Anyway, this past week I sent in the form and deposit for going on the March For Life with the diocese! I'm so excited! I know a multitude of people, from classes, groups, etc. who are going. It will be great if I can meet up with some of them in D.C.
I was thinking about it the other day, and to me abortion bears some similarity to the slavery issue of the Civil War. Women consider unborn children "part of their bodies," they like to think that they "own" them. You cannot own a person. The Union fought a war with the Confederation in the 1860s because it knew the truth of this statement. No person can own another, because that implies that somehow some people are better than others. God created all of us in His Image, so what right have we to assert ourselves over other people? And this is especially true for those who are most innocent and vulnerable.
Only God has the power of life and death over a human being. No person is worthy to determine another's demise. It's like Jesus tells the scribes and Pharisees in John 8:7, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." Who is perfect enough to say who should live and who should die? If anything, a baby has more of a right to kill an adult, since he's the sinless one. It's funny, because on the one hand, no one has the right to kill another, but on the other hand, God instills in each of us such sublime dignity. But really, this only confirms it. Since every person has infinite dignity as a son or daughter of the Creator, the King of kings, how can anyone else presume to decide whether that person should be allowed to live?
Enough rambling for now. I'm entering an essay contest for the South Dakota Right to Life organization, so it's on my mind.
That's all for now! Stay lovely!
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