Much has been said recently about abortion and the comments made by Mitt Romney during the 2012 US presidential election context. I am never quite sure when I hear sensational comments on the news whether the person in question is accurately quoted, misquoted, quoted out of context, or the comment somehow misrepresented. However, let me share some thoughts that I hope may have some value.
Imagine for a moment that you had lived in the Jerusalem area and heard Jesus talking on a few occasions.
Picture having heard him teach ‘Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven’ (Matt 18:1-6), or ‘Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.’ (Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16)
Clearly the Lord felt great love for little children, equating them and the kingdom of heaven.
Now suppose that someone came to Him and said ‘I don’t want the baby that I am carrying – it is my body and my choice, and so I am going to have an abortion.’
How would you feel?
Would He say ‘Of course, my dear, I agree’? Or would He say ‘Please don’t offend one of these little ones. If you did, it would be better for you if a millstone were hanged about your neck and you be drowned in the depth of the sea.’ Or ‘Rather, receive the little child in my name and receive me.’ Or ‘suffer the little child to come, and forbid it not: for of such is the kingdom of God.’
Please do not take it lightly. The blessings of having the baby will surely be great. Let someone adopt it. Aborting may be something that you will regret for the rest of your life. My wife, as a family doctor, has had many women who had abortions tell her of great emotional pain, regretting that they had the abortion.
Yes, your body is your body. But the body inside your body is not your body. Is it really your choice?
What do you choose?
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