Shattering A Chance At Life

Unborn children should be given the chance to live; it is a mother’s duty to allow her baby this right.

“Unplanned pregnancy”: a term constantly thrown in my face whenever my eyes wander outside of the passenger seat’s window on I-35. Blown up signs promoting abortion clinics stand out at me from the safety of my mother’s car. This was the first time it really struck me that there are actual clinics held for women to kill their soon-to-be child. I felt nauseous. How could a woman end a life of a person they’d never even laid eyes on? Every one of the 1.06 million women who aborted their child had their reasons, but a human being’s right to live should override them all.

She was too young to support a child…she had no other choice…

Oh but she did. She could’ve bore her baby daughter to let her see the light of day. She could’ve brought up the next Eleanor Roosevelt, Madonna or J.K. Rowling. She could’ve watched her daughter take her first steps, heard her say “mama” for the first time or watched as her butterfly backpack practically swallowed her whole as she walked into her first day of pre- school. She could’ve loved that baby more than anything else in the world.

Abortion disgusts me. It’s cutting off the life of a human being who hasn’t been given a chance to open their eyes; it’s killing an innocent unborn and it’s murdering a baby daughter.

Countless men and women would be more than willing to raise this woman’s child when she wouldn’t, so she should at least give her child the chance at living a normal life and put her up for adoption.

Anytime I hear a story of a woman aborting her twins or a college student choosing to end the life of her baby, my mind immediately jumps to what I would say. “You got yourself into this situation, and now you have the responsibility of raising a child. It’s time for you to grow a pair of lady balls and provide for your baby.”

He left her…and she couldn’t have raised a baby alone.

I beg to differ. Yes — yes she could’ve. Even when her friends and family are no longer a resource, it’s not impossible. Alone or surrounded, she cannot half-ass the care she gives for her baby.

There will be sacrifices. That New Year’s party she was excited for? She’s not going. Might as well get rid of the crop-tops now and stop kidding herself. She shouldn’t plan on going out on dates, unless he doesn’t mind taking shifts cleaning dirty diapers all night. She shouldn’t expect to get into Harvard; education is no longer at the top of her priorities.

Think about it like this: she’s the mama bear, and her baby is her cub. She constantly watches over that cub and keeps her out of harm’s way. She devotes herself to the cub, and she hunts for her dinner and teaches her to be patient. Because in the end, she’ll learn from her mama bear, so she will have to sharpen her claws and set that example.

She was raped sir — it wasn’t her fault. She was so young...

I cannot begin to express how unforgivable rape is; it’s twisted and outright unacceptable. In that very unfortunate situation that that girl is going to give birth to a bad man’s daughter — her job is now to prove something.

She should prove something to him, prove something to the world and prove something to herself.

She should keep this baby of hers. She should name her Hope and raise her with integrity and strength. Teach her to always say please and thank you, to fold her napkin in her lap and to hold the door for strangers.

She should prove to him that she’s stronger than he could’ve ever imagined, and that although it may seem like nothing to him, it’s her life that he’s messing with. And nobody messes with her.

She’ll prove to the world that she isn’t a victim, but a survivor.

And lastly, she’ll prove to herself that she can persevere, and that those mugs with “Number One Mom” on them? Yeah, those were made for her.

In the end, everything goes back to the simple idea of cause and effect. Actions will always be followed with reactions- whether those be positive or negative. Women will have to be prepared to face whatever music is thrown at them and take on challenges valiantly, but most of all, a woman should choose life for her baby and treat her as gift and not a burden.

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