This past Saturday morning I received news that no one wants to hear. Moriah, the 2-year-old granddaughter of a new friend of mine, passed away of natural causes. Moriah went to sleep on earth and woke up in the arms of her Creator.

I was heartbroken and sent a quick email to my friend, expressing my condolences. His response to me is profoundly moving and insightful. I’ve included parts of it here with his permission.

As we watched the intricate care with which authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding Moriah’s death, I got progressively [more] angry. Apparently, with any death under [age] six, there is an aggressive protocol to insure the infant receives maximum protection under the law. Meanwhile, the same authority sanctions mass destruction of [preborn] infants just down the road.

I wasn’t aware of Texas’ protocols related to child deaths, so I spent a few minutes digging around the Internet to learn more. I found a 43-page document that outlines the purposes, processes, and duties of Child Fatality Review Teams—officials and agencies who work together to investigate and review every child death in Texas. These teams have various goals, but their first one is:

To accurately identify and record the cause of every child death. If the accuracy of child death determinations is to be improved, there must be a coordinated approach to the investigation and documentation of the death from the various agencies. Sharing of information is essential. Prior to the completion of the death certificate, a thorough scene investigation, as well as background checks for criminal history and prior reports of child abuse must be conducted by law enforcement and child protective services. Many deaths will require a review of the child’s medical history. Teams provide a forum for ensuring relevant information is shared and available to use in making a determination of why a child died and better understanding all the factors contributing to the death. Because of the team’s multi-disciplinary membership, reviews encourage the improved accuracy of death certificates. (pg. 7)

I also found numerous other documents, websites, and protocols related to state and local agencies working together to accurately investigate child deaths and do as much as possible to prevent them.

Texas takes the life and death of children very seriously, as I’m sure all states do. And they should. As a nation, we must take every precaution and action to protect and preserve the lives of innocent children. They are, after all, our future.

So why did my friend become angry as the investigation into Moriah’s passing continued? Because in the middle of his own unspeakable grief, he saw the horrible irony of abortion in America. If a child is born, our country pours millions of dollars and countless hours into providing for, protecting, and serving that child. However, if a child is not yet born and she is unwanted by her family, then our nation ignores and rejects her, and it even approves of her murder.

Texas’ Child Fatality Review Teams were set up to investigate child fatalities with an eye toward abuse and neglect. But if the child is still inside the womb, where are the state-mandated teams to protect the preborn child and prevent her own parents from killing her?

There are no such teams because here in America, we can kill preborn children at will. If children are born, we spare no expense to protect and honor them. If they are not yet born, we consider them worthless and expendable.

Today, we mourn the loss of Moriah. We mourn alongside her family, and we honor her memory.

And yet, the #ShoutYourAbortion hashtag has been trending on Twitter, encouraging women to “celebrate” their decision to kill their preborn children.

On the one hand, our culture desperately wants to comfort those families who’ve suffered the loss of a child. But on the other hand, we also praise families who choose to kill their unwanted children just a few months prior to their birth.

Our country has indeed lost its collective mind.

Here’s my point: We should all be as angry as my friend is about the severe, pointless injustice that’s inflicted on preborn children every day in America. We should all come to grips with the horrible irony that our country will bend over backward to protect born children, while simultaneously bending over backward to kill preborn children. There is no moral argument, no “reproductive right,” no “right to choose,” no warped biblical interpretation that can ever justify the actions of a society that permits such a hideous breach of basic justice.

Haven’t you had enough? Planned Parenthood is selling preborn baby parts to research middlemen. Doesn’t that make you ill?

Our society is further attempting to remove the stigma of abortion by encouraging women to Shout Their Abortions. What is our response?

A beautiful, innocent 2-year-old girl died in her sleep last week, and the full weight of various state agencies has been brought to bear to make sure her death was an accident and her body is properly cared for. Yet little girls and boys in the womb are killed every day, and their bodies are merely tossed aside with no burial, no memorial, and no honor.

My friend closed his email to me with these words:

Her mother named Moriah after the mountain in Israel, and [she] prays that her life would be a mountain for the Lord even now. If there is any way her life can be an inspiration to your work, I know it would bless the family greatly… God allowed Moriah’s heart to stop, that is God’s prerogative. But there are little Moriahs all over America whose hearts are being stopped by their mothers.

Here’s the question for each and every American: Will we honor Moriah? Will we memorialize her by protecting every innocent young American regardless of whether they are inside or outside the womb?

Will we?

Will you?

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