Breaking the silence on Abortion
Abortion The Facts How many ? Why? How ? Woman’s body womans choice Its Murder isn’t it? It my business it doesn’t effect any one else Help I have had an abortion What does the bible say? Its just a blob of tissue Should Christians get involved and how? ? What about those that are raped? Abnormal fetus’s and gender
Abortion Statistics Abortions by State and Age 2009 State Total Australia NSW/A CT VIC/TA S QLDSA/NTWA 0-194,0532,0872, ,37110, ,7424,0813,7311,5932,09118, ,4067,1415,9382,1812,92529,591 >=356,9264,8783,1831,1341,66217,783 Unknown Total29,12718,18715,3305,8528,05076,546 World wide in 2008 – 43.8 million
Reason given for abortions Reason given for abortionNumberPercentage Specified medical condition Serious handicap of foetus Mental health of woman4, Pre-existing psychiatric disorder 40.1 Sexual Assault (eg rape or incest) 10.0 Total5,048100%
Feotus at 4 weeks
Foetus at 8 weeks
Foetus 12 weeks
Foetus 16 weeks
Foetus 20 weeks
Foetus 24 weeks
Foetus 28 weeks
Foetus 36 weeks
MethodNumberPer cent Dilatation and currettage Hysterotomy-abdominal10.0 Hysterectomy10.0 Vacuum aspiration3, Vaginal prostaglandin601.2 Dilatation and evacuation Oral or vaginal Misoprostol210.4 Methotrexate +/- prostaglandin00.0 Mifepristone +/- Misoprostol Other10.0 Total5,
Effects on mothers Suicide Depression Trauma Eating disorders Substance abuse Coercion Guilt Grief Divorce Chronic relationship problems Unresolved trauma Child abuse Repeat abortions Self punishment Immediate physical complications – bleeding, infection Long term health effects – infertility, Increase risk of breast cancer
Thinking Biblically about Abortion Psalm 139 :13 – 16 For you created my inmost being; For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Job 31:15 NIV 15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
Psalm 127:3 3 Children are a heritage from the L ORD, offspring a reward from him. Psalm 106:37 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods Romans 12:2 (NIV) 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. JB Phillips - Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould,
Breaking the silence on Abortion