Wednesday, March 7, 2012

This is something that is close to my heart as I was a "father" who wanted the child that was aborted.  I asked for nothing from the mother but to accept joint responsibility for our actions, and to allow the baby to live.  I lost.  I had no rights.  This message from someone in Kansas says it all.  We are a selfish society, and the "rights of women" are not the only ones to consider.


Fighting for unborn
Seventy-five years ago a young mother tried to abort her baby. Times were hard, and she felt they could not afford another child. Had she succeeded:
• I would never have known her daughter, who has been my friend for decades. Nor would this daughter have been there for support through my two cancers and my husband’s two.
• A husband would not have enjoyed 55 years of marriage and still counting.
• The world would never have known sons who have given so much — one a medical doctor, one a business owner and two working in government.
• Eight grandchildren would not have been born.
In demanding your rights as a woman, you are forbidding a child the right to live. What about the adoption option?
Women, stop thinking only of yourselves. Do you regret your mother letting you live?
Gov. Sam Brownback, keep fighting for the unborn child. If you don’t, who will?
Jackie James
Prairie Village

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/06/3473148/letters-wednesday-march-7.html#storylink=cpy