Becoming Like Children
By Kate Wolf
A-A-A Women for Choice
Manassas, Virginia
(This one of a series of ongoing articles about counseling at A-A-A. Names and some details have been changed to protect confidentiality.)
Anne, a 37 year old woman with six children, recently came to A-A-A with her husband. They were seeking a test to confirm a suspected pregnancy and were seriously considering aborting the baby. They had been married happily for many years, yet both seemed tense and stern.
Pat Lohman their counselor was secretly worried about the chance of influencing this couple toward a choice for life. "Midlife is the hardest age to convince," she said. "They are generally angrier and more de-sensitized to the lies of the world, and are less willing to change their minds." The couple was worried more about finances than anything else. Pat assured them that if they gave their six kids a choice between the baby brother or sister and a nicer home or a bike, the kids wouldn't hesitate to choose the baby ~ it wouldn't be a difficult decision for them.
Anne and her husband watched the film "Suction Curettage - D&E" produced by Life Dynamics, Inc. Once they saw the film, the sternness and tension disappeared from their faces. God's law, already placed in their hearts, was confirmed. Anne admitted, "I had already begun to bond with this baby..." They said 'no way' to abortion and were immediately relieved. "They wanted at first to buy the lies of the world," Pat said, "but they really knew better. All they needed was the truth."
It was no accident that they had "accidentally" ended up at A-A-A instead of the nearby abortion clinic. Unable to support the natural leanings of their hearts away from abortion, they might easily have chosen death for their child. "There but for the grace of God go I," says Pat, "for we are easily deceived without the truth. The world lacks common sense because it lacks spiritual sense." To have spiritual sense we must turn and become like children...(Matt. 18, v.3) It's the first step toward making the world a safer place for the little ones.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Matthew
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And Jesus called a little child to him, set him in their midst, and said, "Amen I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever, humbles himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 18:1-4) (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine translation; 1961)
"I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then that you and your descendants may live, - by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him." (Deut. 30:19) (Douay Version, 1961)
This article was taken from the A-A-A Women for Choice newsletter dated January 1999. Please feel free to send donations to this worthy pro-life organization. They not only provide counseling but baby items (clothes, care items, etc) for Mothers who have no money. The counselors are all volunteers.
A-A-A Women for Choice
"Abortion Accurate Accounting"
9380-A Forestwood Lane
Manassas, Virginia 20110
Phone: (703) 330-9312
A note from the Web Master:
It is noteworthy and honorable that some folks are willing to stand up for a ban on Partial-Birth Abortion. Let us not forget that ordinary everyday Abortion is also murder. We must understand that murder is murder no matter the method. Because one method of abortion seems to be horrible does not justify the other methods. We should be horrified and sickened by any Abortion regardless of the method. The Fifth Commandment spells it out clearly: "Thou shalt not kill." A fetus is a person, a human being with a God given soul. Imagine the pain the Lord must feel when any Abortion occurs. Please contact both of your Senators and Representative, via letter or phone, to let them know how horrified you are that Abortions are legal and to stop Partial-Birth Abortions and all other Abortions as soon as possible. (It has become apparent that they do not respond to email therefore you will have more of an impact by writing or telephoning.)
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