It’s the most hope-filled thing in the world: hearing small children tell you that they dream of being a teacher or a superhero. It brings out the best in all of us too, as we work to make sure children get a chance to grow up and achieve their dreams. Or even grow up to experience the things that make our own life memories: sandcastles and ice-cream, swings in the park, hugs and laughter, love and hope. A chance to know the world, to live their lives, a chance to grow up. Every child has a right to that chance.
That right begins in the womb, where we all began. That’s why the right to life of every baby can’t be taken away as a matter of ‘choice’. Abortion robs a child of the chance to have aspirations and dreams. Abortion destroys their future. It robs them of their life. It robs them of their chance to make their way in society, to make valid choices, to make the world a better place.
Every child deserves a chance to grow up. Abortion means some never will.
