Being Pro-Life

I've been wanting to write on being pro-life for some time now, and I think now is the time. I take political issues seriously, but the issue of abortion has never been an area of contention for me.

People who are pro-choice have the mind frame that a woman's body is her business, she can do whatever she wants with it. They can also make their argument that a fetus isn't a child until it is this many months in the womb.

It is scary for any woman to picture themselves young, pregnant, and unmarried. There is a stigma to it. Young mothers can be ostracized or branded many cruel names. The reason why abortion is so monopolizing is because of the ill-treatment that unwed mothers go through. They don't want to keep the baby of a person they don't love. There are also mothers who fear raising a disabled child and don't want to deal with it.

At the same time, the reality is the baby may be in their body, but they do not own the baby. The baby is his/her own person. That child did not choose to be conceived.

That being said, abortion should never be an option. There are always other options - adoption and raising the child on your own. Women who consider abortion should be counseled about the decision to give up the child or keep her.

Lastly, my father made an interesting remark to my pro-life maternal aunt about parents stopping having children after their second child is born. My aunt quickly replied:

"What about your brothers and sisters that were born after you? Would you have preferred they not been born?" Which immediately shut up my dad. Because it's so easy to think of a concept when it doesn't apply to you but when there is the reality - of breathing life, of being born, it's a different story.

Rebecca Kiessling