There have been several comments posted in the poll and on this website and we have received several messages through the Contact Us page. I would like to take a moment to start a dialogue with anyone willing to talk about this.
Please note that any comments you place within this site and on any of our postings will notify you when someone replies. We have set this up this way to foster open lines of communication for all involved in this vote.
From LuBelle626:
” I’m Pro-choice so I support whatever you guys choose to do HOWEVER, the idea that you’re doing a poll like this is completely irresponsible. Especially the idea that you’re going to wait until the last minute??? That’s horrible.”
I have a honest question for you: From what I understand, the process of the public voting is one of the most sacred and honored freedoms we have. What could be more responsible than allowing the public to vote? And as far as the “last minute”… Legal is legal regardless of the time.
Olaf:
“The baby’s heArt was beating about 18 days after conception! This baby is every bit as much a person as you or I! Taking a poll to decide someone’s fate – life or death – is sick! May God bless this little one!”
Whether people believe life starts at conception or at birth is a fantastic topic to discuss, but reguardless of the discussion, abortion is Legal. We are using the American tradition that has been used since 1869 to allow the people to actually have a say on this issue in a manner that actually makes a difference in the real world.
J2:
“Do you not understand how many people in this world want babies and cannot have them? And then you go and flaunt your disgusting idea of “should we have our baby or abort it” like it’s a freakin’ game? Have some compassion. I do not understand, after 10 years of marriage, how you could consider destroying something that is equally a part of both of you just for public attention. PLEASE, I am begging you, have this baby and give it to a couple who would adore it every single second of every single day and give it unconditional love. PLEASE!!!!”
Voting is not a game, and believe me when I say, neither is this. The public decides the fate of others every election cycle. Alisha and I encourage you to make your opinion on abortion actually matter and Vote. Here you have an opportunity to do more than voice their concern to an elected representative. Here you can do something.
Fred:
I hope that your poll is a sic joke of some kind. How could you even consider killing an innocent human life, much less, based on a stupid, idiotic poll?? Life begins at conception and life must be respected from conception to natural death. If you intentionally kill that baby within you, then you have committed murder. I would hate to go before God when i die and face Him with that on my conscience. Apparently, you do not have a conscience. I have never heard of anything so bizarre in all of my life.
I will pray for you so that you will come to know God, through His son, Jesus, and have a deeper respect for all human life, especially a life that you helped create.
May the God of all grace bless you and open the eyes of your heart to Him.
Fred, I understand your concern and we have taken several precautions to make sure the voting here is secure. I will be running a report on the results to make sure the possibility for voter fraud is minimized. When you say (and I’m paraphrasing) that killing a fetus is murder: Respectfully and legally I would like to disagree. no one goes to jail on charges of murder for going through with an abortion so long as it is within the legal timeframe allotted by state law. And while some people believe it is murder, others do not believe so. This is why we would like the public to choose for themselves.
Aloving Neighbor
This site disgusts me. This is a personal and private matter, nonetheless one that will change an unborn human’s life. Why would you leave that up to the public to decide?
I hope my vote surely doesn’t go unheard. I made the decision to have a son when I was 18, and though it did change my life and lead to true hardship, I can’t imagine how much harder my life would have been had I had to live with the fact that I had simply gotten rid of the problem.
A child is the best gift you receive in life. I hope you choose to keep this baby and love it more than anything, because it will be the best decision of your life.
I’m going to go throw up now and slit my wrists myself over what humanity has become
Your vote will not go unheard. No one’s vote will go unheard.
Suzie:
I am definitely Pro-Choice, I want to say up front; however, I am deeply offended by your statement of asking for outside opinions. This seems to me to be a cowardly way of laying blame for any misgivings you may have in the future on others. The CHOICE is yours and an important aspect of that choice is YOUR ACCEPTING YOUR CHOICE the rest of your life. It seems to me like you are asking for opinions so that you can have someone else to blame it you don’t like YOUR CHOICE in the future.
I have never thought of an election process as a “cowardly way of laying blame for any misgivings I may have had in the future on others” before. I would like to respectfully disagree here though. If a choice is important for one person, then I would argue that it is important for others.
Many comments have been expressing how important this decision is. Feel free to share this with others.
When I first started reading your blog I was completely taken aback. The thought of someone asking for stranger’s opinions on such a personal decision really puzzled me. Once I read completely through, it became a little more clear what issues are at stake here, and much easier to understand the heart of the matter. Pete, you obviously have been reserved in what you say because you want to support your wife in her decision. But your words make it very clear that for you the question is not about whether or not to chose life, it’s regret about the timing. You can’t change that. terminating the pregnancy now will only add more regrets to your list. You have mourned over the babies who did not come to term. Destroying this one will change your life in ways that you cannot possibly imagine. (TRUST ME!!) Alisha, you are already protective of this baby – it really seems that you are trying to build an emotional wall in case something goes wrong again. That’s a very normal reaction for a woman who has been through all you have. The little things you have done – even having a pet name for your baby and wanting to find out more about her – make it clear that you are not ready to part with this child.
