I Choose Life

This is another speech by a member of the online class I'm participating in. And so, without further ado (except for a big thank you to Amy), I Choose Life.
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Hitler once said, “The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but not human. They cannot be human in the sense of being an image of God.”

            “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.” (Gen 1:27) Jews look just the same as you and me. They even look the same as Hitler did. Many people believe that babies in the womb aren’t people yet, or that blacks weren’t human, or that people with disabilities aren’t valuable because they use more than they can contribute to society. “Remember, the worth of souls is great in the sight of God”. (D & C 18:10) Human life is precious no matter what race, development, or ability is contained within that body.

            In Germany between 1940 and 1945 200,000 handicapped people were murdered because they were “useless to society” and were genetically impure.  On August 24, 1941 about 70,000 handicapped people had been euthanized and public criticism was mounting so Hitler came out and publically ordered it to stop, but the program continued in secret.

            During Hitler’s time as the leader of Germany, he and his followers killed about 6 million Jews. How was he able to treat other humans so brutally? Before he was elected as Chancellor, he said, “If I am ever really in power, the destruction of the Jews will be my first and most important job.  As soon as I have power, I shall have gallows after gallows erected, for example, in Munich and Marienplatz- as many of them as traffic allows. Then the Jews will be hanged one after another, and they will stay hanging until they stink.  They will stay hanging as long as hygienically possible.  As soon as they are untied, then the next group will follow and that will continue until the last Jew in Munich is exterminated.  Exactly the same procedure will be followed in all other cities until Germany is cleansed of the last Jew!”   He was able to convince others to follow his plan by explaining that the Jews were different from the Germans, not really even human.

            Since 1973, in the United States of America over 55 million babies have been murdered.  People are trying to justify this by saying that these children are not yet human.  They call the baby a fetus in an effort to keep the public from understanding the truth.  Science has been able to repeatedly prove that an unborn baby is a separate life with a unique blood type.   A common argument in response to this fact is that while the baby is a human, he or she is not legally a person so therefore does not have the same rights that we enjoy.  Mainly his or her right to life promised by the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. 

            Another time that we have heard the argument denying the humanity of a group was during slavery. It was stated that slaves were property, not people. To be able to dismiss the Declaration of Independence the proponents of slavery had to try to convince the populace that the black race was less than human. In trying to justify this argument, John C. Calhoun said, “Never before has the black of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually.”

            Repeatedly throughout history whenever one group of people wants to take advantage of another group they claim that they are not quite human, they are too different from us, or that they are useless to society.  God tell us that he values everyone and that we are equal in his eyes.  He also tells us in Matthew 7:12, “therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

            President Ronald Reagan stated, “I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”

            Cardinal Roger Mahoney said, “Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members – the last, the least, the littlest”. 

            Mother Teresa said, “I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?”

            There are many ways that people try to justify being inhumane but we need to rally together in an effort to stop it. Once life has been cheapened for a group in society everyone’s life is of less value.        

            I strongly believe that the murder of innocent and vulnerable children, still in their mother’s womb, needs to stop. I will contribute to the cause of lessening the rates of abortion in America by educating my peers on the sanctity of life, all life!