International Day of the Unborn Child 2023 : The most beautiful awaited moment in any family is waiting for a newborn child. A newborn and healthy baby is a miracle in a couple’s life. We see many celebrations around the moment the doctor announces the pregnancy news to a couple. After the baby is also born, there will be a lot of celebrations. Since the baby is in the womb till it comes out of the mother’s womb, both the mother and the baby see a lot of challenges and experience many things. Most of them are memorable, and the unborn’s mother and father cherish every moment when the baby is in the womb and wait for its arrival.
International Day of the Unborn Child 2023
On such a beautiful journey, we find people killing the unborn in the womb in the name of abortion. In our country, especially if it is a girl child in the womb, they terminate the pregnancy immediately. Even though our law is very strict that the sex of a child should not be disclosed in the scanning, we still find people doing it. In order to make such ignorant people understand and not kill a life International Day of Unborn Child is observed every year on March: 25th. This year in 2023, there are going to be more activities included to spread the knowledge and make people more sensitive and understanding towards the unborn child. Pope John Paul II initiated the day. This day meant to educate people to stop.
International Day of the Unborn Child Significance
Every living has the right to live, and no one has the right to kill the unborn and kill life. This day dedicated to all the unborn children and people coming forward to commit to saving the lives of the unborn. It also safeguards the rights of the mother who wants to protect her unborn from family pressures and pressures her for abortion without her willingness.
International Day of the Unborn Child-History
El Salvador is the first country to recognize and dedicate this day to the freedom of the conceived. It declared an official national holiday in the year 1993. Later in the year 1998, it established by President Cristina Fernandez in Argentina. In the year 1998, it recognized by Costa Rica and Panama, and they officially started celebrating the festivals for fetuses. Now it recognized worldwide. Many educational institutions, pro-life organizations, and religious institutions observe this feast differently. Many people come forward and adopt the mother and the unborn newborns and pray, worship for them, and take good care of them. On-the-day programs include prayers and masses, and many other services.
Reasons for Abortion
- Unplanned pregnancy when the couple not yet prepared or planned to welcome a baby into their lives.
- If the baby in the womb has any defects found in the scanning reports.
- If there are any financial difficulties, the couple would think of abortion since they cannot raise the child due to financial issues.
- Societal or family pressures that if they are unwilling to accept a girl child or raise a girl child in the family.
- Sometimes it could be related to the health issues of the mother or the baby in the womb.
- After the abortion, the mother would take a lot of time to return to normal.
- The family undergoes trauma, and the mother undergoes physical and mental trauma.
Quotes on International Day of the Unborn Child 2023
- There is something very beautiful about being pregnant. I think I enjoy being pregnant more than not being pregnant. I know it could go either way, and the next pregnancy could be the opposite.- Chrissy Teigen.
- Pregnancy can be when you take tremendous pleasure in eating, not only because you may enjoy food more but also because you know that it is nourishing both you and your baby. –Martha.
- That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don’t know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while, it’s just the horizon, and then one-day birds wheel over that dark shape, and it’s suddenly close, and all you can do is hope like hell that you have had the right shots. Emily
Activities to conduct on International Day of Unborn Child
- Special counseling should given to the family and the expected parents about not killing the unborn.
- Abortion should considered only in rare cases where no other option left.
- Couples should take precautions to be more prepared to become parents.
- Government should develop more schemes to help the family who are finally not in a position to bring up a newborn.
- Guest lectures, conferences, and workshops should conducted to educate people about not killing the fetus in the mother’s womb.
- TVs and Radios can also take the initiative and conduct special programs on the day to bring sensitive feelings among people.
- Posters can made, and a rally can conducted on the day.
- A helpline number should be provided that an expecting mother can reach whenever she needs assistance.
- Adoption should encouraged; if the parents are not in a position to take care of the newborn, it can get new parents.
- NGOs and educated people should come forward to educate people in the slums. And other places of importance for unborn children and girls in every family.