When
abortion was declared “legal” by the United States Supreme Court on January 22,
1973 mankind’s whole view of life
changed, not only in this country, but in the entire world. This country’s outlook on life over the last
thirty years has influenced life
issues in many countries. Our human nature to keep life sacred has all but been
destroyed, or at the very least is on life support. All the facts about
abortion have been made known and every argument from every angle has been made
by both sides. Every factual question can now be answered through research so
the only question left to ask is now the moral one.
“You
formed my inmost being; You knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise You, so
wonderfully You made me; wonderful are Your works! My very self You knew; my
bones were not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, fashioned as
in the depths of the earth. Your eyes foresaw my actions; in Your book all are
written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be. How precious to me
are Your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them! ” (Psalm
139:13-17) – Holy Scriptures
Advanced
technology confirms the precious life that is brought before our very eyes. Through
ultrasound photography we can see the heart beating, the hand waving, the thumb
being sucked. We can see the child hiccupping and responding to touch. There is
no argument that can be made against this life being human and every child is a
wanted child by someone.
“Life is present from the moment of conception.” – Dr. Jerome
Lejeune, professor and world renowned geneticist, University of Descarte,
Paris.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made
by God and God doesn’t make mistakes. Although there are people in the world
that may not be exactly perfect, by whose
standard is perfection measured. What
constitutes perfect? Must one have blond hair and blue eyes? Maybe clear skin
with no freckles or curly hair instead of thin and straight? Maybe one should
have been born male instead of female or African-American instead of Caucasian?
If so, I would have been aborted for all of these . . . or for the lack of
them.
If perfection applies to the pre-born
in the womb, then why shouldn’t we also apply it to those already born? Maybe
we should terminate those with high blood pressure or diabetes? how about heart
disease or cancer? or having an ingrown toenail!
“Thou shalt not murder.” (Exodus 20:13) – Holy Scriptures
Only
God can play God. He knows the end from the beginning and He does not put on us
more than we can bear, as the parent or as the child. He works everything together
for our good . . . even if we don’t
think so.
“A person’s a person, no matter how small!” – Dr. Seuss. from
“Horton Hears a Who”
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