March for Life.

[Animal photo credit: National Geographic "In the Womb" 2005]

Is it such a difficult concept to grasp? It seems obvious that that fourth "clump of cells" is an unborn HUMAN, a tiny tiny child... why then do people insist that this is a matter for debate, that there are complex circumstances surrounding the moment the unborn becomes a person, with all the rights of personhood? So many people willfully blind themselves to the simple fact that this is a real live person, just like you and me. Only smaller and completely defenseless.  Animal lovers everywhere would decry the slaughter of those tiny, perfectly formed, unborn animals you see above. But when it comes to our own species, our own flesh and blood, so very many of us big powerful adult humans think (or at least act like) this slaughter of the innocents is okay.

There is so much wonderful literature out there about life and death, pro-life and "pro-choice" (an oxymoron, since the child gets no choice in the matter), and I feel no need to be repetitive. But I will leave you with this thought:

So to all my friends and the countless others who are at the March for Life today, or attended the Walk for Life in San Francisco this weekend, thank you. Thank you for doing what you can to defend life and give as-yet voiceless infants a voice. Thank you for working to protect them and save our society from its own slow suicide.