Pro-Life

For most of my life I have been involved in pro-life activities. I suppose I first became consciously aware of the issue when my brother Darcy was born when I was fifteen. I was probably typical for my age. It was the time of Woodstock, sex drugs and rock and roll. A time of rebellion against our parents and their morals and values. We didn't realise then that what we were being taught were life  principles rather than values that would change with every political and social movement that came along.

My brother was a gift to out family, and to the wider community. He was sent to us by the Providence of God, at a time when the world was becoming more and more self-centred. He saved us, I really believe that. I wrote about him here. The New Zealand Government has decided that other families should not be blessed the way our family has been. and have initiated a genocidal screening programme. Who will save the families of the future?

Because of my brother I was more aware of the needs of those who are most vulnerable in our society. I have sat with many people in their last moments, including cancer patients, and never once have I experienced the "unbearable pain" and "indignity" that I have come to hear from euthanasia activists. The worst case i experienced was a husband who could not bear to stay in the room while his wife died.. His distress affected her and placed a burden on her. When he left the room, she settled, and passed peacefully.

In my work as a crisis pregnancy and post-abortion counsellor, I frequently saw first-hand how the feelings and expectations of other people affected those I was working with. I have to admit that I have sinned against charity when it comes to those who have coerced girls and women into having abortions just because it wasn't convenient for them. 

Having said that, I have every sympathy for those who were involved in an abortion who have since come to regret what they have done. We are taught that "God does not will the death of the sinner, but rather that he be repentant and live."  A priest I love once said that we have to acknowledge that we are the most sinful person we know, because we are the only one, apart from God, who knows what is in our own heart. I believe that there are desperate women who have had abortion who will go to Heaven, while seemingly pious Catholics who lack charity will not be found there.

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