#PraytoEndAbortion is trending on Twitter. Some people do not seem to know what that means though. We are praying to end abortion. We are not taking away any woman's rights in this act. We are praying that abortion ends. Other people are complaining that there is much more that we could be praying for, like an end to rape. Has it occurred to them that praying for the end of abortion could encompass praying for the end of rape? For an argument like that (where people only choose abortion because they were raped), then by praying for the end of abortion, included by implication is a prayer for the end of rape. Take for instance a simple example, for arugment's sake, that a woman is walking home by herself at night. Unbeknownst to her, there is a predator waiting in a dark area to see a woman alone. Starting here, many different things could happen, but in this example, I will just go through two of them. First scenario (no prayers involved): As the woman walks past this predator, she is pulled to the side and immediately raped. She becomes pregnant and has an abortion because of it. Second scenario: #PraytoEndAbortion was trending on Twitter the day before the assault was to take place. Because of this, many people were praying that the need for abortion would not exist; as the woman was walking past the predator, a car drove by with his brights on. Knowing the person in the car would have seen what he was planning to do, he was not able to have a chance to abduct and rape the woman, she went home safely, did not get pregnant, and therefore, did not have an abortion. Again, this is a really simple example, but very plausible. God works in mysterious ways. Why was that car in the second scenario, but not the first? Who knows? Maybe because of people's prayers, that car missed a turn or turned too early. Maybe the car was in the first scenario, but drove past just before the rape occurred and did not see anything; in the second, perhaps then, a faulty traffic light, held the driver back just a few seconds. Or perhaps even, the car did not even exist. Perhaps it was a miracle by God that a car had just appeared from nowhere, not even seen by anyone except the predator. One can never know the ways that God can change our lives.
Normally, I would write more on this point, alas I have to study for finals.
Keep praying #PraytoEndAbortion
The End Abortion Movement: http://goo.gl/ToHSCm
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of Unborn Children: http://goo.gl/eH37AO
