How Lucky for the World
by Rev. Robert J. Hermley
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The 
woman was pregnant, and she heard what seemed to be a hundred reasons for an 
abortion:
                                                            
       
 She was 
single; she had no job.
                                  
She was 
single; she had no job.
   Her 
mother would be furious.
            
Her friends would 
chuckle.
            
     Her 
boyfriend would not help her. 
                
       Her 
enemies would gloat.
              
   She 
might not find a job.
         
  She would 
be embarrassed.
    How 
few would understand,
                                          
And who 
would know? 
But she believed that abortion was murder. So she brought her to term; raised her, loved her, braved the nasty crowd who ridiculed and judged her.
She paid double taxes to send her to a religious school. The child grew big and strong. She felt compassion for those who made mistakes. She went to college; She became a doctor; And she discovered the cure for cancer!
How lucky for the World!