When I read this story on The New York Times blog "Motherlode" today, I found myself wilting inside. It is the story of an abortion, or a decision to choose abortion, and it unfolds right before your eyes in black and white. It made me so sad for the unborn baby and for the woman, Emmie, who ultimately concludes that abortion is the only way to keep her life on track.
I kept trying to wrap my mind around Emmie's belief that her "little zygote," as she calls her baby, is too precious to hand over to another couple through adoption and so the better choice is abortion, that any baby is too precious not to plan for and so would be better off aborted than arrive in a world that is not ready.
Click HERE to read "Choosing Not to Keep the Baby," the story of one woman's belief that a graduate degree program that apparently discriminates against pregnant women just for having the nerve to put their energy into anything other than school is worth more than the life growing within her. It is as sad as it sounds, and it is worth a read.
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I completely agree with your sentiments when I read the story this morning. Personally I could comprehend how the child was too precious to die. All I could think of was the Mother Teresa quote (I think it was her), "How sad is it that a child must die so that you may live."
As I began to ponder about the child that could be my mind would not leave the scenario of this young woman forgoing her graduate education and finding that her true joy was raising that child. I know that my wife and I have postponed so much because of our two young boys: law school, foreign service appointment, less debt, more trips, new car, larger house, new clothes, etc.
Nothing can compare to the joy of hugging those two munchkins when I get home after work and to here them call my name. Daddy.
Such a sad story. I really pray for her, and others like her.
God Bless.
I've understand that in most cases, a lot of heart-wrenching thought goes into the decision of abortion. I understand it's hard and emotional and the women who experience it are in turmoil. It's incredibly sad to me, though, that she feels lack of support from friends. We are all responsible in some way for the death of this child. We all have an obligation to make the world a place of compassion that would make such a decision impossible to even consider. Unfortunately, this dear girl is going to live with even deeper scars than she could have imagined if she'd gone a different direction. She, and all those around her, need our prayers. The inner turmoil may have melted away for now, but only temporarily. The distinguishing of a soul may happen in the quiet corners, but it affects all of us. God have mercy on all involved, and all of us. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
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