Posted on 03/13/2016 6:40:19 PM PDT by Morgana
In my decision to vote for a candidate in an election, the right to life is the most important issue I consider. Perhaps it is because my own life was saved and redeemed from abortion. I am alive today because my Chinese mother broke the law and gave birth to me.
Raising my sisters and me in communist China, where a violent family planning regime forces mothers into aborting additional children, my mother risked her life and safety to keep us from being taken by armed government agents.
We are talking about real lives here. I am one of them. My son, Zeke, is another. Diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in utero, our doctors adamantly pressured us to abort him.
My husband and I refused. We raised him, loved him and were completely blessed by him… until we buried him just two months ago when he passed away at the age of seven. We have never regretted our decision.
Yet every day I think about the millions of babies who weren’t so lucky and never had a chance at life, because “pro-choice” advocates and our very own laws have told women it is okay to discard their children for whatever reason imaginable.
Yes, the issue of life is very dear to my heart and something my conscience will not allow me to compromise on.
Which brings me to the trouble with Donald Trump, the current Republican frontrunner. He came out making a lot of promises to the American people. Holding a tough line on immigration, promising to build a wall and calling out both parties for incompetence, he vows to “make America great again.”
Love him or hate him, his bold TV debate performances woke Americans up. He also claimed to be pro-life, but “with the caveats.” However, as the months of campaigning have gone by, we have seen him traipse back and forth on major issues—and the issue of valuing every human life has been no exception.
Trump’s views on abortion, past and present (very present—like this week), give me little confidence that he will fight for the pro-life cause. In 1999, Trump described himself as “very pro-choice.” Since then, however, he says his views have “evolved.”
Yet Trump has said his extremist, pro-abortion sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, would make a “phenomenal” justice. She argued for a constitutional right to the hideous practice of partial-birth abortion. Of course, he said a few months later that he’d have to rule her out now.
During this year’s March for Life, he was the only Republican candidate who said nothing about abortion, while all the other candidates vowed to defend every precious life—whether lives in the womb, special needs children or any innocent life. Trump extols the child almost aborted who becomes a “superstar,” though his views are uncertain if that child were ever a “loser” (to use his words).
He has also gone on record saying he is for the status quo of funding Planned Parenthood as it is currently being funded. Yet when he was forced to clarify his stance, he finally said he would sign a bill to defund it if he became president.
But apparently, he still, to this day, believes Planned Parenthood is an organization that “does do wonderful things.” He’s repeated that sentiment, also saying, it “does a lot of good” and “does a really good job.” Such views are right in line with Secretary Hillary Clinton, whose pro-abortion activism has defined her public policy for decades.
Yes, and the president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, thanked Trump for saying those nice, wonderful things about her abortion centers where 300,000 babies’ lives are lost every year—funded in part by $500 million of taxpayer money.
Excuse me? Did he not pay any attention last year to scandal after scandal that the Center for Medical Progress exposed? Of Planned Parenthood illegally selling baby parts, of executives callously haggling over the price of “intact” baby “specimens” to fund a Lamborghini, of workers admitting they sell “fresh” aborted baby eyes, hearts, and “gonads,” of abortionists illegally altering abortion procedures and using partial-birth abortions to procure baby organs?
What about reports that show Planned Parenthood lying to women to coerce them into choosing abortion, covering up sexual abuse of minors and spreading the lie that it provided mammograms when in fact they do not? Trump’s lack of true conviction to stand up for defenseless lives in the womb is truly disturbing.
But so is his disregard for human rights in general. He has praised Russia’s murderous Vladimir Putin. His ever-shifting, unprincipled assertions on national security lead to a joint letter of 117 longtime defense and diplomatic leaders, who say Trump would “make America less safe.” Perhaps we should not be surprised, because Trump has had a history of standing with oppressive governments.
In regards to China, my place of birth, he supported its government in the past for stamping out a student protest at the Tiananmen Square—when students fought for democratic rights in 1989. Do you remember seeing the video footage of a military tank running over a student as he stood there in protest of the cruel, violent regime?
As one who escaped communist China as a girl, I can absolutely testify that China’s record on human rights is detestable and should never, ever be praised by anyone. Because of the constant fear and terror we lived under, it was the happiest day of my parents’ lives when we received our passports to leave the country.
I never thought I’d hear a presidential candidate admire and take pointers from the Chinese government, the Russian government, or fascist leaders of the past. All the while, Americans have cheered him on and voted him higher on the presidential short list.
We have barely touched on his character issues, his level of indecency (as eloquently pointed out by author Max Lucado), his lack of understanding the U.S. Constitution, and the string of business failures, lawsuits and scandals.
Can we stop and think about what we are doing?
We know what’s at stake here. We are voting for the commander-in-chief of our nation, the leader of the free world and the moral face of America. With the recent death of Antonin Scalia, the next President will likely choose his replacement—and perhaps two more Supreme Court Justices, affecting laws in this nation for the next generation.
Just as Roe v. Wade was decided by the courts, the battle to end it will be fought in the courts. Are we going to take our chances on a candidate who has expressed little regard for human rights, whether lives in the womb or born?
