Yeah, I picked a pretty controversial topic to start commenting on with this particular YouTube user name. I probably should have done it as YouTube’s “The Varo Edition”, but that would have meant changing to that account, and I was too lazy/tired/ambivalent to go through the hassle.
So, I’ve defended Angie the Atheist on her right to abort an embryo at 4 weeks. However, I’m of two minds about the fact that she posted it on YouTube.
On the one hand, she posted it on YouTube: “I’m having an abortion. Right now.” Sensationalistic attention-seeker? Maybe. She could have taken her RU-486 and quietly let things happen, but she chose to broadcast the event. What’s a 5-letter word for controversy? A-n-g-i-e? Yep. CNN even picked up her story.
On the other hand, she did hold up her experience as an example to any woman who is considering abortion for health reasons, but who is scared and unsure of what to do. And she did it with full knowledge of the type and intensity of the fallout that would ensue.
Many women and girls do get pregnant, in spite of birth control, and don’t know what to do. While, I disagree with abortion for any reason except to save the mother’s life, the option is available if it’s needed. Angie held up a torch for these women to follow, and she showed them a viable option. Not necessarily the best option, but one that could work for them.
Hot Topic
Abortion will always be a hot topic for debate, with elements on each side calling for the deaths of everyone on the other side. It amuses me to no end that it’s usually the “no, don’t kill da baby” crew that are calling for the assassination of anyone involved in an abortion. If abortion is murder, how is murdering an abortionist not murder? (For purposed here, an abortionist is anyone who voluntarily participates in the termination of a pregnancy.)
Personally, I think abortion should be a last resort–a plan Z, of you will– after all other means to solve the problems brought on by the pregnancy have been exhausted. Angie aborted at week 4 due to health reasons. Blastocyst–>Embryo–>Fetus–>Baby. She terminated an blastocyst. It was nothing more than a mass of cells with the potential to become an embryo. She didn’t “Kill a baby,” so she’s not a murderer or baby-killer. There’s the science and the law.
As for the religion, exactly when does a human acquire a soul? I have looked for this in the King James version of the Christian Bible, but I can not find where it says that. Someone please point out where it is, because I’m not seeing it. I’m pretty sure that, since God knows whether or not a blastocyst will survive to embryohood, that the the whole soul-bonding thing would wait until at least after the embryo stage, yes?
Show Me Proof!
Unless I see proof that a human acquires a soul at conception or earlier, this is where I stand:
- Blastocyst to Embryo: a potentially parasitic growth within the host (the mother). At this stage, it is merely a growth. It has no brain, or heart or nervous system to even mark it as an animal.
- Fetus: potential baby, but still a parasite. Early on, it is more embryo than baby. Status judged on a case-by-case basis.
- Baby: Last trimester, on. Remains a parasite until the umbilical cord is severed, but still a baby. Once an embryo has reached baby status, it may as well be considered human. At this point, it can be murdered. Exactly where this point is reached it currently a legal matter, but I personally know a 6-month premie who survived.
So, there ya have it. A woman has a chemical abortion as soon as her body realized it was pregnant. She did it in a controversial way which garnered her her 15 minutes of CNN fame. She is a positive role model for women and girls in a similar situation, and a demon for all the haters.
BTW, Angie has yet to hear from the true Christians on the matter. None of those who judge her can accurately call themselves “Christian,” because Jesus Christ specifically commanded his followers not to judge others.
And, yes, this post really does belong on The Varo Edition.
Links
- The YouTube video.
- The CNN Spot with Angie’s Interview.
- The Varo Edition
