In his book, Legends of Our Time, Elie Wiesel writes, "Let us not forget that there is always a moment when a moral choice must be made."

Human life is made up of moral choices, between what is good and what is evil, between what is acceptable in the eyes of God and what is not. And the scriptures tell us that our eternal life or death can be determined by how we choose. "Whoever denies me before men," Jesus says, "I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 10:33). Therefore when the Son of Man comes to set up his kingdom, Jesus teaches, one will be taken and one left (Matt. 24:40-41).

We are all pro-choice
In our relation to God, therefore, all of us are pro-choice. We have to be. We have to make that ancient choice that Joshua put before Israel, "Choose this day whom you will serve" (Josh. 24:15). And it is probably true to say that those who are failures, zeros, useless in the eyes of God, are those who, perhaps day by day and unintentionally, have made a whole series of bad choices.

It is very important, therefore, that we be able to make wise choices, that we have all the evidence at hand before we make up our minds. Israel was asked to make the choice of entering into covenant with her God, but she did not have to choose her course in a vacuum. "You have seen what I did to the Egyptians," God reminded her, "and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant...." (Exod. 19:4-5). Israel had been redeemed from slavery in Egypt by the hand of God; she had seen what his love and grace did for her, and on that basis, she responded, "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do" (Exod. 24:8). Her choice was based on the action of God.

So too with us Christians. We have decided to become followers of Jesus Christ, because we know his love poured out for us upon a cross and vindicated on Easter morn—a love that has in fact forgiven us and transformed our lives and promised us eternal fellowship with the Father. And so we have chosen to call ourselves by his name, Christians, and promised to walk in his ways. Our Creator has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6). Our choice is based on the action of God.

Knowledge necessary for choice
When we’re up against the choice to abort or not to abort a child, should we not also consider all the evidence and ask about the action of God? So blindly we make a decision without having all the facts at hand. But we have to choose, because "there is always a moment when a moral choice must be made." But do we have all the facts?

When a woman faces the abortion choice, has she considered that she is about to destroy an absolutely unique work of art?—a person like no other in the world, with his or her own DNA, own fingerprints, own genetic makeup, own voice and body-build and personality? The fetus has been carefully crafted, "knit together with bones and sinews" (Job 10:11), wonderfully formed by God in secret (Ps. 139:15-16). If the child is destroyed, there will never again be one like him or her. Have we considered that?

God knows the child he chooses to create
Have we also realized that wondrous artistic work of God has been made for a purpose? God has a plan for that child—a plan that will fit into God’s centuries-long working to restore his creation to goodness and to bring in his kingdom on earth. God does not create any person for no reason at all. Otherwise human life is meaningless. With all its ups and downs, its joys and sorrows, its triumphs and tragedies, we are not created to spend our brief span of years, wondering why we were born, and then to disappear, little blips on the screen of time, soon forgotten. God has a plan for each child. Have we considered that?

A choice for humanity
Have we also thought about the fact that the child in the womb can become a little hint of the love of God if we will but let the child be so. No matter in what circumstances they are conceived, little children cuddle and hug, and giggle and shout and find joy in the simplest pleasures of life—small unearned tastes of the love and expression and joy of God himself. To be sure, they change our lives and demand hours of our work and attention. But once they are given to us, are they not wondrous gifts that no one of us wants to give back? Have we thought about that?

Elie Wiesel added to the quotation that I have copied above. "Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice," he writes, "a choice for humanity, for life." When we are deciding to abort or not to abort, should we not make our choice because of God? Should we not realize what he has done and choose life because of his action?