If I love God, I love the Image of God and the Image of God
is every human being; this means loving human life, respecting human life and
being for human life. Science informs us
that human life begins at fertilization, so the human life in the womb must be
loved and respected. It must be given
value for the value that is given to human life justifies all values and gives
them purpose and meaning.
Does this refer to person-hood? No it does not. Any suggestion that a human life in the womb
or after birth is not a person and therefore can be terminated is pure
nonsense. It is an argument that
overlooks the obvious: in the womb there is an individual and distinct human
being, determined by its unique genetic makeup and possessing a soul that is
also a spirit. The right to life applies
to the human being and no one has any right to deny this most basic of all
rights. To claim otherwise is to claim
the right to be judge, jury and executioner of another human being who has
committed no offense, while denying the human being’s right to life.
Arguments about a woman’s right to choose concern themselves
with a woman’s desire for material benefits, pleasures and selfish
requirements. The lack of such does not
place a woman in harms way, nor threaten her life. All they do is make demands on her living
standards and require a degree of commitment to the life of a human being. The father of the infant also has obligations
to both the mother and child he has created with her. The termination of a child is therefore the
result of a selfish desire to escape the consequences of one’s actions.
Abortion is not inspired by the Creator of life but rather
by the creator of death. It is an evil
born within the evil desires of a beast who seeks the destruction of humanity;
his desire is to fill Hell with those souls who have strayed far from the
Creator and who, inspired by materialism, turn their face from God.
