As darkness draws in, the people of life grow in number and courage
By Katherine Bennett, Catholic Herald.
In a rare moment of downtime this week, I decided to watch Only Fools and Horses. I don’t bother with TV normally, but when I do, it’s back to the old stuff.
During one episode, Del Boy finds out that Raquel is pregnant. He rushes with joy to summon his brother and uncle, then shaking with delight asks them “How many people do you see standing there” whilst pointing over at Raquel. “One”, they say. “No”, he says, with tears in his eyes “I see two”.
Aside from the amusing suggestion that Del Boy is drunk and seeing double, it is a beautiful moment capturing the reality of what we all know but many have forgotten, that a unique human life begins at conception. That there really are two distinct persons present.
I attended a Right to Life UK event recently and was struck by the number of young people, especially women, involved. After talking for far too long with one of their team about the problems he has maintaining his lawn, I moved the conversation on to life issues and asked whether he had noticed a greater interest amongst young people for the pro-life cause.
“There is definitely a sense that people, especially women, are increasingly uneasy about both the radical abortion laws in place across some countries in the west, and the moves to legalise euthanasia”.
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