Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Scrapbooking on January 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I am so excited that it is Friday! Sometimes the weeks can be really long, but this week was particularly long for me. I am heading out of town for a weekend away to scrapbook with my friends. Friday couldn’t get here fast enough!
I have not been on one of these weekend crops before so I’m especially excited. I have printed all my pictures (1 1/2 years of them), gathered all my books and mementos, and packed all my tools. Ready to go!! Talk about working for the weekend!!
Posted in Adoption, tagged Abortion, Adoption on January 30, 2009| 3 Comments »
In respect to the Sanctity of Human Life observation this month, I feel that I must make a post about abortion. HOWEVER, it is a very passionate thing to me so I feel that I must simply stick to the facts lest my words get in the way of the real message. People are using abortion and their “right to choose” as their method of birth control folks. These numbers don’t lie. These numbers have been collected from Planned Parenthood. Check it out.
Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700
Who’s having abortions (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%.
Who’s having abortions (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.
Who’s having abortions (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%.
Why women have abortions
1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child, and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).
Likelihood of abortion:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion.
Total Abortions Since 1973 (When abortion was made legal in the USA):
49,551,703
That is 1/3 of a generation dead, missing, gone, murdered because an innocent life was not given the chance to live. You decide the value of a single life and tell me that this number is not horrible. Choose Life. Choose to Adopt.
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, tagged Thankfulness on January 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I have seen these on other blogs that I “lurk” on and thought they were nice. It will most likely encourage me to continue with this blog. I have stopped and started it too many times to count! So, I am thankful for:
Musings of a Christian Mom 