The Fifth Commandment reads, "Thou shalt not kill", but it takes on a deeper meaning than just that. Three issues that have been tied to abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and racism.
Abortion deals with the killing of a fetus when a mother doesn't want to give birth. I definitely understand "pro-choice" supporters, especially if a woman was raped or abused, but I just cannot get over the fact that you are killing off an innocent child. A child is not an inconvenience, or a choice. You become a mother the moment you find out you're pregnant, and no mother should even have the option to kill her child. You never know what your child is going to become, you have to let him or her be born and have a chance! Aside from that, your baby's heart begins to beat 24 days after conception, so your unborn child is still very much alive when you kill it because you think this miracle inside you will do nothing but ruin your life.
Another issue that deals with the Fifth Commandment is euthanasia and assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted suicide deals with the issue of family members being able to put their loved ones down to death if they are suffering and have absolutely no chance of getting better. I'm sure that it is difficult to watch a family member slowly die, but absolutely no one has the power to take life away, except for God. God gave you a life, and God is going to be the one to eventually take it away. Not your mother, or father, or sister, or cousin. I don't know how you can, in good conscience, make the choice to kill someone. No one should be pressured with that choice, especially because it shouldn't even be a choice. You just do not get to decide when you die.
Racism doesn't necessarily end in death, but it may, and it includes lessening the value of human life, so it too deals with the Fifth Commandment. Showing prejudice towards someone is basically telling them that your life is way better than there's is, and you are superior in every way. God made all of us, and He made us all equal. No one is any place to judge another human being. We are all equal in every way. Truly, the only way somebody can be inferior is if they believe that they are in a place to judge other people.
"Each child is sent into this world by God with a unique message to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow." -John Powell
So you say that you "understand" if a woman is abused or raped,if they have an abortion after that, then you get it. But isn't it still a "miracle inside you"? It's still an innocent child whether or not it was caused by something terrible. Or does it make a difference if the circumstances are different.
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