My views on abortion are irrelevant – yours are the ones that matter here. I think if you sit down and listen to your hearts, you’ll recognize what a complete stranger can see just from the words that you have chosen. You know that the odds were against even carrying this far, and that this little blessing has a purpose. I’ll be praying for you both and for Baby Wiggles.
This should not be up for debate. First off, if there is any doubt you want a child, you shouldn’t be having sex. The reason you have sex organs is to reproduce. Yes, sex feels great and can bring you closer to someone but you should be ready (everyone should be ready) to take on the responsibility or having a child if you decide to have sex. Imagine if your parents had decided to cut off your life before it started. You wouldn’t have a say in it would you? But if you had a choice to live or die now you would definitely choose life. Where is the baby’s choice? Does the child get to choose if it lives or dies? No. The opinons of the voters on this poll will. Even if its legal, it shouldn’t be. You are vanquishing a life before it has a chance to even develop. If your life was in someone’s hands you wouldn’t want them gambling on it and you would want to have the say over what happens. Think about that. Is it wrong if ten years after I have a child i decided I don’t want it so I kill it? It’s really no different than murder, regardless or the legal aspect. Pro-Life no matter the results. Please.
It’s one thing to be pro-choice and it’s another to be pro-abortion. I personally think abortion is horrible, but I also believe it’s a woman’s right to choose whether to have one. In your specific case, it sounds like you should go for it… but that’s just friendly advice. I’m still not going to vote on it… I think that’s up for you guys to decide.
This is one of the most horrific things I have ever read. This is a baby and his/her life is not some sort of joke. This precious human beings life should not be up for vote. God is the only one who should be able to decides this babies life. Somebody out there would love to give this baby a wonderful home filled with love. Give this child life and then if you want to walk away give it up for adoption. Respect life. A person has every right to life no matter what they have, don’t have ans so on. Give this child life and don’t be selfish and think about yourself.
Hello,
I would just like to offer some food for thought. You are relying on the fact that abortion is legal as a justification. Remember that once upon a time slavery was legal too. Did that make it OK? Laws are only as good as the morality “du jour.” I had an abortion in 1992 because I trusted that it must be OK if the Supreme Court said so. Unfortunately, I have suffered terribly in many ways since the abortion. And I mourn the loss of that child. Some laws are written in our hearts until the make it onto the books.
Decisions based on public opinion are not always the correct decision…
Even if the pro-life side “wins” what have we really won? You’ll still look at your baby with regret and be disgruntled towards her. What if you shun her? Or take your anger out on her? I hate to think of the day your baby may see this website and ask you “Mom, dad, you really didn’t want me so much that you would rather have me dead?” That will hurt.
You may or may not know of this site called 4Chan.It was on this site i found out about this poll( sites full of random things)Anyway, The site is full of people who have a deeply disturbed sense of humor (me to a little), and all the users are voting to abort just for a cheap laugh, so if your serious about doing what the poll decides, then you’ll just be entertaining a bunch of psychotic individuals. I beg you not to get an abortion just because of this poll.
Dear “Zachery”
At first, I shared your opinion. As a vaunted lurker, I found it somewhat repulsive to rig a vote for an abortion.
Then, I thought about it. These people are leaving a decision to abort or keep a baby to an online poll from a shitty blog. They have earned the wrath of/b/.
Whatever your morals on abortion are, the decision is a serious one. It is repulsive to leave that decision to strangers. So, leave the decision to the most repulsive strangers out there–anon.
Please, Mother and Father, please seek Jesus. He loves you and He loves your baby. He, with you, created your beautiful baby to have a life filled with joys and sorrows, confidence and anxiety, trials and successes. He also loves the parents you may choose for your baby if you become open to the beautiful gift of adoption. Your baby is a beautiful gift from God-to whomever the parents are, as well as to the rest of the world, whether the hearts of the world choose to see your baby as a gift or not. I know this comment will result in alot of bad comments, but I just want you to know He REALLY does love you. Please find a Christian minister to share your, and your baby’s, journey. Please, above all else, please know that Jesus truly loves you and He loves, loves, loves your baby. Please don’t let others dictate your baby’s murder. Please consider the beauty of adoption. Please allow Jesus to help you. May the love of Christ enter your hearts and guide you. May the peace of Christ find you. + + +
December 9th is my birthday. I beg you, please, the greatest gift I could receive (even though we don’t know each other) is the knowlege that your baby’s life is spared and, even more, that you seek Our Lord. Please believe me when I tell you He loves you.
Pete, it was not so long ago that you could legally own a slave. Elected representatives (Congress) concluded that black people were 3/5 of a person, and were therefore not entitled to the full protection of the law. Consequently, they could also be “owned” by other people.
Was Congress wrong? Or does popular opinion, however arbitrarily, actually dictate the factual worth of a human being, and therefore whether they, too, have been bestowed with certain inalienable rights?
In more recent history, the Jews were considered subhuman by the State of Nazi Germany. The law was the law. Does that make it right?
Please consider adoption. I know several wonderful couples who are looking to welcome a baby into their families.