The blood, sweat and tears that have been shed in the fight for life cannot be squandered on Trump when there are pro-life candidates like Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to consider. I’ve made my views known, while others have made their case.
Both of these leaders have phenomenal track records of consistently elevating life issues, crafting life-affirming laws and speaking with care to convince hearts and minds to join our cause.
It is not too late. I pray our next president will have a deep, unwavering conviction to stand for life. I pray America makes the right decision, that the rights of every human being may be advanced and protected in America—and abroad—for generations to come.
Pro-Life is my No. 1 issue - without a respect for life, nothing else matters.
You are trusting politicians to walk the walk instead of just talk the talk. Based one the record of those two that’s a vain hope. America cannot afford to be a one issue Nation.
I think Kasich, Rubio & Cruz would have wavered if it was a convenient time.
It was convenient for them in the era they emerged in Republican politics to be pro life with very little political risk.
How tough is it for them to say they will ban a lot of abortions but never get anywhere near Obama’s desk.
None of their votes on the issue changed the matter.
None of these guys have ever had to take a hard vote on it where 50 or 60 votes mattered; or with Kasich in the house or as governor.
It is all hypothetical votes.
In another era, maybe if Rubio was buttboy to a Democrat big win in Florida he would more like a Luis Gutierrez member of congress. If Rubio & Cruz were Bush boys in the 2000’s I don’t see how amnesty or trade is the only issue they could wimp out on.
I think Trump is as pro-life as the others.
Trump loves babies and babies love Trump.
Trump’s sister is a Republican.
one issue, like immigration?
What does that matter if she supports partial birth abortion?
Sac Lives Matter!
God Bless you.
The Planned Parenthood issue was the start of my rejection of Trump as someone I would vote for if Cruz didn't get the nomination. I'm all in for Cruz. I believe him.
The euphoria over Trump is very concerning - you’ve done a great job articulating all of the reasons why we should be concerned and why we should be promoting all of the stark differences between Trump and true conservatives.
Your post makes good sense to me. For all of the reasons you state. My wife and I have been stanch Trump supporters from soon after he announced his campaign. And we are not numbskull, low information voters like Cruz wants you to believe. I have two college degrees. I am intelligent. I am sick and tired of what the 'establishment' wants.
Go TRUMP!
God will judge each person in the USA on whether or not we followed His will regarding the lives of his children. There will be no excuses at that moment. God does not negotiate. He says, “You know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”(1 John 3:15)
Yes, even that one issue is not the only issue. We need more than one issue solved to reclaim our country. The man who is letting the sunshine in is the only one that will address the current problems.
Anyone who is waiting for a ProLife President to get Roe Wade overturned is going to wait a long time. Trump has committed to defund Planned Parenthood as long as they are in the abortion business and that is more than any of the others will do.
I hear your anguish for the unborn and share it.
We are not going to get anyone elected who states that all abortions in America will be illegal. Its not going to happen. We cannot be the conscience for all women either; we must change hearts and laws incrementally.
If we can accomplish as the first step electing a President who is prolife, who has committed to eliminating abortions after the first trimester as Trump has done and we can stop paying for something with public money that many Americans find an abomination we will have accomplished a lot. A journey starts with a step and Trump is the best first step towards saving the unborn children of America and reclaiming the revernce for life and the family.
Pro-life is important, the most important. But continuing immigration and demographic change will continue to ensure that the courts will enforce access to abortion
Just as Churchill did, it may be necessary to embrace Stalin to stop Hitler. All we can do is pray that we make the right choice for our time.
I am pro-life and I’m voting for Trump.
Republicans ever since Roe vs. Wade claim to be pro-life and we still have abortions and use taxpayers money to pay for them. Jeb Bush was governor when the state of Florida killed Terri Schiavo. Bush was President. It was the first time a state ordered the killing of an innocent disabled woman. The judge ordered food and water to be withheld, not just the feeding tube removed. The tube had been placed for convenience. The judge ordered that no one was allowed to give her drink or water by mouth.
The President by himself does not make law. If you want to pass laws against abortion, then look to Congress or the state.
I believe Trump that he is pro-life now and will look for conservative judges to appoint to the Supreme Court. I’ve known people who have changed their views on abortion later in life.
In the interview with Tim Russert, he said he was pro-choice, but found abortions abhorrent. He now says he’s pro-life. I trust him a lot more than Cruz.
I don’t need Trump to tell me Cruz is a liar. I had already come to that conclusion way before Trump said it.
Watch the interview with Trump where the grandchildren come into his office at the end. They are all over him with the most natural ease and affection and he is at ease with them.
The moving picture is worth a million words.
Pro-life is number one for me also and I have struggled to make the right choice. We do not have a candidate who is opposed to contraception that I am aware. Many do not see the damage contraception does to women and its abortifacient aspect.
Rubio gone. Kasich gone. Cruz not reliable. Trump made an about face. Says he wants a culture of life. That means something. We have seen many people come from hard core pro-abortion to the pro-life, then culture of life position. I am now inclined to give Trump credibility on the issue. The rest of his platform is pro-America like no other and to me that is culture of life.
Trump will face the other way tomorrow.
He makes an about face every day.
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