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Mom Chooses Life for Her Child
By Ken Horn | January 25, 2008
In the debate of pro-life versus pro-abortion, there is one consideration that is more difficult than the simple convenience abortion (which most of them are). That is when the life of the mother is at stake.
The UK’s Daily Mail today carried a story (picked up by U.S. wires) of a mother who sacrificed her own life so that her child could live. Lorraine Allard was four months into her pregnancy when she learned she was in the advanced stages of liver cancer. Doctors advised her to terminate the pregnancy so she could begin chemotherapy right away. The child was 23 weeks old at the time.
Mrs. Allard chose life for her child. The child, a son, was born prematurely, prior to a scheduled Caesarian section. Treatment of her cancer began immediately, but it had become too advanced.
She passed away last Friday, exactly two months after her son was born. She had only been able to hold him a handful of times.
“Lorraine was positive all the way through,” her husband said. “She had strength for both of us. I can’t begin to describe how brave she was. Towards the end we knew things weren’t going well but she was overjoyed that she had given life to Liam.”
This kind of sacrifice is difficult to understand by pro-abortion forces. But those who are pro-life can understand. The sacrifice she made was not based on either side of this debate. It was based on love. She was willing to die so that her son might have life.
It is love that those who believe in life appeal to. A child in the womb is a real person deserving of love. It is tragic that so many are aborted.
Perhaps Lorraine Allard’s sacrifice will awaken a spark in the hearts of some who believe in abortion. Our prayer is that all children in the womb would be loved as much as Liam Allard.
(For more on this topic, read Assistant Editor Jennifer McClure’s current article Pregnancy Care: Reaching Beyond the Crisis.)
Ken Horn
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