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How a school deals with a pregnant student is only part of the problem. I think that we, as the pro-life community, could do a lot better for unwed mothers who choose to carry their baby to term.
For one thing, let’s not ignore the appeal of “taking care of the problem” with an abortion. A girl can save herself a lot of shame and explaining. Even women who consider themselves pro-life might very well flirt with the idea of an abortion. This is why we fight so hard to make abortion illegal! Because the option is available and convenient, it appears desirable. Great care must be taken to be sensitive to the mother rather than just thinking of the child. If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!
I would implore each and every one of us to reconsider the way we look at, talk about, converse with… any unwed mother, pregnant or post-partum. These babies should be celebrated just as much as wed births, if not more because of the great victory over the Culture of Death. It can be so tempting to become prideful or wag our finger at these women who bear their sin across their bellies, but that is exactly the reaction that Satan preys upon.
Ask anyone who’s been there and carried their baby: we do a poor job of putting our money where our mouth is when it comes to providing support as a society. You’d think it was contagious or something with the way they are treated!
I find it apalling that a Catholic school would expel a pregnant student. This just makes it more tempting to take the easy way out and get an abortion, not to mention that it is entirely problematic because it is impossible to enforce such a rule for young men and for women who use birth control or don’t happen to get pregnant. I can understand the reservations of teachers and administration, and perhaps the homeschool idea is an option. But expulsion? No way!
For one thing, let’s not ignore the appeal of “taking care of the problem” with an abortion. A girl can save herself a lot of shame and explaining. Even women who consider themselves pro-life might very well flirt with the idea of an abortion. This is why we fight so hard to make abortion illegal! Because the option is available and convenient, it appears desirable. Great care must be taken to be sensitive to the mother rather than just thinking of the child. If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!
I would implore each and every one of us to reconsider the way we look at, talk about, converse with… any unwed mother, pregnant or post-partum. These babies should be celebrated just as much as wed births, if not more because of the great victory over the Culture of Death. It can be so tempting to become prideful or wag our finger at these women who bear their sin across their bellies, but that is exactly the reaction that Satan preys upon.
Ask anyone who’s been there and carried their baby: we do a poor job of putting our money where our mouth is when it comes to providing support as a society. You’d think it was contagious or something with the way they are treated!
I find it apalling that a Catholic school would expel a pregnant student. This just makes it more tempting to take the easy way out and get an abortion, not to mention that it is entirely problematic because it is impossible to enforce such a rule for young men and for women who use birth control or don’t happen to get pregnant. I can understand the reservations of teachers and administration, and perhaps the homeschool idea is an option. But expulsion? No way!
