{"id":628,"date":"2023-03-13T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gen-e-sis.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/06\/abortion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:58:41","slug":"abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Crys Louder\u2014The Unborn or the Unheard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" data-attachment-id=\"1156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/abortion\/pro-choice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pro-choice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice-300x228.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice.jpg 600w, https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pro-choice-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"voice-tag\">Soul Logistics<\/span>\n<div class=\"post-intro\"><p>Let\u2019s talk souls\u2014not the haunted kind, but the womb-fresh, divine-USB variety. If you believe every foetus comes pre-installed, great. But have you fed the ones already here, in nappies and existential dread? Reboot your empathy router.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For some, the case against abortion is based (in most part) on the belief\/faith that the unborn child has a soul. It is to these people I speak first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notion that a child in the womb has a soul &#8211; this is certainly debatable. And the view that you choose then dictates your action and inaction. I have no issue with that. A person who believes in the soulful unborn reacts to the outrage at abortion being allowed. Many with zeal. For them, it is a noble cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what of the children already born, already here, dying so young of poverty and illness? Where is your outrage for them? You can have no doubt they have this soul you speak so highly of. They have already tasted life, looked into the eyes of someone, wondered, smelt their mother, tasted milk, wondered \u2026 well most of them at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how can those who are not of your persuasion take you seriously on this \u2019soul\u2019 thing when they know that those barely living definitely must have a soul as well? Yet you commit your troops to the souls unborn before the souls hungry-yet-born have all been saved. I would suggest that your faith is skewed. I would advise you to rethink your position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time you save a tree, cool a globe, warm a heart, give blood, take time, win something, lose something, score a try, try and score, bench-press a fridge, or French-kiss a bridge\u2014whatever your flavor of virtue\u2014consider feeding the born-but-hungry as part of the festivities. Maybe $5 \u2192 PayPal \u2192 World Vision. Practise that a few times. Like a dance move. Like a liturgy. So when you next celebrate, you\u2019re not just clinking glasses\u2014you\u2019re clinking consciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The 24-Hour Soup Kitchen: Soul-Stirring Lessons in Gastrophilanthropy\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"678\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_5Ub5Kk7WyvkcIf&#038;asin=1635767067&#038;tag=genesiscom-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soul Logistics Let&rsquo;s talk souls&mdash;not the haunted kind, but the womb-fresh, divine-USB variety. If you believe every foetus comes pre-installed, great. But have you fed the ones already here, in nappies and existential dread? Reboot your empathy router. 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