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About Pat G
Expertise
I can help women with the consideration of their decision, and with resources, and I can share my own experiences as the mother of seven and grandmother of six. My approach is to show love and concern, and help women work through the issues, emotional, spiritual, practical. I also help women deal with boyfriend and family issues.

Experience
I have been working with women who are considering abortion for several years. I also work with women who have had abortions. Our family has also experienced adoption, so I can talk about that as well.

Education/Credentials
I am mostly self-taught. I also studied midwifery for awhile. I have spent years doing research on this topic. In fact, I have been doing research and working in this area since the early 1970's. I have been helping women online for a few years, under the guidance of a woman who was formally training in counseling.

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Abortion - ABORTION!!

Expert: Pat G - 11/3/2009

Question
ok so i was thinking about abortion and i wanted an exerts view on it...

do you think that abortion goes against the value for life?
do you think that abortion is killing and taking away the life that god has given and only he can take?

please clear my mind
thank you

Answer
Hello, Angela,

The fertilization of egg and sperm results in a zygote, which is the earliest stage of life. According to science, the zygote has a complete complement of human DNA. That makes the zygote a member of the human species. At that point, the only things that will be added prior to birth are time and nutrition; there are no qualitative changes. Development is simply an inevitable process. The zygote has different DNA from his or her mother. It takes a special mechanism to quell the rejection mechanism so the baby can grow and not be rejected by the mother's body.

According to the Bible, God made human beings in His image. He also said, "Thou shalt not kill."

I do, however, know a number of atheists who believe abortion shouldn't be allowed. They accept the evidence of science. Some people who support legal abortion also agree. They say this is a human being, but it doesn't matter.

People who believe in the Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States, think that rights come from God, and that includes the right to life. I am not familiar with any comparable documents in UK. Perhaps you are aware of some. Is there anything in the Magna Carta?

Which of these things will a person accept as authoritative? And why?

Perhaps the best answer for any individual who is uncertain is to look at the reactions of women who have had abortions. There are several typical reactions. One is to feel relief and then try to forget they had an abortion. If they have to forget, that in itself is a warning. Another is to reach a point where they say, "I killed my baby!" They react as if they have violated something deep within themselves, within their own ethics as well. No woman ever called an unborn baby a "fetus" until people wanted to justify making abortion legal. They always referred to what they were carrying as "my baby".

Abortion itself is a violent act against a woman's body, not to mention her mind and spirit. I focus on the women. How will they react? Two possibilities mean that I try to help women find another answer. The first is medical complications. These can do grave damage to a woman or even kill her. The second is how she will react emotionally once she has stopped to think about it. Abortion is forever. You can't take it back. Even women I have known who were sure they wanted an abortion can become suicidal afterward. I have lived through this with some of the women I have tried to help.

Our instincts tell us this is one of our children. And we will react according to our instincts.

I don't know how helpful that is, but let me know. Take care.

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