In the March 16 article "Wake restores abortion funding," Stan Norwalk, Wake County commissioner, made the statement, "I don't think that government should be telling women what to do with their bodies." This is a common statement that is used by pro-abortion groups to defend their position.
The child in a mother's womb is a temporary resident. The child draws his or her nutritional support for growth and development through the placenta. Were Norwalk's view to be correct, the child would have the identical DNA signature as the mother. That is, the child would have the same blood type, tissue types and a DNA makeup identical to the mother.
However, the child in the mother's womb is a unique individual with his or her own specific DNA set and different blood type and tissue types, a one of a kind person. The mother can choose to do what she wants to her own body, but the child in the womb does not fall within those decision-making boundaries. This child is not just an appendage of the mother, as Norwalk assumes, but a human being unique in his or her own right to fulfill a destiny.
