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Sunday, November 19, 2017
Pro-Life Peru is Morally Superior, by Rebecca Kiessling
It is a great honor to have been invited to speak at Peru’s
first international pro-life conference.
I’m
an attorney, wife, mother of 5, international pro-life speaker and
writer, and the President of Save The 1 - a global pro-life organization with a
network of over 525 who were conceived
in rape (like me) and mothers who became pregnant by rape who are either
raising their children, birthmothers, or post-abortive and regret aborting. Additionally, we have hundreds of parents in
our network who were told to abort due to a challenging pre-natal diagnosis, or
those whose parents were told to abort them.
We value our lives and the lives of our children. We urge the people of Peru to continue
protecting human life without exception.
I’m sure you’ve heard abortion advocates say that it’s
barbaric to force a rape victim to carry “a rapist’s child.” First of all, I am not the child of a rapist –
I am the child of a rape victim. My
mother and I object to me being characterized otherwise. The rapist has no claim to me! Tell those who say such things, do not insult
me or my mother in this way.
Secondly, it is simply barbaric to punish an innocent child
for someone else's crime. Justice
dictates that in a civilized society, we punish rapists, not babies. Those who
would kill innocent children are the ones who are barbaric!
I did not deserve the death penalty for the crime of my
biological father. My own birthmother
had tried to kill me at two illegal abortions, and was pro-choice when we met
29 years ago, but today, we are thankful we were both protected by law from the
horror of abortion, just as the women and children of Peru are protected today.
She said back then, the only option she
was given was to abort me. She said that
there were no pro-life pregnancy resource centers at the time, and no one gave
her any other help or hope.
Peru has legislators who have placed gun sights on children
like me. To them I say, take them
off! Remove me from your scope. I am not your game to be hunted and
killed. I am a person and deserve life
every bit as much as you. This targeting
of life is dehumanizing and demoralizing, not just for those yet unborn, but
for every person living who was conceived in violence. The sting of your hatred is palpable and
life-long.
Legalizing abortion for rape or other exceptions sends a
message to our people group that our lives
are worth less than anyone
else’s. Imagine hearing of some nation
introducing an abortion ban with an exception in cases of babies conceived in
Jewish homes, Catholic families, or from Latino moms. 
The message which would be sent is that these
people are not worthy of living and did not deserve to be protected like
everyone else. There would be an
international outcry if the legalization of such prejudice were even proposed
because everyone would understand the discriminatory implications and
intentions. Yet, it is the same for us,
and we ache from such malice and the reckless disregard for our lives. Rape survivor mothers grieve how their
children are systematically targeted and devalued. They suffer more because they are not
believed they were raped since they did not abort and because they actually
love their children.
We appreciate concern for rape victims, but they are four
times more likely to die within the next year after an abortion, as opposed to
giving birth. In Dr. David Reardon’s
book, Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions and
Children Resulting From Sexual Assault, he cites the research done on the
subject. After an abortion, rape victims
have a higher rate of being murdered, committing suicide, drug overdose, etc.. Rapists, child molesters and sex traffickers
love abortion, which destroys the evidence and enables them to continue
perpetrating. Oftentimes, a girl’s own
mother has been either trafficking her or leaving her unprotected.
It is always the baby who is the hero of the story, by
exposing the rape, delivering her out of the abusive situation, protecting her
and bringing her healing. So if you care
about rape victims, you must protect her from the rapist and from the abortion,
and not the baby! The baby is not the scary
enemy. It’s just absurd to suggest that
any woman should have to be afraid of a baby.
In regards to a pre-natal diagnosis of “incompatible with
life” – it is impossible for the baby to be such when that unborn child is
still living. As long as there is a
heartbeat, there is life and there is hope. Physicians who peddle abortion are
truly the ones with fatal heart defects, often failing to treat the children of
parents who refused to abort. A eugenics
mentality becomes pervasive when you allow abortion for any reason.
