Abortion hurts Albury
The issue of Abortion in Albury has been a hot topic lately. There have been protesters protesting about the rights to women's privacy but I think it's no different to people in cars or people walking by seeing them enter the building. The Border Mail has several articles covering the issue lately:
Protesters clash at abortion clinic
Nurse fights anti-abortionists with umbrella
Anti-abortionists hurting businesses
Abortion protests ‘a failure’
Anti-abortionists secretly film clinic
I'm pro-life. Every life has a right to live. Here is a few interesting comments from The Border Mail discussion that I've compiled and a few responses that promote a pro-life argument.
So, are the protesters distributing information about contraception?
Posted by Barb Dwyer, 18/05/2011 9:49:31 AM, on The Border Mail
It seems to me that the fact that so many abortions are happening just indicates that the sex education isn't working and never would either. Why are there so many? You can argue about a womens right and ignore the childs right to life. You can choose to ignore the 90,000 abortions Australia wide per year and only a tiny percentage are done to protect the mothers life. It just shows that todays morals are just gutter morals.
Posted by Python, 18/05/2011 3:22:16 PM, on The Border Mail
How dare you film people while they are going through such a traumatic experience!
You are using the camera to scare women from going to the clinic and that is all.
The only reason people threaten you is because you wont get out of their way and make their experience more difficult than it needs to be. This is a hard enough experience for people without having to put up with you people 'trying to help'. What a crock!
Let people make their choice in peace!
Posted by Duchess, 6/05/2011 12:50:53 PM, on The Border Mail
I do not believe in abortion but I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERY WOMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT SHE DOES WITH HER LIFE.
I know of someone who went to a family planning clinic with the intention of terminating her pregnancy and after counselling decided she would carry on with the pregnancy, which produced a very happy mother, baby and a very meaningful relationship. Some of these women are desperate and so choose to terminate, some are also having a mentally or physically challenged child and decide that it is better to not bring a very dependant being into this world. Having a mentally and/or physically challenged child can cause a great strain on a relationship.......... How many parents in this country are raising a child with disabilities alone because the other partner cannot/could not cope.
"You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes."
Posted by rhubarb, 6/05/2011 7:34:59 PM, on The Border Mail
This is not a private matter.
Abortion is a very public matter.
Why?
Because when at least 10 human beings from our community die every week just here in Albury, that makes it a public matter.
Also, when tax payers dollars are used to fund abortion, that involves our money - that also makes abortion a very public matter.
When a human being is being murdered, legal or not, that makes it a public matter.
When at least 10 women are being possibly physically maimed, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually effected, that makes it a public matter.
When forgotten fathers and families are being affected, that makes abortion a public matter.
An unborn is not 'part' of a woman's body.
An unborn baby is scientifically proven to be a human being from the moment of conception - that he/she has their own DNA, it is an individual, not a part of its mother.
An appendix is part of someone - if an appendix is removed, a part of that person is removed. But if an unborn baby is removed, it is a whole individual human being that is being removed that is growing 'inside' the mother.
Have we forgotten that we were once this small?
Posted by GD, 7/05/2011 5:05:33 PM, on The Border Mail
For more information about abortion, visit Real Choices.
For more information about abortion in Albury, visit Abortion Hurts Albury.
May 20th, 2011 - 10:39
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May 20th, 2011 - 13:44
So answer this for me, I was diagnosed with bi polar 1 month before I found out I was pregnant, I used all means to protect myself from this ( the pill and condoms ) but still fell pregnant. Whilst I was pregnant, I was unable to take medication, without medication chances of me staying sane and surviving the pregnancy where very slim. I don’t “agree” with abortions as such, but people need to realize how severe the circumstances are when someone even has to consider having one! I probably will never be able to have children because I will probably always need to be on medication.
Your entitled to your opinion, and I respect your opinion, but EVERYONE including pro-abortion need to step back and put themselves in the shoes of someone who has to go through with it. All the attention that it is getting right now is making my life hell, it is bringing it all back up. There would be heaps of other women who would feel the exact same way.
May 22nd, 2011 - 01:38
The “63% of abortions are forced or coerced, there is NO choice.” is a misrepresentation from the study that number comes from. If I was a nasty lying zealot like the Helpers I could conclude that 43% of ALL religious women are physically or sexually abused as children or adolescence. That figure is also from the study.
May 22nd, 2011 - 22:34
The 63% of forced or coerced abortions has been accepted by the law courts, so why don’t you accept it oh brave masked one.
May 22nd, 2011 - 23:27
“accepted by the law courts” reference or it didn’t happen.
May 30th, 2011 - 20:29
Dear Simon,
Come on over to abortionhurtsalbury.org for a cuppa to see my reply. Please leave that scary mask behind, we think you’re much better looking without it!