Pro-Choice and doing the right thing

Everyone has choices…every day and throughout our lives. Most of the choices are simple, like what shoes to wear or what to eat for lunch. However, some choices have far-reaching consequences that can affect our lives and the lives of others indefinitely.

One of the most significant choices in our recent history and culture is what a woman decides when she becomes pregnant, whether voluntarily or not. With the changes in the legal and political system in the last 30 to 40 years, it has become quite easy to make the decision to destroy an unborn child. Note that I did not refer to “abortion” or “a woman’s right to choose”, but I call this choice what it is without the cloak of political correctness… “destroying an unborn child”.

Let’s forget about the law or political correctness for the moment. Before Roe v. Wade some woman thing to find ways to destroy their unborn children anyway. So let me make it clear that the only effect of these legal changes was to make this choice more acceptable and available.

So what does the election have to do with anything? Well, it is my humble opinion that the choice has a lot to do with the issue of the fate of an unborn child. No law related to choice, life, or professional basketball (sorry I couldn’t resist) can change people’s hearts. That must come from a higher source…one much higher than you, me, or the government.

So who is affected by this choice besides the obvious? Most of us think only of the mother and the unfortunate fetus. But what about the father, grandparents and other relatives who have no choice in the matter. Oh! That’s right, we have been conditioned to believe that it is a woman’s right to do whatever she pleases with her body. The only problem (again, political correctness aside) is that there is a whole new person who is depending on the mother to make the right decision that allows her a chance to move on with her life.

The only thing we can do to protect the unborn children of this world is to try to change hearts and minds regarding the true gravity and tragedy that goes beyond political correctness and/or ridiculous self-serving arguments. I have rights, you have rights and for God’s sake our pets have rights… but the little unborn baby has NONE!

This is not a personal judgment on any woman who has ended an innocent life. I’m sure many of you have regrets, and for those who don’t have any regrets, I can only pray that their hearts soften in time. I know our Lord forgives if we only ask.

The choice to remove an unborn baby from this world is now and always has been a moral question for our culture and society, as well as for each of us individually. However, you don’t even have to believe in God to see the need to respect and protect innocent life… if we are to succeed as a civilized world.

I have options… You have options. I choose to support, protect and nurture innocent human life before and after birth. Will you join me?