What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?

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1. BTW, EBD, I’ve appreciated your input to this thread.

2. I just wanted to make one final comment regarding abortion. I think women who have had an abortion are NOT evil murderers, but rather are misinformed and often feel pressured into making the decision for a plethora of reasons. Many of these women are in deep pain over their decision – they are grieving over the loss of a child whether they know it or not. Care needs to be taken in responding to the issue of abortion with this in mind. An environment or forum needs to be maintained were these women and men can speak openly and honestly about their decision and the effects it has had on their person without severe judgments placed on them. I do not know what I would have done in their shoes – if I did not choose abortion it would only be due to some small grace. If I did choose abortion, I would surly be struggling with the choice at some level. Harshness only serves to push a women into defending her position and results in frozen emotions. I am not an expert, but my experience in having discussions with women who have made a decision to have an abortion in the past have shared with me their guilt and frustration and deep sense of loss when they allow themselves to feel.

3. no-one, I altogether agree with you. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone . . .”
   I have known many pro-life advocates: many are front line care providers for both women who have chosen to carry their unwanted pregnancy—unborn child—to term, and those who have made the decision not to—and are haunted and wounded by it. (Many believe they made an uninformed choice.)
   Yes, kindness and understanding for the women, who find themselves in a terrifying and extremely ambiguous situation, are imperative—and routine, in pro-life ministries (often spearheaded by women who’ve had abortions). However, hiding the truth and trying to smooth over the moral dimension of abortion are part of the problem, to which women, who were duped by misleading bromides, will attest.
   The Church says, “Love the sinner, hate the sin”, short form for, “Love thy neighbour as thyself” but don’t do it by belittling that person by denying the truth of the situation. Women, who are in distress about having had an abortion, already know that “something is not right”. To honour that understanding, nonjudgmentally, for many women (who’ve been told “Abortion: there’s nothing to it”), is the first step in their healing.

4. I totally agree no-name and lookout: This is not about condemning women who’ve had abortions, as many of them felt pressured or backed into a corner or not supported. This thread isn’t even about women who had abortions either frivolously or thinking only of short-term rather than long-term consequences.
   It’s about a society that’s lost its way and will not face up to its lack of responsibility and accountability for a government policy which has gone way wrong.