I see the language of the global abortion lobby and how they
try to demean pro-life nations like Peru by characterizing them as antiquated
and “third-world,” as if killing the most vulnerable is somehow “progressive.” The truth is, Peru is a morally superior
nation because they’ve established the most important characteristics of a
culture – one where people are loved, protected, and accepted. Child sacrifice is what’s antiquated. Peruvians, please do not commence a culture
of death and discrimination.
We started a Spanish language division of Save The 1 -- Salvar El 1 -- a few
years ago because we saw how Latin America is being targeted by the abortion
forces. They are using the rape issue to
try to legalize abortion – on demand for any reason through all nine months of
pregnancy at taxpayer expense, just like they did in the United States. We know how critical our stories are for
impacting the culture because it is stories which pierce the heart in ways in
which arguments cannot.
In the United States landmark Supreme Court decision of Roe
vs Wade which legalized abortion across the U.S., the pregnant woman Norma McCorvey
– called Jane Roe, was told by her attorneys to lie that she was
gang-raped. They said this would make
her case stronger. Many years later, she
sought to have her own case overturned, feeling the weight of over one million
abortions per year on her shoulders.
Nearly 60 million children have been killed in the womb based upon a lie
of rape. The abortion advocates know
this and that’s why they exploit the violation of women to open the door for
killing any and all unborn children.
As I speak globally, I tell people about the good people of
Peru and how they fight like their own lives depend on it – how a year and a
half ago, Peruvians successfully defeated the efforts to legalize abortion in
cases of rape, and how one month later, they had 700,000 pro-life people attend
their March for Life in Lima! It took
the U.S. 40 years of legalized abortion to finally have 700,000 attend our
March for Life.
Everyone I tell is amazed that Peru not only had that many
people, but that they cared enough to show up to take a stand for the child
conceived in rape. Do you know how many
people attended the March for Life in the U.S. when they began legalizing
abortion in cases of rape across the southern states in the late 1960’s? None!
There was no March for Life because scarcely anyone cared! It wasn’t until abortion became legal for any
reason that a March was organized. Not
so in Peru. The people of Peru are very
wise to be so vigilant now.
When I was asked to speak in Peru at the first ever
international pro-life conference, I jumped at the opportunity to meet people
who are truly my heroes and to be a source of information and encouragement. Peru demonstrates to the world how to value
all life. They are the pro-life role
models throughout the globe!
Recently, the advocates for abortion have again introduced a
bill in Peru’s legislature to legalize abortion in cases of rape. The forces of death and destruction are not going
away. I urge the good people of Peru, do
not relent! Please, don’t let your
nation turn into a killing field like the U.S., like Canada, like so much of
Europe and Asia. Don’t spill the blood
of innocent Peruvian children on your land.
Continue protection without exception, from the moment of conception.
BIO: Rebecca Kiessling is the founder and President of Save The 1. She's a wife, mother, attorney,
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Dear Instructor, I am wondering how you can justify murder in cases of rape and incest, by Christina Scarborough, homeschool student
Lisa Scarborough decided to home school her 8th grade daughter after experiencing the public school classroom to be hostile toward their pro-life, conservative views. However, when 13 year old Christina was taking an online Civics course through a Christian home school program, she was shocked to hear her teacher justifying abortion in cases of rape and immediately alerted her mother, who then contacted me for resources to provide to this instructor, and for a strategy to resolve the situation favorably.
Since they live in my area, we had the opportunity to meet in person when I spoke in her hometown a week later. Here is her letter to her instructor, along with his response -- a great outcome as you can see, which is why the teacher's identity and the program are not disclosed. Christina's courage and determination demonstrate that young people are not merely relegated to the future of the pro-life movement -- they are an indispensible part of the cause for the protection of preborn children now! As a further note, when she contacted the administrator of this program, she learned that this administrator was himself conceived in rape, and he was extremely appreciative of not only her diligence, but her care and concern for those like him.
