Thoughts About Abortion

I intend to use this forum for a lot of different purposes.  Things that frustrate me.  Injustices.  One of my "causes" is protecting the unborn.  I realize how easy it is to be pro-life when you have never been face to face with an unplanned pregnancy, but a little over 2 years ago my daughter was in this situation.  She returned from an internship in another country pregnant.  Long story short the father wasn't interested in being involved, but my daughter chose to have her baby.  

I would never have predicted she would end up in this situation, but here's a news flash.  Birth control isn't 100% effective.  How easy it could have been to make this inconvenient problem go away.  No one would have to know.  I'm so proud she never seriously considered terminating her pregnancy.  She lived at home with us, and month by month she got bigger.  We became a regular threesome, my husband, my daughter and myself.  We attended church every Sunday, and frankly sometimes it felt a little weird.  

My grand-daughter was born a couple of weeks early, and I was blessed with being present for the birth.  It was the most amazing experience, even more amazing than the birth of my own children.  Ava is nearly two years old, and she is a miracle; so like her mother at that age, and having her live with us is just so special.  We can't even imagine how she has changed our lives for the better.

So here's the thing that bothers me.  I feel that society is telling women they aren't really killing their babies, they are "postponing" them.  But if my daughter had chosen to have an abortion, Ava would not have been postponed, she never would have existed.  And when I look at my beautiful grand-daughter, I can't even imagine her not being in our lives.