Abortion: Forgivable or Unforgivable?

A young woman aborts her baby to avoid the social stigma of being an unwed mother. Does this woman deserve forgiveness? I don't think she does. What this woman did, was end her own child's life. We don't know if she really wanted to keep her baby, but I'm guessing she didn't. But there are many other options out there, for an "unwanted" child, besides killing. The child could have been put into an orphanage, or taken to another family, or given to someone inside the mother's family, who would have been happy to care for the newborn baby. But, the woman didn't think that she had any other options, other than abortion. She wanted to avoid any means of social contact, like the media for example, because the baby was without a father. There are plenty of women in the world, who have children of their own, and who are raising them without a man by their side. And who talks about that? Not very many people, that I know of. So, really, that woman had nothing to be afraid of. If she had kept her child, she would have been accepted as who she was. No one would have been upset that she kept the baby. It was her child, not anyone else's. But, she didn't want anyone to think less of her, so that's why she got an abortion. She didn't have to kill her child. There were plenty of other options for her to choose from. Abortion was not the only one. If the baby were still alive today, then maybe the woman would have thought differently about what could happen. Maybe she would have decided to keep her baby, and raise the child. Taking a life, I think, is unforgivable. And, that woman decided that her child should not live it's life, because her life, would get complicated if the baby was there. So, thinking that everyone would see and think less of the woman, she gave up her baby to abortion. That is why, I think, that the woman does not deserve forgiveness.

5 O'clock And Still Sunny

It's the beginning of March, which means the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. We all know what that means; we lose an hour of sleep, to gain nearly nine months of extra daylight, in the mid-afternoon to evening hours of the day. I can relate to this subject, because I was VERY confused as to when to change my alarm clock. But, I'm sure there was plenty of confusion to go around. CNN's website says, that this years Daylight Savings Time, began at 2 a.m. this morning, and that it will end on the first Sunday of November of this year. Now, for the people that have the work week and school week ahead of them, they are probably not too happy with this time change, because they are losing an hour of their precious, and possibly much needed, sleep. People kind of wander, though; Who, or what, came up with something like Daylight Savings Time, in the first place? Well, you can't really blame the scientists, the weather, or even Mother Nature for that matter. But, you could probably blame Benjamin Franklin. He's the man who came up with the idea of saving daylight. This idea, though, wasn't put into  action until the year of WWI, when daylight saving was useful to help save energy for lights. In the year 1918, The Standard Time Act, was developed to establish time zones and daylight saving, but this didn't last very long, for the act was repealed the following year.
Now, most people really hate this time of year, because when they wake up, it's still pretty dark outside. But, they should be thankful for the fact that they get to see the sun still shining around 5 o'clock now. You want to know why? Well, here's why I say this. In 1966, 47 years after The Standard Time Act had been repealed, a new act came had been formed, and put into play. The Uniform Time Act, was made. This act established Daylight Savings Time throughout America, and gave states the option to be exempt from Daylight Savings Time. States like Hawaii, and most parts of Arizona, took the opportunity of this exemption from Daylight Savings Time, along with Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. In the years of 1974 and '75, Congress decided to extend Daylight Savings Time, to save energy during the energy crisis of those two years. Nearly 70 countries follow Daylight Savings Time, but the countries that are set upon the equator, do not.
Even though there are people that really don't appreciate the fact that they have to rest their clocks an hour ahead, theres not really much anyone can do about it. But hey, if you don't like having to lose an hour of sleep from March to November, then you might as well move to Arizona, or Hawaii. :) There are times when I really hate having to wake up in the mornings, and see that the sun isn't awake yet. But, the fact that I actually get to enjoy the sun in the early evening hours, makes me appreciate it sometimes. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who feels this way. But, if I am...then theres nothing wrong with being different about things like that.


This information is provided from the article "Daylight Saving Time: Don't forget to spring forward", from the CNN website