Dear editor,
This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized abortion in America. Since then abortion has taken nearly 58 million lives in our country. Unfathomable. What might our country be like if these children had been allowed to live?
Norma McCorvey, the “Roe” in the Roe v Wade case; she was a poor young woman with an unplanned pregnancy and thought an abortion would solve her problems. She couldn’t find a doctor in Texas that would perform an abortion. Attorney Sara Weddington took her under her wing and used her case to start the proceedings to legalize abortion in the United States. Norma never had the abortion, she gave birth to her baby before the case ever made it to the Supreme Court.
Since that time Norma became a Catholic Christian and works in the pro-life movement, www.endroe.org.
In the pro-life movement we believe there are two victims in every abortion, the baby and the mother. Abortion is painful physically and mentally; the precious baby is violently ripped from their mother’s womb, losing its life and the mother is scarred for the rest of her life. There are now more than 3,000 pro-life centers in our country where women may obtain help of all types: Pregnancy Resource Center, 1 S. Jefferson, Iola, KS 620.365.3308; www.pregnancyline.com or 800.712.4357; www.virtuemedia.org
All human beings are made in the image of God and all are equally precious. If we devalue or discriminate against any group of human beings, this is inconsistent with God’s justice. God shows no partiality.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life,” John 3:16.
God became man, He became a human embryo, a fetus (Latin for “little one”). He stooped down to us and became one of us. Every life has value, God loves each one of us as if we were the only one. Even if there was only one person, He would have died for that one. God’s love is amazing.
Please pray and do what you can to help end this holocaust.
Sincerely,
Barbara Sigler,
Humboldt, Kan.
Letter to the editor — January 15, 2016
