A Baby's Life

Unfair. "And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12: But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13: And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: "Ex. 1 Because the thought that it might be possible that they might turn on him, the king makes then do horrible things; the Istrealites became slaves of a beautiful country.

I find it incredible that someone can feel so threatened it leads them to do indescribable things unto other people. I mean, the killing of the male offspring of said Isrealites. It's almost like modern-day abortion. The only true literal difference is that these Egyptians had no knowledge on how to do this before birth so the "murdering" part (as some would say) is much more evident.

When a little girl, or a young lady, gets pregnant under dreadful circumstaces (ex: rape) there are many different opinions to what she should do. A personal point of view towards abortion is not what I'm looking for. What I'm trying to get at is the pressure that she feels. To raise a child with possibly no job because she is underaged or she has a job, but simply can't support it.

This baby at some point becomes a threat. A threat to her way of life, to her resposibilities, to her psychological faith, her reputation. At some point they choose to abort to in a way secure safety to all those threats and insecurities. To vanish them. In a way, the king of Egypt could be considered a pregnant woman.