Reproductive health care is every woman’s right, so it is no surprise that President Biden is rescinding the Mexico City Policy, which was a move by the previous administration to prevent abortions. Our bodies do not belong to the government, or to anyone else for that matter. If a woman chooses to end a pregnancy, it is her choice alone. We have hungry children in this country and all over the world. We have children who are starved for love and even for the simple comforts of a roof over their head and running water. We have children whose mother or even both parents are addicted to drugs – or they are in prison. We have too many unwanted children growing up in foster homes. We have irresponsible parents who neglect their children. Most importantly, we have a world that is over crowded with humans, creating an imbalance which is forcing the extinction of thousands of other species.
We have doctors who support lives artificially, rather than letting nature take its course – survival of the fittest. The quantity of human life has taken precedence over the quality of life. The ego has become involved where higher wisdom should have been consulted. While so many children are in need of loving families, couples spend thousands of dollars on artificial insemination, wanting children “of their own”. But, they are ALL our children. Despite our skin color or our ethnicity or our religion, we are all connected. We should ensure the quality of life for all children. We should recognize that all of us will die at some point, regardless of whether we are one month old, 95 years old, or still in our mother’s womb. Perhaps the right-to-life enthusiasts should consider that same right for the animals that lived in the forest they just clear cut – or for the beneficial insects that they eradicated with pesticides. We all deserve a quality life. We all deserve ownership over our own bodies. We deserve the right to choose. May our choices reflect the greater good for the world.
