ON ABORTION

"Target Blastula" Mixed media drawing on paper. Consider the meeting between St. Elizabeth and her cousin Mary. The journey between Nazareth and Ain Karim where Elizabeth lived is about 80 miles;a journey of about 4 or 5 days walking if you were in a hurry. The Christ which Mary has in her womb is only at this stage of development the size of a full stop on a page, and yet St. John whom St. Elizabeth is carrying leaps for joy.

The blastula is a medical name for the first cellular divisions of life. Life from its earliest beginnings has become a target.