by Dan and Julie Zanoza
July 18, 2008
LifeNews.com Note: Dan and Julie Zanoza reside in Illinois, where Dan is the executive director of Republicans for Fair Media. A version of the following column first appeared in the Christian Coalition magazine and has also appeared in the Illinois Leader.
Nearly thirty years ago, my wife and I aborted a child. That decision will haunt us for the rest of our lives. Since that time, I’ve developed deep feelings on the subject of abortion.
There are two primary reasons why I’m pro-life. Besides taking a human life, aborting a child robs society.
Since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, some say over 50 million unborn babies have lost their lives. The city of Chicago and its surrounding area are home to approximately 5.1 million people. The number of babies aborted during the past thirty-four years would re-populate Chicagoland tenfold.
How many doctors, teachers, poets and engineers will the world miss because of abortion? Maybe one of these aborted children could have discovered a cure for cancer or AIDS. In fact, my very own son or daughter might have developed a cure for the blindness that afflicts me today.
How many handicapped children has our culture missed, teaching us compassion and patience? Are we a different society because of the one out of three children, perfect or not, who weren’t given the chance to survive? Can it be said the world is a better place because of the Roe v. Wade decision?
I recently asked a friend who supports abortion rights, "If by some miracle, you knew a pregnant woman’s child would one day find a cure for Alzheimer’s, would you still believe that woman had the right to terminate that pregnancy, depriving mankind of this medical breakthrough?"
It’s a rhetorical question that should be pondered before every abortion.
The pro-life contention is simple and straightforward. No one has the right to remove such potential from our society. What the human community has lost due to abortion is incalculable.
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