“We are talking of peace”
In 1979 Mother Teresa of Kolkata was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for her 
work with the poor and dying in Kolkata, India. In her acceptance speech this holy woman famously refered to abortion as “the greatest destroyer of peace” today. These words shocked the world…pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike. A bit extreme for anyone really. What was she really saying that day? Why would she use this one chance to speak to all nations and creeds to promote a pro-life agenda? The reality is that other Teresa recognised the threat of abortion in our world.
As a side note:for Mother Teresa, and millions of others around the world (myself included) the being in the womb IS a child…a living baby.
Abortion is the cause of death for millions every year. To take an extreme example: more than 60% of all recorded pregnancies have been aborted each year in Russia since records began in the early 20th century. Closer to home for Mother Teresa was the reality that in India the procedure which can tell the sex of a foetus had to be banned by the state to protect the lives of countless females. It was found that often where a boy would be allowed live a girl would be aborted…
It is very difficult to get acurate figures for abortion as many are not recorded but an accepted figures for worldwide abortions per annum are all around 30 million . 30 million!!!! Now that really makes you think, doesn’t it.
So, with this in mind, what was this woman trying to tell us? Words she used nearly three decades ago are still ringing in many ears but is the meaning?
Mother Teresa used her acceptance speech of a peace prize to wonder what is standing in the way of peace in the world today. Her reasoning stemmed from the understanding that fear can lead to lashing out. She spoke of hard working parents who don’t see their children as much as they’d like to. This leaves children feeling somewhat abandoned…and the sense of security which existed until an older age in years gone by is now being chipped away by longer working hours.
This modern experience leaves a void in the lives of the child and children are made stand alone earlier than before…yet this is too early and fear abounds. According to Mother Teresa’s stream of thought this is what leads to rising crime rates amongst todays youth and so an extra strain put on our communities sense of calm…sense of ‘peace’.
Longer working hours is taking more and more from those years where a child should depend wholly on their parents. Then…comes abortion. If any then the one place where the occupant should feel total security and peace is in their mother’s womb. What then if this peace is threatened? What if this place of safety can no longer be guranteed? It would then be possible for fear to penetrate the very womb and so all peace is lost.
Another angle to look at is that: if a mother can kill her own child then this would shadow other crimes. This is the most horrific type of crime imaginable, is it not? This means that if mothers are granted the right to carry out this act then anything is possible in the world of crime…..peace is surely gone with that very child.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 and is filed under Great men and women.
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