No excuse will suffice. No remorse when it is too late will ever right the wrong done to that child.  Society bears the responsibility as surely as the parent who harms the child they never wanted, resent, and for whom they can find no love in their heart. How does a mother harm her own child ?  How does a father abuse or mistreat the tiny being  for whom he has such an awesome responsibility ? No act is more reprehensible and most assuredly  no act is more unforgivable or inexcusable. There has to be something terribly wrong with a society which turns a blind eye to the reality of what so many children are faced with from the very first moment they draw breath. They are defenceless and  utterly at the mercy of those who brought them into this world.

 Many believe it is a sin to terminate such an event before it takes place. I would dispute that. I believe the greater sin is to  force a life on that child which they wouldn't wish on even the basest of creatures in the animal world. Why is it that if they do bring children into the world they don't have the human decency to  at least give someone else the opportunity to provide the love and protection which they are incapable of providing and which is so sorely needed by that precious baby  ?

Harsh, judgmental ? Yes, it probably is and I do believe that  to be wrong in most instances but when it comes to a child  being harmed and denied the love and protection they need so desperately I plead guilty. I simply cannot find it in my heart to condone mistreating a child. No excuse will suffice. Children come into this world totally defenceless and dependent on those who gave them life to care for them and provide the warmth and human contact that every baby craves.  When the one they have every right to expect will protect them from harm is the one they learn to fear the most can we even imagine what life is like for that child ? And how can we stand by and  allow these children to suffer as they do. Yes, often we are unaware of their circumstances but something is very wrong in a society which too often does have  actual signals that a child is in danger and turns a blind eye to the horror with which these children live. 

 Everyone has a right to wishes and dreams. No one more than a child. Surely hell will be filled with those who would harm a tiny child. The pedophile is a repulsive, detested excuse for a human being. What is the parent who deprives their own flesh and blood of love and affection and only teaches them  to fear, and live a life they never asked for, filled with apprehension and a longing to be loved ?

Only loved. Why is it that so often ... that is asking too much ?