Please, Don’t Throw Life Away
Just four short weeks from now I’ll be meeting my little daughter for the first time. I can only imagine the rush of emotions that will ensue as I hold her in my arms for the first time. But, one thing I know right now, that moment will mark a very significant turning point in my life.
No longer will going out on a “just because” date with my husband be as simple as jumping in the car on a whim, heading off wherever the desire takes us. Our lives will no longer be about just us. A tiny human life will be fully dependent on us for her survival.
She will be a full-life commitment—a commitment my husband and I did and do not take lightly—and thus it has been an adventure we’ve taken much time to make double, triple, quadruple sure we were ready for.
Time to consider is something we afforded ourselves. However, this is not always the case.
There are many circumstances where the result is an unwanted pregnancy, yet in all such circumstances the child was not at fault. And regardless of how a life is conceived, that life still matters.
However, there are some who believe that abortion is the answer and actually benefits the “lower intelligence and lower income people” such as this disturbing caller into our daily radio program, Jay Sekulow Live!—because society then will not be obligated to support those in need.
The value of human life far exceeds the cost of supporting the needy; however, for some women the discovery of a new life produces a full range of emotions—which can include confusion, fear, and panic.
But the truth is, I can’t even begin to fully grasp what women facing pregnancy alone go through. I was born to a family that instilled in me a hearty respect for the institution of marriage and was taught that any life brought into this world was deserving of the strong, loving presence of both the mother and the father. Yet even if I had chosen not to take heed of the lessons taught to me in my youth, I still would have had one thing many women don’t. Support.
Support can make all the difference between the decision to protect life or throw it away, and it is support that the ACLJ is fighting to ensure women in need have.
Across America, Crisis Pregnancy Centers – which provide much needed support and hope to women – are being threatened, many of which will be forced to close their life-saving doors if we don’t fight back. Currently the ACLJ represents two non-profit organizations that operate numerous crisis pregnancy centers in the Abortion Capital of America, New York City. We’ve had significant victories in our case. And we’re continuing to battle in federal court. We won’t stop fighting until thousands of women in NYC – and across this nation – are provided with an alternative to the death and hopelessness that abortion clinics offer.
Ensuring women have an option for life is paramount, as no woman should be forced to stand alone. No woman in a pure state of vulnerability should be forced to make a decision that would result in her killing her own child, only to then live out the rest of her days with the emotional and psychological scars. Every woman deserves better. Every innocent life deserves protecting.