Lessons Learned from Two Stories of Babies Diagnosed in Utero with Serious Genetic Syndromes
Last January Archbishop Charles Chaput delivered the Keynote Address to the 13th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, which was held on January 22 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He was talking about children with special needs, most of whom would live much, much longer than Ella Rose and Sophia. But the wisdom of Archbishop Chaput’s moving remarks made just prior to the March for Life rings equally true in this situation as well:
“These children with disabilities are not a burden; they’re a priceless gift to all of us. They’re a doorway to the real meaning of our humanity. Whatever suffering we endure to welcome, protect and ennoble these special children is worth it because they’re a pathway to real hope and real joy. Abortion kills a child; it wounds a precious part of a woman’s own dignity and identity; and it steals hope. That’s why it’s wrong. That’s why it needs to end. That’s why we march.”
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