January 22, 2015

Why I'm Pro-Life

In the last post I talked about my stance on some issues, so today I wanted to talk about why I'm pro-life.  I guess there are actually numerous reasons, such as being catholic, believing life starts at conception (and ends at natural death) and should be respected, caring for the well-being of women and children, and believing that no one should be killed just because they have a trait considered undesirable to their biological parents, whether that be an illness, their sex, or having the wrong eye color.  I could go on and on.  But there is one reason that is deeply personal to me and my pro-life stance.

Around 27 years ago or so, a teenager got pregnant.  She was a pretty smart girl who had gone to college early, and had a boyfriend who was a bit older.  I don't know much about the situation, but I can be sure she wasn't planning to get pregnant.  Well, although that girl was probably scared and had no idea what to do at first, she didn't choose abortion.  No, instead she decided to find a couple to raise her child, to give that child a better chance.

As is probably pretty obvious, that couple was my parents, and that child was me.  I was conceived in a situation that leads to so many abortions, being conceived unexpectedly by a young mother.  But I wasn't aborted, I was given a chance to live.  My birth mother made an extremely difficult and selfless choice, and by doing so gave me the greatest gift she could have.

I consider  my being adopted the single greatest blessing in my life. I say that because every other blessing in my life flows from that.  If it weren't for my adoption, I might not have my faith, my family, and my Hubs, or any of the other countless blessings in my life.

I was adopted by my wonderful parents and joined the family God clearly intended me to be in.  My parents are the most generous, loving, and faithful people, that worked tirelessly to give me and my siblings the best upbringing they could, and the best opportunities in life. I have been blessed to have a sister only a year older than me a brother six months younger than me, both also adopted, all thanks to selfless choices of biological parents and my parents.

They too are reasons that I'm pro-life.  They also came from situations where they could have been aborted, but their birth parents chose life.  My life, and family, would be incomplete without them (as much as they can drive me crazy sometimes).  It hurts my heart to think of how many other families have been destroyed, or kept from even starting, by abortion.

Because of that, I cannot be anything other than pro-life.  How could I say that I deserve to live but others from the same situation deserve to die? How could I stand for an institution that could've killed my siblings? No, I cannot.  I know that the true choices lie in being pro-life.  It seems like pro-choice institutions ironically revolve around only one.  Have you seen the numbers?  Planned parenthood, for example, performs almost 150 abortions for every 1 adoption referral, you can see it on their own report, and that's not counting the abortions that are performed by the millions of contraceptives and "emergency contraception kits" provided by planned parenthood a year. So I cannot stand for an institution that appears would much rather have me not exist.

And that is why, at my core, I am pro-life.  I wish I could be marching along side the around half a million in DC today.  The two years I was there before were truly amazing experiences.  Unfortunately I cannot be there in person, but I stand with them in spirit, and here. 

6 comments:

  1. You are such a powerful witness to the necessity of the pro-life cause. God has given you a tremendous gift with words and I'm so happy you use it to promote peace and love and Truth. So well written, friend! <3

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    1. Thank you! I just wanted to get my story out there in case it could help anyone, and to join the march for life some way :).

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  2. Thank you for sharing your story! My heart hurts from all of our contemporaries that are missing due to abortion, but I rejoice for you and your siblings and other stat were not aborted but were given life, even in less than perfect circumstances.

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    1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. My heart hurts for them too.

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  3. Praise God that your parents chose LIFE! Thank you for sharing your story!

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