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Catholic News Herald

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Abortion is the murder of a human being. No excuse or euphemism can change that.

A baby in the womb is a separate person deserving of the right to life. He or she has separate DNA, a separate heart and a soul.

Yes, carrying a child for nine months is inconvenient if the child is not wanted. But the mother will soon be over it. A child murdered in the womb will never get over it.

The state has the right to take the life of certain vile offenders, but none of them are children in the womb.

More than 10,000 families in America are waiting to adopt a child.

Need a practical reason to oppose abortion? Since 1973, America has allowed the legal murder of more than 57 million children in the womb. There would be no Social Security crisis if those people had not been killed before they had the opportunity to become educated, married and productive members of the workforce.

All across America, crisis pregnancy centers are eager to help women with unplanned pregnancies. The amount of support, resources and prayer to be found in such facilities is beyond measure. No woman need kill her baby.

 

— Hale Meserow lives in Hendersonville.