“I can’t change the world, but I can throw a stone in the water and make a ripple” . . . Saint Mother Teresa

God created us and gave us a brain. Let’s use it! Life begins at conception. Science has proven that from the instant the male sperm fuses with the female egg a unique human is present, a human being with his or her own DNA, different from those of his or her mother and father.

At 20 days the heart of the baby is in the advanced stages of formation, their eyes begin to form, their brain, spinal column, and nervous system are virtually complete.

At 45 days the preborn baby’s brain waves can be recorded. At 4 months a very bright light shined on the mother’s abdomen will cause the baby to slowly move their arms and cover their eyes, loud music will cause the baby to cover their ears. At 8 months a baby’s weight increases to over 4.4 pounds.

Yes, God is Prolife... “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you.” Jer; 1-5; Job 10: 8-12, Ps 22:9-1.

There is only one political party that is pro-life, the Republican party which has a pro-life platform that it stands on, this was so evident at the Republican Convention this year. President Donald Trump is the most pro-life president that the United States of America has ever had.

Go to the internet and type in President Trump’s speech at the pro-life rally 2020. Instead of complaining that you do not like his tweets or his personality, listen to his speech.

And No, Joe Biden is not pro-life; he is pro-choice. So, is he a Catholic in name only? He and the Democratic party support abortion up until the time a baby is born and crying.

Biden was denied the Eucharist by Father Robert Morley in South Carolina who had the courage and conviction to do so. This priest stayed firm in the truth spoken through science and God.

Pray for Joe and his party that they convert to a pro-life platform and defend the unborn.

Steve Bullock vetoed all the anti-abortion bills that passed through the house and Senate last fall. Steve Bullock said no to defending the babies without a voice.

Please vote for Steve Daines, he is a pro-life Senator.

In the time it will take you to read this editorial five babies were aborted in the United States, 300 babies aborted worldwide one every second. In the 47 years that abortion has been legal, 63 million babies have died, this does not include the abortions by chemical abortions including the birth control pill, which pharmacy experts project is about 14 million.

We have a holocaust happening in America and we cannot turn a blind eye anymore. How and for who do you think those babies would have voted for if they could?

Have you ever noticed that pro-choice advocates never finish the sentence? If you say, “I’m pro-choice finish the sentence. To kill a baby. We can argue that there is more to it and it is “Not that simple,” but the truth is a baby is killed, and we must be honest with ourselves.

Abortion does not have to be the only answer to a girl who becomes pregnant, and our country needs to do more to support these young women and adoption. There are between 1 and 2 million couples waiting to adopt every year.

Lastly, if God and science are not your compass, then let the Declaration of Independence speak to your heart. The most well-known statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

This passage has come to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.

Please vote for life – God is begging us to choose Him! He has heard the cries of the babies. Please vote for every candidate who is pro-life, which is where our vote must start. We do not need laws if there is no life. It must start with life. I pray by writing this editorial I threw a stone in the water and it makes a ripple in your heart.

— Becky Hughes, Bigfork