"Let God be our judge"

The title of my blog comes from the closing sentence of the following article, a very moving story about one family's choice and an example of why we need to keep fighting anti-choice policies:

http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/article_349b3bec-21a6-11df-b2f8-001cc4c03286.html

     This article truly brought tears to my eyes as I was reading it. I had to close the door to my windowless office to make sure a coworker didn't come by and see me fighting back the urge to sob while sitting at my desk. I realize now that the tears have double meaning. The first is that they were tears of sadness: What a horrible decision this mother had to face! I couldn't imagine how I would handle myself if I were in a similar situation. The second is that they were tears of appreciation because she was even able to make that choice. If she hadn't had the abortion, she might have lost both babies, she might have lost her own life, or even worse, all three of them might have died and think of the poor father and siblings left behind.

     Nick and I discussed this subject this past weekend and I believe that what most people don't understand about feminism and being pro-choice is that "Pro-choice" means just what it says: we believe in having a choice and never being forced to do something we don't want to do. That goes for ANYTHING; abortions, where we work, where we shop for groceries, where we live, etc. Now, that's not so bad is it? I also believe that I can speak for most feminists, and at the very least this is true for myself , when I say that no one is "pro-abortion". I don't think there is anyone out there that believes it is acceptable to frivolously run about having abortion after abortion just for the sake of it. That is wrong and I'm sure we can all agree on that. However, abortion is an option and has to remain an option for women, men, and all families, just as this article points out. Women who decide to have abortions do so because they know what is best for themselves and the people they care about. Accidents happen: the condom breaks or the birth control fails. And then there are the atrocities that we can't seem to make go away: rape, incest, terrible birth defects, etc. So, while it may not be the most accepted or welcomed choice, it is still a choice that many people must face.

     And the most important thing is just what the author of this article stated as her closing sentence: "Let God be our judge." Isn't this the true Christian way? My research says so:

Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

or even

Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

I only ask you to think twice when you're condemning someone just because they make choices that you might not agree with, or when you're fighting so hard to take those choicese away. You never know what other people are experiencing in their lives. Besides, you only need to worry about your own self and family, not everyone else.

-The Pissed Feminist