As a sidewalk counselor, I encounter various arguments for abortion. One of the arguments is that a woman has a right to self-determination. She has the right, they say, not to be pregnant. A person has the right to eliminate consequences of their own choices and actions.
Of course the real world doesn’t allow us to erase causes – or effects. When we deal with effects, we are making more choices leading to more causes of more effects. The initial choice is never un-made. Likewise abortion does not un-make a child; it kills him.
When faced with an unwanted pregnancy, it is useful to counsel a woman about where to go from here rather than what would have been ideal. She has a baby. Now what? Murder that child, give that child away, or keep that child and receive its love. Each of those will have consequences, for the mom and the baby. So we try to focus on those facts about the real world, when we’re out sidewalk counseling.
To God be all glory.
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