Pro-life or just anti-abortion?

Let me first explain that I'm almost completely foreign (that might be a pun) to American politics. I know so much of the last elections, that Obama is a lefty, leaning towards socialism.. and McCain is a righty, or conservative. One thing I did get was that everybody was making a big deal on the abortion issue, and that a lot of votes were merely based on that. (I've heard many say that McCain would hardly be the answer to America, but since he's not as pro-abortion as Obama, I'll vote for him) Now, all in good right, but I was just thinking about all of those people who claim to be 'pro life'.

I would call myself pro-life. Definately. Not a question asked. I would never approve of an abortion, it's just something unimaginable. But is that all there is to being pro-life? We wanted to get rid of the term 'anti-abortion' for so long, but do we actually deserve another title, to be called 'pro-life'?

Let me ask you, what does that mean to you? Are you only 'pro-life that already exists'? (So that you don't approve of killing a fetus?) Or are you a supporter (pro) of life in any form? It's pretty easy to say we don't approve of abortion, when we have our things all together, right? We'd point the finger at a young girl who doesn't want to take care of a child, yet we wouldn't want to take care of a child on her age either.

Yet, she made the mistake of unprotected sex (or maybe even not) and we 'took care of that', so to say. Are you still pro-life if you desperately try to postpone a possible birth from happening.. 2, 5, or even 10 years into marriage? You say you love children, yet you blend in with the world thinking 'they are a burden and I don't want them for another x years'. Is that pro-life?

You say that you love children and would never harm even the smallest of fetuses, but do you actually know how a birth control pill works? It's supposed to keep the egg from fertilization, but if it fails (and that fail is quite possible!) it will keep the fertilized egg from attaching to the womb, and thus it will die. What is that called? Sounds like abortion to me..

So, like I said.. it's easy to point the finger, but are we 'clean' ourselves? Are we in a position that has the right to say such things? And more importantly, are we practicing what we preach? The world will look at us, and will already make up its mind when you preach 'children are God's most precious gift and should never be done any harm', yet you 'choose not to have any until ....'

People (evangelical christians!) went so far as asking us, when we told them we were expecting a baby, only 2 months after we got married, whether or not it was a 'mistake'? A mistake? A christian shouldn't even have that word in his vocabulary, to address to a pregnancy within marriage! A gift, perhaps, but no.. our daughter was 'planned', with 'planned' meaning we knew we could be expecting anytime soon, and we made up our lives to welcome her.

Ask yourself. Are you setting the right example, or are you just screaming 'pro-life' without any actions to back you up? Meaning you say you love children, that they are God's gift, but handing down that gift yourself, until YOU think the timing is appopriate. (p.s. what does that say about trust in God? "sure, you may have my all, my life, my finances, my body.. but I'm still in control of the reproductive organs, as I dont deem you, God, sensible enough to make choices on that part.") I'm not judging anyone here, but just think it through for yourself.

That said, I've seen so many anti-Obama clips, and none of them seemed in any way intelligent or even reasonable, but this one got to me. It's very short.. and I know it's no use, since elections are over, but this message was still, I think, a good one: