Every potential human in the womb must be valued as the oncoming of a human soul

The matter of abortion is perplexing indeed.
An oncoming human soul: a foetus at 20 weeksAn oncoming human soul: a foetus at 20 weeks
An oncoming human soul: a foetus at 20 weeks

Some people experience nature rejecting new life when biological systems prompts a miscarriage.

A professor of gynaecology once told me this happens more often in first pregnancies as the body adjusts to conception.

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This experience can be shattering for coupes looking for their first child.

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However, the current trend to consciously cast aside a human outside natural processes because they are inconvenient I cannot accept.

Every potential human in the womb must be valued as the oncoming of a human soul.

When dealing with rape we must remember that the rapist is the criminal to be punished.

The little human conceived is not a criminal.

I hope we are not drifting toward a society where disposal of created humans is based on consumer expediency.

The right to life is pre-eminent.

David Barbour, Coleraine

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