I was at the gym on the treadmill this morning when an ad flashed on the screen. Its contents were unimportant but it reminded me of something that is, an ad whose message is important and still resonates thoroughly and completely eight years later. (Sometimes I think I see all the best stuff when I’m huffing and puffing away.)
This was a tender, life-affirming ad for First Response Pregnancy Tests.
It’s only 30 seconds long. The first two statements are the most relevant, although all the sentiments are very beautiful and very touching.
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The ad begins with the husband lovingly kissing his wife’s swollen abdomen. Then the words
You are your baby’s first home…. Your baby’s first protector.
I have written about fetology and the incredible bond between mother and unborn baby a million times. But I’ve never put it in more telling, more tender terms than “You are your baby’s first home.”
That was the warm and fuzzy part (for me). “Your baby’s first protector.” That was more sobering.
What are moms–and dads!–if not their child’s first protector? We can and should be their first educator, their first role model, their first caregiver.
But nothing exceeds, because nothing precedes, protecting them from harm. And what could be a greater betrayer of that sacred duty than to take our own child’s life?
A beautiful, thought-provoking ad.
LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. This post originally appeared in at National Right to Life News Today —- an online column on pro-life issues.