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                                                          What would you Say?

                                             Abortion


I was very much looking forward to my life in this world.
I longed for the love of a father, mother and the concern of a brother.
I wanted to have friends go to school and see the magnificent world.
I looked forward to celebrating Christmas and receiving Jesus in Holy Communion.
I'm very sad I never got to do any of these things. My parents did not let me be born.
But I just don't understand one thing -- why didn't any of you help me? I wish you had. Nobody heard my crying voice.

.                These are the dreams of an unborn child who wished to be born but aborted by parents. These saying demonstrates the selfish and comfort seeking nature of people.  In order to satisfy their comforts they choose abortions and deny the autonomy of the unborn child. Abortion in the death fate of those children who are unborn. Pope Francis says that ‘’the use of abortion to terminate pregnancies likely to produce disabled or chronically ill children was the product of Nazi mentality. We do the same as the Nazis’ to maintain the purity of the race, but with white glows on”. In the book of Genesis chapter 9 verse 6 says that whoever sheds blood of a human by a human that person’s blood be shed, for his own image God made humankind. Life is a gift from God. Adam became a living being by the breath of God [Gen.2:7].Life belong to God, humans do not have absolute autonomy over their own lives but are stewards of the life given to them by God. So abortion is a greatest sin against God and human. St. Augustine treated abortion as a form of homicide. St. John Paul II says that ‘’every violation of the personal dignity of the human being cries out”. He give example for “Cain rose up against his brother Abell, and killed him’’                                                    

Dear friends, abortion is a one of the most discussed issue in the society. According to Fulton J sheen “abortion in the greatest destroyer of peace today. Being as religious what can we do to cease this problem? This is an apt time to raise our voice and address the society, regarding the negative impact of abortion. Friends, we are fortunate enough to be born. Thus it is our obligation to argue for the unborn children who lose their golden chance to see their magnificent world. Let us become a voice for the voiceless, and wipe away the stain of abortion from our society. As young boy Daniel raise his voice for Susann, let raise our voice for young diminishing lives. Now onwards an innocents blood my note fall in this world. Let me conclude with this prayer.                                     

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Abin John       
Dharmaram College, Bengaluru
















































































































                                                                                                               


































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