The book "The Art of the Long View" says "Choose the option that gives you the most options". This rule applies to the abortion debate. A mother carrying an unplanned baby faces the question, "Should I abort the baby or not?" Which option gives her the most options? Carrying her baby to birth means she can rear the baby herself, ask her parents to help with rearing the child, join the Swaziland's newly-created support group for single mothers, or marry the dad and have a complete family. The "birth option" allows the mom to view and influence her growing child, to enjoy the fruits of seeing that daughter or son mature, and to receive the support of her child in her own old age. The birth option also opens up all the small and large life choices to that child. The "abortion option" offers a brief and bloody end to the baby, often accompanied by long and short term physical and emotional harm to the mother. It offers the mother a lifetime of "what if" questions she will not be able to answer. In short, the choice of life gives mother and child the most options. Let us help moms and the babies they carry enjoy the maximum range of choices in their lives: let us help moms choose life.
Rudy Poglitsh
rpoglitsh@live.com
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