Abortion - the only way?

One interesting item of news in this morning's press was that abortion is moving back towards the centre of political debate!  It has been announced that the Coalition government has appointed pro-abstinence charity Life to a key sexual health forum, while omitting the pro-abortion British Pregnancy Advisory Service; and, at the same time, MPs Nadine Dorries and Frank Field are spearheading a new drive in parliament to tighten the rules on terminations as part of the health and social care bill.

Prayer vigils are taking place outside a number of abortion clinics, and those who attend are being gently reminded that this is a human life, that is precious to God, that is being terminated.  It is hoped that some may think again, and take advantage of the various supportive services that are available to those who are prepared to give their unborn child the opportunity to fulfil its potential. 

Let's not forget the mother who was a peasant with a family history of deafness, and who had already given birth to one mentally incapacitated child. She became pregnant by a mam who was an alcoholic and was afflicted with syphilis. If she had had an abortion, then there would have been no Ludwig von Beethoven; and the world would never have experienced some of the most moving, and magnificent music ever composed.

I recall a video that I used to show to my senior classes when we discussed the topic of abortion.  It was fronted by Pat Boone, and was simply called A Better Way.  Boone interviews people who found a 'better way' than abortion.  Interviewed are:
- A young girl who was helped in every way by her parents during her crisis;
- A young woman, peaceful and contented has her story told by her mother. The older woman tells of caring for her daughter whom she had conceived as a result of rape;
- A mature woman who conceived late in life and had been encouraged by doctors to abort. She introduces her son who was born healthy and intelligent in spite of her age at the time of conception.

He also interviews a very important couple who could not have babies but decided to adopt a family of children with special needs - children who might well have been aborted!

I also learned, recently, that Jane Russell, the film star who died  at the beginning of March, had an abortion when she was a teenager.  The experience left her unable to become pregnant again, and led her to be passionately pro-life.  "People should never, ever have an abortion," she declared.  "Don't talk to me about it being a woman's right to choose what she does with her own body.  The choice is between life and death."

Apparently, the young Jane "felt horrible" about the moral evil committed in the abortion - that was so badly botched that she, herself, nearly died.  However, in 1955 (12 years before David Steel's Abortion Bill became law in the UK), she founded the World Adoption International Fund, that helped find a place for more than 40,000 children!  She also adopted three children of her own - and left six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren when she died.

Abortion need never be the answer.  There is always a better way!