-- Rebecca Kiessling, President of Save The 1
Dear Instructor,
I would like to start off by thanking you for teaching civics in an exciting manner, which helped me to digest the information with enthusiasm. I liked the fact that you were willing to change the way that you presented the material to adjust to the different learning styles that students had. That kind of flexibility is appreciated and helped me to hone in on the material that you presented.
However, I am extremely concerned with something you said on Tuesday, when you were speaking on how “America is not as great as we think it is”. You were telling us that one of the reasons is because America permits abortion. You went on to say, “We definitely messed this up and there are some countries who have not, for example: Poland has a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest, imminent death of the mother, if the fetus is unviable. Poland has got this right and America has got this wrong.”
I was shocked to hear that you believe that abortion is right in cases of rape, incest, and if the fetus is unviable. I was under the impression that you were conservative and that you were strongly pro-life. I was also under the impression that your organization had the same conservative, Christian beliefs; however, your statement portrayed just the opposite.
Murder is murder no matter how it happens or where it takes place. Why is it any different if the murder takes place inside or outside of the womb? In the womb the baby still has human DNA which means that it could only be a human and could never, no matter what age, be a blob of cells or tissue.
I am wondering how you can justify murder in cases of rape and incest. How can you murder innocent babies because of the crime of their father? For instance, if my father murdered someone and was sentenced to the death penalty, would I also be sentenced and pay the ultimate price? No, of course not. This is exactly what happens every day in America in cases of rape and incest. The baby is brutally ripped from the mother and killed in the process while 99% of the so called “fathers” escape the punishment of the crime. The death penalty for rape is considered unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, you condone the death penalty for an innocent baby based on his father’s rape? The Word of God says, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin"- Deuteronomy 24:16. God also said, "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son… the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself" - Ezekiel 18:20. There are numerous other verses about shedding innocent blood. It’s something God hates. (See Proverbs 6:16-17). Exodus 23:7 says "...Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.” So, because of these scriptures, and more, I am very confused about why you would condone the killing of the innocent for the guilty.
If you permit abortion for incest, do you realize how many clinics cover up the crime and cruelly send the victim home to be re-abused by her incestuous relative? Far too many. These kinds of situations bring them repeat business. The Bible can attest to this when it says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil”. Have you thought about how abortion could be empowering an offender because they can just kill the evidence? That’s repulsive!
Are you trying to be kind to the woman? Because the kindest thing you could do for her is not make her live with the horrendous crime of murdering her own child. This is creating another innocent victim and killing a unique individual with his or her own DNA. Someone made in the image of God. Adoption is a loving and Christian option, which literally brings psychological healing to a victim of rape or incest. It prevents a victim from becoming a victim again of a procedure that that leaves her in the mental torment of a guilty conscience and can have horrible physical consequences too.
Throughout the scriptures we see example after example of how God cares for and loves the little children. He takes it very seriously when someone harms one of his little ones. One example of this is portrayed in Exodus 21:22-25. It states, “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” Yet, in America each day 3,300 horrendous abortions take place. He clearly conveyed his love for children in Matthew 19:14. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them...” Abortion is exterminating the next generations who have a unique purpose and plan on their lives(according to Jeremiah 29:11).
Then I realized that you also said Poland had it right because they allow abortion until a fetus (which is Latin for “young one”) is viable. This, Sir, is an even bigger problem! Sometimes babies are not considered viable until a woman is around 6 months pregnant. Are you serious? If it’s OK to brutally dismember a baby who is 5 months gestation or burn it with saline, why is is it any different take suction out a baby’s brain just prior to birth? And why stop there? Shouldn’t we be able to kill a newborn? After all, it’s “unviable” without someone to feed it, and care for it. It’s still entirely incapable of making it on it’s own. The dictionary definition for viable is: (of a fetus or unborn child) able to live after birth. What makes a child viable? Someone who cares for it! What makes a 2 or 3 year old child viable? The exact same thing! I believe you have created a seriously slippery slope, Sir! Worst of all, you have done it to the hearts and minds of youth who were counting on you to teach them right from wrong! These same students are the next voters who will ultimately be deciding if this atrocity continues throughout America in the next generations.
