Defending the Sanctity of Human Life...

A few suggestions for preserving and defending the sanctity of life in legal and appropriate ways.

• Maintain and promote chastity and fidelity: Since unwed pregnancy is one of the chief motives behind elective abortion, the most important thing anyone can do to uphold the sanctity of life is to maintain sexual chastity before marriage and marital fidelity after marriage, "Marriage between man and woman is essential to God's eternal plan". 

• Help provide for unwed parents: Since financial problem are another important way to protect the sanctity of life is to provide help for people who face parenthood out of wedlock. the united states has approximately 4,000 crises pregnancy agencies (Willke & Willke, 1998, p.7). These nonprofit organizations help women and their partners choose constructive solutions, such as adoption, when a problem pregnancy occurs. LDS Family Services provides such aid for unwed parents and their families regardless of religious affiliation or economic status.

• Become better informed: We can also help by becoming better informed about life-related issues. Research on the topic of elective abortion enables us to build persuasive arguments for promoting the sacredness of life. Latter-day Saints legal scholars have published many useful studies on this topic from the perspective of family law (Wardle & Wood,1982;Wilkins,Sherlock,& Clark,1991). Professional organizations such as Americans United for Life (AUL;;http;//www.serve.com/fem4life), and University Faculty for Life (UFL; http;//www.marquette.edu/ufl/) can also be a source of helpful information on abortion and other issues surrounding the sanctity of life.  

• Discuss the sanctity of life accurately and appropriately:Members of the Church must not condone violate or illegal means for opposing elective abortion. Just mentioning the topic of abortion can stir up controversy because the issue has become so sensitive and volatile in modern society. Therefore, Latter-day Saints should seek the spirit in order to discuss the sanctity of life in ways that will help others gain accurate information about elective abortion and its consequences. The vast majority of people who oppose abortion use peaceful means to express their concern. 

• Recognize the consequences of abortion: We need to recognize the grief and psychological pain that may come to women, men, and families who have been affected by elective abortion. Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA;http;//www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/statistics.asp) provides support for living victims of the abortion industry. Other groups help men deal with abortion-related grief issues.

• Strengthen our testimonies of the sanctity of life: Latter-day Saints should prayerfully strive to strengthen their testimonies of the sanctity of life, their resolve to oppose elective abortion, and their ability to articulate and defend gospel principles relating to the sanctity of life.

I believe that the above following suggestion can help us and aware us that how important it is to bear a child rather to do abortion. I also believe that abortion can be complicated in some situation but prayerfully making that decision for abortion is very important. Some countries are against abortion like India, because people do abortion after knowing the gender of the child. I testify as we seek and do as the Lord wants to do and live our life by following his gospel standard, we would actually be blessed to overcome to have an abortion. Family is eternal, and infants are innocent we have been given commandment to multiply and replenish the earth as husband and wife lawfully wedded. Our Heavenly Father haven't given us the right to kill the children only to bring them to this earth and take care of them. Everyone has a purpose to fulfill being on this earth.