Thursday, September 24, 2009

True Love Waits

"Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason." This quote by Robert South states that remaining abstinent is a hard thing to do, but if you can do so it makes you stronger, and able to think more clearly. Sex is a very powerful thing that should be shared with one person. Staying abstinent until you are married can be a better choice than having premarital sex because it strengthens your friendship with that person, teaches you patience and self control, and it makes for a more stable family.

Connecting on a friendship level is important in a relationship. Being able to talk to and say anything you want around that person is crucial. When someone rushes into sex, the relationship could become based only on the sexual attraction, and no friendship will be formed. Therefore, the two people will not share as many conversations and will not truly know each other. When abstaining from intimacy, you get to know more about the person and develop a stronger bond.

Waiting until you get married to have sex takes a lot of patience and self control. Self control is the hardest part of abstinence, but with love and support from the people around you it is possible. Low self control and impatience is what causes most people to engage in sexual activity before marriage.

After someone is married, that is the time to start their family. The fact that the two people remained abstinent together, and became best friends through the wait helps to create a more stable family. The number of women who get pregnant after having premarital sex gets higher each year. This can cause unstable lives for the children, because there is no guarantee that both parents will be in the child’s life. In a marriage, both the mother and father have children to expand their family and are ready to care for them.

Sex is giving a piece of yourself to another person, and that should not be taken for granted and just given to anyone. Not having sex until after you are married teaches you many things and makes you a stronger person in the long run. I have nothing against people who have premarital sex. I'm actually one of my only friends that has abstained. Waiting is just the choice I've made for myself and you just read why.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Premature Baby Left To Die

The lights are dim, and the room is quiet. There is a cold feeling all around but no windows are open. There is no movement at all. All is quiet except the sound of soft whimpers coming from beside the small box in the hospital room. A mother is holding her premature child’s lifeless body. In the United Kingdom, they cannot try and save a premature child’s life if it is born before 22 weeks.

On September 10, 2009, Sarah Capewell watched her son, Jayden, who was born 21 weeks and 5 days early, die in her arms. According to Miss Capewell, Jayden was a “little fighter.” He was moving around and had a strong heartbeat. She pleaded for help, but the doctors told her it was against the rules to save him because he was born 2 days too early. When she told one pediatrician “they have got to help,” he replied with, “No we don’t.” She was told to treat the birth as a miscarriage. After Jayden’s death, Miss Capewell had to fight with hospital officials to get his birth and death certificates so they could have a proper burial for him.

I feel it shouldn’t matter how early a child is born. Every child deserves the chance to live. An early life is still a life. The law that states different is messed up and needs to be changed. Doctors jobs are to help save people, and they refused to do so in this case.

for the full article :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211950/Premature-baby-left-die-doctors-mother-gives-birth-just-days-22-week-care-limit.html