Abortion should be 'going, going, gone'
"Babies are the joy of life," said a Philadelphia area woman. Like an expert umpire, she made a good call. Infant silly expressions and chuckles drive their fans to smile.
Lately though, who is really rooting for these rookies when they are unborn?
Expectant mothers and fathers can step up to bat for their unborn child in love. They can view their baby's development, a sprint with ultrasound live video. Also they can walk through/scroll to first trimester growth and development benchmarks on the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia website (https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/first-trimester). There they can study the play-by-play of events.
By four weeks the heart is beating like the rhythm of music in the stands. By eight weeks these young ones are well formed, displaying fingers and toes, moving around like running the bases. And in 12 weeks they are totally formed, just like the rest of us players at life, but smaller, in their own little league.
They are such lovable stars with their own unique DNA like a special name and number on each jersey. They are waiting on deck to be born. However, many politicians, writers and cartoonists want lots of them locked out of the park. Plus Planned Parenthood, throws a big curveball by not offering up much parenthood at all.
Checking stats in the latest annual report — https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/facts-figures/annual-report — 383,460 abortions were performed versus only 8,775 prenatal visits and a mere 1,940 adoption referrals. It is time to take a swing at the $633.4 million of our hard-earned tax payments going to Planned Parenthood, and line drive it over to life-promoting health centers.
Politicians who fund unrestricted abortion should be thrown out when they are off base by voters. A woman may give birth to a babe like the renowned Babe Ruth of baseball's early days.
The American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists — https://aaplog.org/ — has scouted out the mom's risks of abortion physically as well as emotionally, even in future pregnancies. Scroll to "WHAT WE DO: EDUCATION."
Delivery of a baby, like delivery of a pitch has a better outcome than the balk known as abortion. Like refreshing food at the snack stand, there is help for women by women in pregnancy resource centers. The phrase loving them both is in play. The needs of the total person including counseling (even for abortion grief) and personal provisions can be addressed or met in out of the park home run wonderful ways.
Many centers coach and help until the child is five years old, with no ongoing bonuses from inflationary government spending.
One of the most celebrated holidays, Christmas, began with Christ's birth; involving traveling with effort — like mounting the stadium stairs. It was like a rain delay an inconvenient time to give birth to baby savior, yet it brought good news for all people." (Luke 2:10-11 in the Bible)
Dedicated love is needed from the start, the singing of the national anthem time, leading with big effort to lullabies sung. Adoptive parents can be added to the roster too.
For parents, the first sight, like the start of opening day should be Baby's ultrasound picture, followed by a lifetime of photos with smiles among family, in places of worship, in school and maybe on the team.
David Bryant Morgan lives in Ambler Borough in Montgomery County.
This article originally appeared on The Intelligencer: Knocking abortion out of the park
