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Daily Reading for 30 October 2003
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Abandoned baby
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The news mentioned that a large force of police was searching empty flats in a Dublin suburb for an abandoned, newborn baby. Later on, we heard that the mother was a young teenager. The imagination started to work and the questions began to surface. Whose child is this teenage girl? What state of mind is she in now, after giving birth on her own? Who is the father of the child? Where is he now, at this crisis moment? What future lies in store for this newborn infant?
After the personal questions, some reflections remain. It is good to know that the human life of this unwanted child was valued enough by our authorities to justify employing a large number of police to find him alive. It is also good to know that the young mother chose to give birth rather than killing her baby, when this option must have appeared so attractive to her because so many others have already taken it.
CCC 1930: “Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from his dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized by it”.
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