“What a tired mother you are,” he squawked. “How hard you work caring for such a small, weak baby. When you're stuck with him, you can't climb trees with friends. Why don't you leave him and live for yourself?” – Little Lives Matter
In Iceland, government officials celebrated the near elimination of Down Syndrome babies from their birth records, after prenatal screening alerted couples to possible chromosome abnormalities. No medical treatment was provided to resolve the problem, babies were simply terminated through abortion.
Today, a woman’s right to choose is touted as a human right, a universal standard protected by secular law. The Dobbs v. Jackson ruling that removed abortion from Constitutional protection rightly returned its legality to the purview of each state, where all legal standards are established. The Constitution, instead, enshrines an overall protection of the right to life. God’s laws or natural rights are different, they require no law, as they exist from birth and are absolute. Abortion is not based on natural law. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Yes, women have a right to choose, as long as that choice comes before life begins.
In Elizabeth Johnston’s 2021 pro-life children’s book, “Little Lives Matter”, Johnston defends the sanctity of all life whether by disability or age, from a culture that attempts to convince its citizens to live only for themselves. Published by Brave Books, a Christian-centric company, books like Little Lives Matter provide age-appropriate content based on biblical and conservative values. Suitable for children ages 4-12, Little Lives Matters combats today’s messaging that some lives have less value than others, by showing how God values all of us equally.
The Bible affirms the value of every human life. God said he knew us before He formed us in our mother’s womb, where he knitted us together in His image. We are not mere clumps of cells. We all have intrinsic values and should be treated with dignity and worth.
In this Christian tale, a baby bear Mobi was born with only one paw. Although he was not like the others, he was special, and valued by his Mama Bear, who was fiercely protective of her beloved child. Yet Culture the Vulture, the villain in the story, offers an enticing way out of the struggle of everyday challenges by whispering to the Mama Bear, and later Mobi, that they could quickly end their problems by simply walking away and living for themselves.
Pope Francis frequently speaks about a "throwaway culture" in which unwanted items and unwanted people, such as the unborn, the elderly, the poor, and the needy, are discarded as waste. Lamenting that human life is too often deemed disposable in today’s culture, Francis calls us to respect life at all stages and to protect and promote it at all costs.
Movies, songs, and cultural mores overvalue success and money, by advocating self-indulgence and narcissistic independence over marriage and children. Instead, we must protect God’s creation, especially the weak and vulnerable, from unborn babies to the disabled with chromosomal abnormalities like Down’s Syndrome, to the elderly.
All lives matter because all lives have meaning and purpose.
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