4/16/2017 3 Comments Physicians for Life
A couple of months ago I was up at Boston University visiting my older sister who is studying health science and hoping to go into physical therapy. While I was with her, I decided to tag along for one of her classes that I found particularly interesting: "Medical Ethics". The professor talked a lot about quality of life and the ethics of doing everything you can as a physician to protect lives and to save lives, not to harm them. So naturally after this class, I thought "wow, well it only makes sense that a physician, from a medical ethical standpoint, would see abortion as counterintuitive to their purpose as a physician." I did a little research and found that there is actually a large group of physicians across the United States who are committed to protecting the lives of unborn children, so that is what I want to talk to you about today.
Physicians for life was sponsored by the Alabama Physicians for life in 1986. According to the website, it "exists to draw attention to the issues of abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research, cloning, infanticide, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock sexual activity and the medical merits of risk elimination through sexual abstinence." The main purpose of the organization is to provide accurate information and facts concerning the issues mentioned above. They also provide a very large collection of resources about abortion recovery, testimonies, and scientific information on child development.
I think that this is a really cool organization that many of us might not even expect to exist. I think that it would be difficult to be a physician and encounter such struggles ethically but I am happy to see that there are groups of people to support those with pro-life values. I am going to leave you all with a very interesting video I found in their resources that is relevant to my last post on fetal development. If you click the link below, make sure you're logged into your facebook, and it should take you straight to a video of an unborn child developing in the womb! Very cool! Alright, I hope you enjoyed this post! Comment your thoughts below!
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Story of my blogIn my social media class, we were given the opportunity to write a blog on WHATEVER topic we wanted. At first I thought maybe I would blog about figure skating or Minnesota, but in the back of my mind I was hoping to write about the pro-life movement. I told some friends about ym idea and they thought I was crazy and "preparing myself for failure." I was nervous that writing from an unpopular opinion on a college campus wouldn't go over well, but I have endless amounts of encouragement from my professor and classmates. I feel so blessed to be in a class that is so welcoming to different views. So why did I write about this for my blog? I am writing about the pro-life movement in hopes that someone out there is listening and may feel inspired to help find a better solution to this brokenness in our culture. I think it is so easy to just say things are too complicated to fix or people are just too divided on the issue to make compromises. I truly think that our generation will be the people to change that. I think that we all have a lot more in common than we think and I really hope that through this blog people are reorganizing that more and more. My passion for the movementAs I mentioned in my first blog post, my passion for the pro-life movement began at a fairly young age when I heard the story of my best friend who's mother was pressured to get an abortion but didn't follow through. I later learned that my grandmother had a similar story when she found out she was pregnant with my mother. Two people, who mean the world to me, were at risk of not being here because of abortion. This really hit home for me so I began doing more and more research about the topic and began listening to prominent pro-life speakers. I went to the RNC in 2012 in Tampa Bay, Florida where I heard Phyllis Schlafly speak at a pro-life rally and at the past RNC in Cleveland, I heard Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame football coach, speak at the pro-life rally. I have also heard some Catholic nuns speak about the movement and every time I hear someone talk about it, I realize how broken our culture truly is. This has inspired me to be pretty involved in the movement. I participate in the March for Life, I am a member of Students for Life, and I am now a blogger for ProLife Youth. I would like to become more involved with the movement in the future by volunteering at crisis pregnancy shelters, but I am still working on that! For now, I hope that by sharing my view it will allow people to look at other perspectives on the issue and make the issue a little less polarized. I hope that you all have been enjoying what I have been writing about and keep tuning in for some more articles soon! Who's Listening? The main audience I am trying to reach is GW students and teachers and ultimately, I think that is the audience I am reaching. According to Weebly's analytics, most of my blog traffic is coming from people following a link (which is most likely from our SMPA blogroll link). There are some other "unique" visitors, which are probably coming from Twitter since I have tweeted about my blog on my personal Twitter account. To boost engagement, I am going to do three things. I am going to share my blog on my Facebook page, make a weekly tweet to promote my blog, and ask a friend to share or retweet one of my posts to reach a wider audience! I will keep you posted on how successful this is in boosting engagement but in the meantime check-in on Sundays for more interesting posts about the Pro-Life movement! |
AuthorI am a sophomore at GWU, originally from Northern Minnesota, studying International Affairs and Journalism. This is a blog for my social media class and I really hope you enjoy my perspective as a pro-life millennial. Archives
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