The Child who was Never Born ~ Legality and Morality

Greetings Dear Reader,

I wish to begin this with a singular thought.  God does not force us to accept his rules, his love, or his reclamation.  He does not take away our choice in any aspect of accepting or rejecting him.  Anyone who says different may be trying to manipulate you. 

What this means for this issue is that he gives us the choice to set up society as we think fit.  He asks us to be motivated by love, kindness, and compassion but does not even force that upon us.  He allows us to build the world as we wish it and we have chosen to build one in which it is legal to abort children we do not want.

To further the confusion, we have laws that protect the rights of “unborn victims” in the event of a violent act.  The Unborn Victims of Violence Act (2004) states that the penalty for harming the unborn child during violent acts against the mother shall be the same but charged under a separate offense.  This means that unborn children are recognized as legal victims.

We have the wisdom to recognize that unborn children have rights to be free from assault and murder by others.  We become very divided when we allow the mother, however, to do whatever she wishes to that child.  Her right to kill the child ends as soon as he is born.  I do not understand how we can see this as a moral choice. 

We acknowledge the child’s rights as a human relative to everyone but his or her mother.  This may be lawful but that does not make it expedient or good.  Remember our numbers from yesterday, Dear Reader.  I cannot compartmentalize my thinking enough to say that one person has the power or authority to terminate another human’s rights if she wishes to do so. 

I will not violate the law by forcing my will on someone else.  I will call attention to the hypocrisy of saying that a mother may hire someone to commit violence on her child when anyone else doing so would be charged with murder.  I cannot in good faith call this evil a good thing.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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