Opinion

Compassion for unborn is not form of self-pity

Posted January 25, 2018 12:00 am

Do the values expressed by Diana L. Carter on Jan. 15 truly reflect the values of the pro-abortion movement?

Ms. Carter equates prayer for an aborted fetus with pity over a broken ankle. Pity is not time-wasting and selfish. At its root, pity is empathy. Prayer, too, is given out of empathy, and act intended to heal both the giver and the receiver. Does the pro-abortion movement not understand the difference between pity and compassion? Does this movement truly see compassion for the unborn as self-pity?

I'm not sure what authority gives Ms. Carter this idea, but she claims that the soul has physical properties dependent upon a body for its existence. She characterizes the soul as a one-size-fits-all entity, waiting in the universe for a body to occupy. Actually, a person's soul is designed to be a unique part of a particular individual with the spiritual properties of an eternal life.

This design speaks to the great value of every single human. How can the pro-abortion movement acknowledge the existence of a soul but not its individual value?

If Ms. Carter has spoken for the values of the pro-abortion movement, she has revealed it to be one that rejects compassion and the potential, individual value of our souls.

Lianne Mace

Batavia

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