Last week at Bible study during a discussion about abortion, one of the participants referred us to Luke 1:44. Mary had gone to visit her cousin, Elizabeth. Elizabeth says to her, "As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leapt for joy." Not fetus, but “baby” - a real, live human being. My son and daughter-in-law are experiencing that joy as they prepare to bring a new life into the world next October.
While I do not wish to and cannot judge certain circumstances that lead to taking the life of a baby, I am adamant that it is unconscionable to kill a little life as a means of birth control or to rid ourselves of inconvenience and responsibility. I am not a pro-choice person because I do not see a child as having the ability to make a choice. He or she is not a piece of property but a flesh and blood creation of God in partnership with a mother and father.
I am truly thankful for and in awe of parents who have chosen life for their unborn child even in the most difficult of situations. They deserve a special place in the Kingdom of God. And praise God for adoptive parents who rescue children and give them life and love.
And now that brings me to being pro-life. Being pro-life does not mean just standing in front of an abortion clinic with a placard; it means caring for all life - the life of the child and the life of the mother. It means helping a mom or parents to find a way to raise their child who might not have otherwise come into this world. It means health insurance for every child. It means adoption. It means caring for the children of the world; Haiti’s children, for example, where the possibilities for life are now so limited for so many. It means celebrating life and protecting life for the unborn and the born. And dare I say being pro-life means taking a more just view of war and capital punishment, both of which tend to cheapen life.
Let us be a pro-life people for all people.
In Christ,
George
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