Attached to an e-mail from my son last night were photos of our new grandson, still safely lodged in the womb of our daughter-in-law, waiting an August 11 delivery. These photos were taken by an advanced General Electric Sonogram Camera at the Tennessee Women’s Care Center in Nashville.
The images clearly show a little person in the making, or as my son says, a little man still baking in the oven.
This developing little human has real hands, feet, ears, and a penis; the last anatomical feature important in deciding what color to paint the baby’s room. All of these human features are clearly visible in the sonogram photos. In fact, the images are so clear my son thinks he has inherited the select gene that makes his second toe longer than his big toe. They’re that good (the photos, not the toes!).
Back in the days when we were young and fertile and busy making babies, parents received no advance notice on gender or toe length. We simply got surprised no matter what! I think the suspense and mystery may have enhanced the joy, but maybe not.
There seems to be something very special about watching a trailer previewing the coming attraction! Without the benefit of a full sonogram, expecting parents feel the kicks and hear the pleas of mercy for no horseradish sauce on the Rueben, but the prospect of soon having a real person in your midst seems more like an odd rumor than fact.
The sonogram changes all that. Even at twenty-weeks, the photos confirm that a bona fide person is on the way. Get the curtains hung, the cradle painted, and the dog warned! It’s just a matter of a few months before everything changes.
Modern technology possesses a downside, but the genius of the womb camera delights thousands of expecting parents everyday. Who wouldn’t enjoy a sneak-peak at life’s grandest construction project?
Well, right now, NARAL Pro-Choice representatives, camped-out at the State House in South Carolina, are expressing great dismay at a new bill that is about to become law. And what horror, you may ask, has prompted such fury and hate speech from those advocating a continual growth of the death culture?
The legislators in South Carolina, after careful (and maybe even, prayerful) research, have concluded it is in the best interest of the state that women considering an abortion first have an opportunity to view a sonogram of the baby they are considering destroying.
And this is bad because…?
Well, because about ninety percent of pregnant mothers who take a few minutes to witness firsthand the little hands of the baby inside their tummies opt out of the abortion, and frankly, for those profiting from the destruction of a million humans a year in America, baby pictures are bad for business.
NARAL Pro-Choice American President Nancy Keenan is chapped, alleging intimidation, blackmail, and cruel emotional manipulation. She says politicians ought to stay out of examining rooms and let the destruction continue on its present course.
Mind you, the good politicians are not outlawing abortions, only making provisions for pregnant candidates to receive all the facts. We are reminded again that abortion advocates hate light, truth, and reality. They work better when the rules favor darkness and ignorance.
Seventeen other states are already somewhere in the process of making ultrasound technology available to all women; only South Carolina proposes it as mandatory. If it becomes law anywhere, abortion advocates worry that life might become contagious.
About half the abortions in America are performed on women under twenty-four. Twenty percent of the victims are under nineteen. In other words, they are young enough not to have all the facts, but old enough to handle them. What large numbers of people across the country are asking is this: How can it hurt for a young woman to be equipped with all the relevant data available to make an important decision?
It’s the relevant data that frightens the Pro-Abortion forces. They want abortions performed at a casual level without emotional discussions attached to the procedure. For anyone who has ever had an abortion, they now know that is unrealistic. The guilt never goes away.
Viewing a sonogram makes the baby process personal. The “thing” inside mama’s tummy is transformed from an alleged glob of fetal tissue to a human being, complete with mom’s DNA and long toes. Pictures reveal it is a baby. It kicks. It punches. It rocks. It rolls. It grimaces. It smiles. It feels. It might even know.
And what’s more, it is more than it. It’s a he or she, and soon ready for display.
I’ve often wondered, if abortion is really such a great alternative, why clinics don’t provide their patients with graphic documentaries on the procedure. What are they afraid of?
Hush, hush bothers me.
When I had my knee replaced, I first watched the whole medical procedure on DVD so I could get the facts. Why are abortions not treated likewise? Why are high school students not treated to a visual presentation of a live abortion? Where is PBS when we need them?
If abortions are such a great alternative to birthing, why are the proponents of abortion freaking out over medical, emotional, and spiritual realities? If it’s a great deal, why keep it secret?
I’d be happy to share photos of my grandson with anyone willing to look.