Pro Life Speaker, Chet McDoniel, Says His Life is Worth It Even Though His Body Isn’t Perfect
A Walking Case Study for Pro-Life…that’s how I have referred to myself sometimes. Of all the social and political issues, Pro-Life is something that hits close to home for me. Being born without arms in some countries is a death sentence.
But the United States is a civilized nation, and we don’t practice such barbaric ideas as murdering because someone looks different than everyone else. We don’t abort babies because they will be handicapped. I wish I could say that with pride about my country.
My parents had no idea I was going to be born handicapped. Had it not been for a skilled doctor in the delivery room, neither my mom nor I would have made it. But, even after I was born, the doctor decided that if my body was as mangled on the inside as it was on the outside, that it would be better for me to be “given a chance to die.”
Now, that was in 1980, but the fact remains that a doctor made the decision that my life may not be worth living. What gives one human the right to determine whether or not another human should live? Could he know then, that as a thirty year-old, I would have a wife, daughter, and live a rich, full life?
Would my parents have aborted me had they known I was going to be born handicapped? No way! They’ve said many times that abortion was never something they would even consider, and had they known what I was going to look like, they still would have never thought about aborting me.
Well, obviously I do not agree with the decision the doctor made at my birth and even in the delivery room, I had a fighting spirit that wouldn’t give in. So, nearly thirty years later, I now spend my life teaching others to be happy with what they have and showing everyone I meet that life truly is priceless.
When I get to speak at a pro-life function, I conclude my presentation, after many stories and life lessons, by issuing a challenge to live a happy, positive life. If I can do it, so you can you, I tell crowds. And, if I can live a wonderful life with no arms, then abortion simply has no place in our society. You can not know how incredible a life will be lived, until it is lived.
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