life? I bet she would. But it is so much better to pay a butcher to slash it to pieces while still in her womb. But dead is dead either way, and she should be put in prison for the rest of her life like any other murderer.

Babies can feel pain, they are ALIVE. They die a horrible death when getting aborted. Please ladies don't do this to your baby.

Mary Budd is a Post Falls resident.