Disturbing Statistic

This is just sad... The article here explains the story of a couple whose unborn twins were prenatally diagnosed, one with Down Syndrome and one with a cleft palate. The beginning of the article tells this disturbing statistic:

"...in America, more than 80 percent of babies diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome are aborted."

Ahh! This is sick! It is absolutely unacceptable. You can have your views on whether we can legislate the right, or lack of, for women to choose abortion, but this just solidifies my opinion that the choice should not be in the hands of any woman, or anyone else.

Here is one of the reasons why:

"Bobbie McIlwain, though, refused to go along with the crowd. Today, because of her resolve, she and her husband, Jeff, are the parents of healthy 17-month-old twin girls."

Her doctors had encouraged her to have an abortion. If she would have listened than she would have killed two healthy babies. I am sorry but some doctors should not be allowed to practice. They have reduced an unborn baby (who has the same right to life and love of God as every other person) to a statistic or a threat. Babies are not fully ours, they are God's children and they are a gift.

Cleft palates can usually be fixed or at least improved by surgery. And Down Syndrome and any other disease or syndrome can be fixed with LOVE! When you see a person with a disease or disorder, do you think to yourself "Well it would have been for their own good if they would not have been born." NO! I am not saying it would be easy to raise the child, but I am certain that God would use it for his glory, and we have to remember that this is our purpose in living.

I love her quote: "she said. “I have to remember, ‘Do not tell God how big your storm is, but tell the storm how big your God is.’" God will work it out.

Abortion today is a matter of selfishness. Modern technology shows a chance that a baby could have a defect, and the mother kills it because she doesn't want the trouble of raising a less than perfect baby? Babies are aborted because they were "accidents" or because they are a threat to the health of the mother, or for even worse reasons (see: China). You have to have a sense of God's will and word to fully understand, but your life is not your own, and neither is your child's, born or unborn. There are countless stories of people born under adversity, either physically or through some oppressive government, who rise above and do amazing things. Shouldn't every child have this right? There is no excuse for denying it to them.