Pro-Life Coordinator
     Valerie Henderson
     [email protected]

     Mother Teresa believed all life is sacred because of the divine imprint it bears.  She said, "That unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception and is called by God to love and be loved."
     Mother Teresa also recognized that a culture of life does not depend on human laws as much as on human hearts willing to care for those in need.  She knew that if communities did not treat women facing difficult, if not unbearable, financial and social circumstances with more compassion, many of them would continue to have recourse to abortion, legal or not.  Mother Teresa was emphatically pro-life, and she was equally determined to defend the poor--and most especially poor women.  Mother Teresa knew that to protect life, it wasn't enough to oppose abortion; you had to provide a viable alternative.
     Mother Teresa said, "Let us make that one point--that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away."

    Her appeal still has urgency today.  There is work to be done.