CSO Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 7
January 20, 2008
Editorial by Sarah Macomber
35-years ago, as of January 22nd, a troubled young woman made a terrible mistake. Many people may know her as Jane Roe, the leading advocate back in the 1970’s for women’s right to choose. But a lot of you may not know that she is Norma McCorvey, a current leading advocate for Pro-Life. And January 22nd was the marking of the 35th year America has had the right to murder. A lot of us don’t realize it, but America has been in the murdering business for 35 years. The worst part is; no one has to make an effort to conceal it. It’s legal and is acceptable by a great deal of citizens. Every day we accept that an ungodly amount of people die for no particular reason. This acceptance started in 1973, when the court case Roe v. Wade made abortion legal.
Fortunately, they say, people learn from their mistakes. McCorvey finally learned from her most influential mistake 13 years ago. The very woman that had supported legal abortion for the longest time is now fighting abortion with all her heart. Norma converted to Christianity after getting to know Reverend Benham, an Operation Rescue lead director. In 1995 she changed her ways and realized what she was fighting for was utterly wrong. She realized that what was happening couldn’t go on any longer.
What we are doing has to be stopped, and hopefully soon. But if everyone stays neutral or uninformed then nothing will change for the better. This will only get worse. More and more of our generation and the future generations will be brutally killed. We are allowing helpless babies to be slaughtered on a regular basis. We are allowing women to make the choice to kill off their child, killed in a place where it supposed to be the safest. Is this all because the woman made a bad choice to risk having sex when she clearly had no intentions of having children? It is not the child that should have to bear the consequences of unprotected sex! The life of a baby is precious and not to be thrown away. Since when do we get to play the part of God, of the forces of life and death? It is not our right to decide if someone lives or dies, gets to experience life or not. To consider taking away the chance at life, to grow up, to have good memories and bad ones alike, to experience childhood, and to love and have emotions is a terrible evil.
Understandably, it is sad that there are so many rape cases in our country. It is beyond wrong that a woman must be put through that. But the amount of women that get pregnant from rape or from incest is miniscule in comparison to the amount that gets pregnant from consensual sex. Two wrongs do not make a right. There is no reason that a child should be murdered because a woman has been abused in such a manner. You might think that no one would want to see the reminder of that tragic night every single day of their life afterwards… That is still no excuse to kill a child so innocent, a baby that is as much a part of the mother as it is the ‘father’. There are options. There is adoption and there is acceptance.
Peers, our parents may have not have been able to put an end to this, or may have supported the terrible cause that kills millions in the most cruel of ways. But we can. We might not be able to undo the past wrongs, but as a new generation we can start doing right by the generations to come. I wish both young and old to be aware of the fact that we’re letting the innocent and vulnerable die. And for no reason! It isn’t because of poverty and it isn’t because women get raped… it’s because there is no responsibility, no concept of good choice making.
I give thanks to President Bush, who has made January 20th National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The leader of our Country has set aside a day to celebrate the importance of every life, no matter how small it is. I hope that this is a step to changing the direction we are going in. For his message is one that says everyone is equal, whether they are a doctor or a factory worker. Each life is valued, and no one should be able to decide if one life is greater then the other.
[ Sarah Macomber is a high school freshman and a contributing writer at http://christiansoldiersonline.org ]
