But 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?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She identifies abortion as the main destroyer of peace by killing innocent children.
- In plain terms
- Abortion destroys peace by ending innocent lives.
- What can you take from it?
- See abortion as violence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines peace to you?
- How do you weigh competing rights?
Another view
Others see abortion as a choice not an act of violence.
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