Embracing Life — Day 40
Chandra White-Cummings
Day 40: In My Own Words
I have a 21-year old son. If it would have been up to some misguided “medical professionals” years ago, he might never have been born.
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Embracing Life — Day 39
Chandra White-Cummings
Day 39: Top Ten – Part 2
Tomorrow is the last day of 40 Days for Life (you can find the latest devotional here). To close out my blog, I’ll share a personal story about my personal encounter with the abortion issue.
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Embracing Life — Day 38
Chandra White-Cummings
Day 38: Top Ten – Part 1
I’ve decided I’m done syncing up with the 40 Days reflections (you can find the latest here). I thought for the last two days, I’d do a couple top 10 lists. I’m too lazy right now to think up some creative overarching theme for the lists, so they’ll be random facts, thoughts, musings, etc.
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Embracing Life — Day 37
Chandra White-Cummings
Day 37: The Illusion of Choice
I was talking yesterday to a young friend of mine about the information commonly circulated to young people about contraception, STDs, and other sexual health subjects. For example, she was surprised to read in a brochure I gave her that condoms do not protect against all strains of HPV. She had been told, “Just use a condom, you’re covered.” During the course of our conversation, she became more shocked at what she was reading. HPV is the same as genital warts? She believes that if more teenagers knew this kind of information, more of them would make different choices about being sexually involved. My thought exactly.
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Embracing Life — Day 36
Chandra White-Cummings
Day 36: Racism Redux
Note: Please go to the 40 Days website if you’d like to read the devotional on purpose and choosing life.
Yesterday something very important happened in our nation’s capital. Rep. Trent Franks (Ariz., R) introduced the Prenatal Nondiscriminatory Act (PreNDA), which aims to prohibit “performing or financing sex-selection or race-based abortions.” Most Americans don’t even know that either of these issues is a serious problem, or a threat at all. In fact, they are.
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