Today I am going to change your look at abortion. I do have references to the Bible written here. Now first you might be saying, “The Bible is a book of fairy tales and it doesn’t appear in our culture anymore.” Well, you are wrong. The Bible has and had a huge impact on our culture. You might think you can cover it up by changing B.C. to Before Common Era or B.C.E., but I would say that doesn’t even do it. When you have a president (Obama) swear his loyalty to you on a Bible, a book he doesn’t believe, you might want to question his loyalty. If he swore on some beat up book and visibly crossed his fingers, then I would know where he stood with God. But no, his hand touched Lincoln’s Bible and he swore on it without any denial. That means he either is a liar or he actually believes God’s word.

Let’s get back to abortion, though. Abortion is a fancy way to say SELFISH. Abortion doesn’t reflect on the baby’s point of view, it reflects yours. Say you’re 16 and then you realize you are pregnant. The first thought that comes to your mind, shamed. What will people think of you if you drop out of school to raise your child? Well, what would people think of you if your baby grew up to become a man or woman thought of when people talk about Martin Luther King, Junior or Lincoln or Washington? You don’t know if the baby’s face will show up on America’s Most Wanted or have a day dedicated to him or her. Think of what they would become if you let them live.

Finally Americans are entitled to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The children inside you are still Americans, right? When you kill them you are taking away life. As well as liberty. You are making the choices, not the baby. They have absolutely no say! And they should never be killed because you, when you perform abortion, you are taking away life, and liberty, and theoretically the pursuit of happiness.

The only reason you are here now is because your parents didn’t have an abortion. All those children would have been here now if you didn’t have an abortion. God says in Psalm 139:13: “For You formed my inward parts, You wove me together in my mother’s womb.” God is still forming the baby in your womb when you kill it. That is like ruining someone’s creation. It’s like trampling on one of Picasso’s best works. Psalm 139:14: “I will give thanks to you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.” Everyone, even children who have been killed are wonderfully made and don’t deserve to be assassinated. So if you’re in a tough situation, remember the points I have made. I hope this will change your outlook on abortion.

Meredith Maloof, Peter Kirk Elementary 6th grader