ABORTION: View from a fetus

“A person convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.” (Unknown)

Still, I must respond (argue) as a baby who began developing unstoppingly at the union of sperm and ovum in my mother’s womb. No one could see me except GOD. Such an event is too marvelous for me as I anticipate the right to life in the United States and the multiple opportunities to use the gifts I develop to become maybe an educator, a theologian, builder, a mother or father, etc.

I am devastated at the prospect of intentionally being killed. I did not ask to be conceived, my conception was not by chance, but of the union of two people. So, here I am being wonderfully created in secret with my future days ordained for me by GOD.

Am I a person? Whether you call me a zygote or an embryo (or any other name), I am distinct from the man and woman who conceived me, though uncannily similar. I will need their nurture, support and guidance to become who I should be. Please let me live!

MARY SMITH

Coeur d’Alene