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Youths call for preservation of life
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Posted on Jan 30 2001
CNMI’s elected youth leaders have joined hands with a large group of local community members including the religious sector in denouncing abortion practices in the Commonwealth.
Members of the 3rd CNMI Youth Congress declared their categorical position by passing this month a resolution that clearly states their pro-life stance on the issue.
In a resolution authored by Youth Senator Joshua Blalock, the young policy-makers underscored that as life already begins to exist at the time of conception, this gift should be held sacred and cherished.
Abortion, a thorny issue that has spurred long and heated disputes between human rights advocates and dissenting parties in various parts of the world, is a concern that continues to plague the local community.
Notwithstanding the practice as a callous disregard for the life of another being, the youth group also expressed fears for the safety of the child’s carrier, who also faces grave mental or physical health dangers.
“A unique and individual life is being unwillfully taken and destroyed in the process of abortion,” the youth leaders believe.
Empathizing with every woman’s right to her own life, the Youth Congress likewise underscored on the right of the unborn child to live his or her own as well.
The youth leaders joins hundreds of pro-life advocates in the Northern Marianas who intensified efforts to denounce the practice of abortion in the CNMI, through massive information campaign that included a prayer rally.
Since 1972, more than 14 million abortion cases were reported in the United States alone; wherein 56 for every 1,000 women who had abortion are between 18 to 19 years old.
In addition to this, youth senators acknowledged also that abortion can be harmful to the carrier of the child in either an emotional or physical way.
