PUBLIC VIEWPOINT: Life Is Precious; Protect It, Cherish It

A young couple gets married, and begins their life as a family.

She becomes pregnant and they are thrilled. A new baby, just what they wanted. But in a few weeks she miscarries and they are devastated.

A young girl becomes pregnant from someone she does not love or want to marry. Neither one of them wants a child, so she has an abortion, and they move on with their lives.

Two dead babies.

One happy couple. One devastated couple. What is the difference? Both babies died in the same stage of development.

Was one a mass of tissue and the other a baby? What made the difference?

The difference was the attitude of the mother and father. A person is pronounced dead when the heart stops beating.

Did you know that a heartbeat can be heard within 18 to 28 days from conception?

When her egg meets his sperm and attaches itself to the uterus, you have a baby.

Life is precious; Protect it, cherish it, protect all life.

PHYLLIS FARISH

Bella Vista

Opinion, Pages 5 on 09/25/2012

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