I would like to be a teacher when I grow up. I don’t take it lightly that the Bible says, “Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because we who teach will be judged more strictly -James 3:1. With all due respect, Sir, I suggest you don’t take this lightly either.
Most Sincerely,
Christina Scarborough
P.S Please read the article below.
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/09/26/is-a-woman-acting-in-sin-when-she-aborts-a-pregnancy-that-is-the-result-of-rape/
I would like to start off by thanking you for teaching civics in an exciting manner, which helped me to digest the information with enthusiasm. I liked the fact that you were willing to change the way that you presented the material to adjust to the different learning styles that students had. That kind of flexibility is appreciated and helped me to hone in on the material that you presented.
However, I am extremely concerned with something you said on Tuesday, when you were speaking on how “America is not as great as we think it is”. You were telling us that one of the reasons is because America permits abortion. You went on to say, “We definitely messed this up and there are some countries who have not, for example: Poland has a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest, imminent death of the mother, if the fetus is unviable. Poland has got this right and America has got this wrong.”
I was shocked to hear that you believe that abortion is right in cases of rape, incest, and if the fetus is unviable. I was under the impression that you were conservative and that you were strongly pro-life. I was also under the impression that your organization had the same conservative, Christian beliefs; however, your statement portrayed just the opposite.
Murder is murder no matter how it happens or where it takes place. Why is it any different if the murder takes place inside or outside of the womb? In the womb the baby still has human DNA which means that it could only be a human and could never, no matter what age, be a blob of cells or tissue.
I am wondering how you can justify murder in cases of rape and incest. How can you murder innocent babies because of the crime of their father? For instance, if my father murdered someone and was sentenced to the death penalty, would I also be sentenced and pay the ultimate price? No, of course not. This is exactly what happens every day in America in cases of rape and incest. The baby is brutally ripped from the mother and killed in the process while 99% of the so called “fathers” escape the punishment of the crime. The death penalty for rape is considered unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, you condone the death penalty for an innocent baby based on his father’s rape? The Word of God says, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin"- Deuteronomy 24:16. God also said, "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son… the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself" - Ezekiel 18:20. There are numerous other verses about shedding innocent blood. It’s something God hates. (See Proverbs 6:16-17). Exodus 23:7 says "...Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.” So, because of these scriptures, and more, I am very confused about why you would condone the killing of the innocent for the guilty.
If you permit abortion for incest, do you realize how many clinics cover up the crime and cruelly send the victim home to be re-abused by her incestuous relative? Far too many. These kinds of situations bring them repeat business. The Bible can attest to this when it says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil”. Have you thought about how abortion could be empowering an offender because they can just kill the evidence? That’s repulsive!
Are you trying to be kind to the woman? Because the kindest thing you could do for her is not make her live with the horrendous crime of murdering her own child. This is creating another innocent victim and killing a unique individual with his or her own DNA. Someone made in the image of God. Adoption is a loving and Christian option, which literally brings psychological healing to a victim of rape or incest. It prevents a victim from becoming a victim again of a procedure that that leaves her in the mental torment of a guilty conscience and can have horrible physical consequences too.
Throughout the scriptures we see example after example of how God cares for and loves the little children. He takes it very seriously when someone harms one of his little ones. One example of this is portrayed in Exodus 21:22-25. It states, “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” Yet, in America each day 3,300 horrendous abortions take place. He clearly conveyed his love for children in Matthew 19:14. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them...” Abortion is exterminating the next generations who have a unique purpose and plan on their lives(according to Jeremiah 29:11).
