Take a look at this letter, presumably written by a pregnant woman who is planning an abortion to her unborn child. It's entitled "I am getting an abortion next Friday. An open letter to the little life I won't get to meet."
I'm not sure if the story is true. I don't know the circumstances. I don't know if this is somehow an attempt to justify her actions and absolve herself of guilt. What I do know is that it is deeply disturbing.
In this letter, we have a woman who apparently realizes that the child she is carrying is, in fact, a baby. She also realizes that this baby is going to die. She says:
I am sorry that this is goodbye. I'm sad that I'll never get to meet you. You could have your father's eyes and my nose and we could make our own traditions, be a family. But, Little Thing, we will meet again.
She knows this is a baby. Yet she is going to kill him anyway. She says she is "both sorry and not sorry." She wishes the circumstances were different and she's sorry that they aren't in the same reality (whatever that means), but she can't be a mother right now. She realizes the wrong in killing her child, but has determined to do it anyway.
She also makes some strange comments about wanting her baby to be happy, and that it "wouldn't be fair to bring a new life into [the] world..." Perhaps someone should tell her that her baby is ALREADY in the world. She isn't preventing someone from entering the world by having an abortion. She's taking them out of it. And maybe someone should explain to her that killing someone isn't a way to make them happy.
Perhaps most confusing about this letter are a couple comments she makes about seeing her baby again later. She seems to have some very mixed up ideas about how this whole pregnancy and birth thing works.
She says "[W]e will meet again. I promise that the next time I see that little blue plus, the next time you are in the same reality as me, I will be ready for you." And again, "I promise I will see you again, and next time, you can call me Mom."
The problem is, there won't be a next time. She seems to think that this baby will come back to her womb someday, when everything is all better for her and she's ready to have a child. But it doesn't work that way. This is that child's only chance at life. Once he's dead, he'll stay dead. Once the mother aborts, that child will never have another chance to live. Sure, this mother may get pregnant at some point in the future and give birth, but it won't be the same baby. It will be a different child. The baby now in her womb is a unique, irreplaceable human being. This is that child's only time on earth. That baby won't ever get to meet her mother or see the blue sky or laugh or sing or dance if she kills her now. This is it. This is only time that child will ever be on this earth.
That's the tragedy of abortion. The murdered children don't come back. They don't get another life on earth at some point in the future. Just like all the rest of us humans, one life is all we get.
So whether this mother is deluded or ignorant or simply trying desperately to justify her actions, we all need to realize the gravity of the situation. Abortion kills a human being and ends the one life they have to live. Children in the womb are irreplaceable, one-time miracles, just like all humans are. Ending an unborn life is every bit as serious as ending any other human life and every bit as tragic.
I read the original letter and some of the comments. One of the really sad things for me is that it seemed like the vast majority of commenters were supporting her decision. One person offered to adopt the baby, while another told her this decision will haunt her for the rest of her life. What gets me though is how apparently no one has countered her claim that the timing isn't right or ideal. The reality is, there's never going to be an "ideal" time to be pregnant. I'm not trying to sound negative but the truth is, life is unpredictable. Say the next time she sees the little blue plus she is genuinely happy and ready. But then seven months into the pregnancy that changes. A job is lost, bills pile up and life becomes less than ideal again. What then? Does she then seek a late term abortion because circumstances have changed? Does she keep having abortions until the timing is right? There are plenty of people on this planet who have been in the same situation as she is but chose differently and are GLAD they chose differently. I hope and pray she listens to those stories and finds encouragement in them and changes her mind. I hope she realizes she's stronger than she thinks and the best thing she can do for herself and her baby is to continue carrying this little life.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right. The idea that a baby can only be welcomed when everything is perfect is just wrong. There's always going to be something less than ideal. But a life is a life and you can't just discard it when it's inconvenient.
DeleteLike suicide, abortion is a permanent "solution" to a temporary problem. It kills a baby forever when circumstances are temporarily difficult.