Good people do bad things…..sometimes…… bad people do good things… sometimes. People in , or what they perceive as being in, desperate situations will make decisions based on the emotions that they have at the time under pressure, real or assumed. I can think of no situation that creates as much emotional turmoil as an unexpected and unwanted pregnancy. The ways in which a person can find themselves in this position are many. From just not wanting to be, or having caused someone to be, pregnant. Secret dalliances, rape, incest (forced or consensual), or even just “weak moments” can and do cause pregnancies that bring a great deal of pressure. Although the pressure, and the accompanying guilt, is shared by both people involved it can hardly be described as being “equally” shared. In todays world women are told that they have a right to make a “choice”. Government funded agencies help women by making available the ending of the pregnancy and describing the “choice” as the “right thing to do” some even tried to say that it is guaranteed in the Constitution. This “choice” is to forcibly end the life of a developing baby. It is called an ABORTION!…….. a horrific end to the completely innocent result of a “CHOICE” already made by one or two people. No matter the circumstances of the conception the developing “person” is without blame yet pays the ultimate price. Women bear the scars of making this choice to varying degrees for the rest of their lives. The Center for Disease Control tracks the numbers of these “choices” according to ages, race, and other factors. Numbers….. NUMBERS!!!!!! These are not numbers………. and they are not “categories”…… they are “PEOPLE…… BABIES”…….. innocent results of “choices” already made. Helping women relieve the pressure and turmoil of unintended pregnancies should also have as a goal protecting the life of the innocent. Protect the never to be seen smile of our grandchildren. These are Gods gifts to man……. not NUMBERS! The smile from your baby or grand baby can bring a man to tears faster than the impact of a cat of nine tails. Evil exists and one of its faces is ABORTION.

Treasuring each and every one of my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren with a tear in my eye……… it is

Dave of the Woods