Then I realized that you also said Poland had it right because they allow abortion until a fetus (which is Latin for “young one”) is viable. This, Sir, is an even bigger problem! Sometimes babies are not considered viable until a woman is around 6 months pregnant. Are you serious? If it’s OK to brutally dismember a baby who is 5 months gestation or burn it with saline, why is is it any different take suction out a baby’s brain just prior to birth? And why stop there? Shouldn’t we be able to kill a newborn? After all, it’s “unviable” without someone to feed it, and care for it. It’s still entirely incapable of making it on it’s own. The dictionary definition for viable is: (of a fetus or unborn child) able to live after birth. What makes a child viable? Someone who cares for it! What makes a 2 or 3 year old child viable? The exact same thing! I believe you have created a seriously slippery slope, Sir! Worst of all, you have done it to the hearts and minds of youth who were counting on you to teach them right from wrong! These same students are the next voters who will ultimately be deciding if this atrocity continues throughout America in the next generations.
I would like to be a teacher when I grow up. I don’t take it lightly that the Bible says, “Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because we who teach will be judged more strictly -James 3:1. With all due respect, Sir, I suggest you don’t take this lightly either.
Most Sincerely,
Christina Scarborough
P.S Please read the article below.
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/09/26/is-a-woman-acting-in-sin-when-she-aborts-a-pregnancy-that-is-the-result-of-rape/
THIS WAS THE REPLY:
Hello Christina,
Thank you very much for emailing me with your concerns!
I am gratified to hear that you share my passion to protect unborn children in their mothers’ wombs. I wish that more Americans felt as strongly as you do about this incredibly important topic.
Please allow me to clarify my comments some: I am strongly, unabashedly, and unequivocally pro-life. I believe that life begins in the womb and ends at natural death, and that only God has the authority to exert any influence on this process, for He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.
My comments in class regarding Poland were meant more as a relative comparison, rather than as an absolute endorsement of Polish legislation. While I do believe that Poland’s laws protect more babies on the balance than American laws do (given our liberalization of abortion), I wish very strongly that Poland’s laws were stricter. Because any life taken away is a moral tragedy, I wish they had stronger regulations upon abortion in the cases of rape, incest, endangered life of the mother, and inviability of the fetus.
I wished to praise the Polish government’s resilience against the progressive agenda to legalize abortion-on-demand, which is why my comments were very positive. Pragmatically speaking, I would support any small measure to curtail the practice of abortion in minute ways; on the whole, I would see the abominable practice of abortion burned and discarded on the ash heap of history. That, and not any point of compromise in the middle, is my prayer.
I will address this issue again in class tomorrow. Thank you again for your email, and please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Classroom Teacher
Thank you very much for emailing me with your concerns!
I am gratified to hear that you share my passion to protect unborn children in their mothers’ wombs. I wish that more Americans felt as strongly as you do about this incredibly important topic.
Please allow me to clarify my comments some: I am strongly, unabashedly, and unequivocally pro-life. I believe that life begins in the womb and ends at natural death, and that only God has the authority to exert any influence on this process, for He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.
My comments in class regarding Poland were meant more as a relative comparison, rather than as an absolute endorsement of Polish legislation. While I do believe that Poland’s laws protect more babies on the balance than American laws do (given our liberalization of abortion), I wish very strongly that Poland’s laws were stricter. Because any life taken away is a moral tragedy, I wish they had stronger regulations upon abortion in the cases of rape, incest, endangered life of the mother, and inviability of the fetus.
I wished to praise the Polish government’s resilience against the progressive agenda to legalize abortion-on-demand, which is why my comments were very positive. Pragmatically speaking, I would support any small measure to curtail the practice of abortion in minute ways; on the whole, I would see the abominable practice of abortion burned and discarded on the ash heap of history. That, and not any point of compromise in the middle, is my prayer.
I will address this issue again in class tomorrow. Thank you again for your email, and please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Classroom Teacher
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