To the editor:

You are special, one of a kind. In fact, in the history of the world there was not another person the same as you, and there will never be another person the same as you in the future. Science has shown that at the very moment of conception, a unique person is created, an individual genetically different than any other human being ever created or who ever will be created.

That is a fact of science that cannot be denied. Any time a life in the womb is ended, such as from an abortion, the life of a unique individual is ended, a human being that will never be created again. The wondrous life in the womb has a right to keep living, but abortion tragically ends that life.

If a society does not value and protect innocent children in the womb, then that society will experience the diminishing of the value of life outside of the womb. Mother Theresa of Calcutta said: “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.”

This is so evident in our country today. Millions upon millions of lives have been ended violently by abortion in our country alone, and violence to life outside of the womb is so apparent today. Love and peace are being destroyed.

As a nation, we must turn from choosing death and we must choose life, love and peace.

Dan Hawrot

Steubenville