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I knew that of the young women under eighteen on my case load who were pregnant and whose parents no longer had parental rights, those having been terminated and the State now in their place, the final say on whether they could be given abortion sat in the floor above me, in the seat of the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Youth Services. He was the one that signed the papers the allowed for the abortion of all pregnant girls in the custody of the State. One day, with no real choice in the matter left me, I made my appointment, and went up to his office, and made my case, which was simply, it was his hand that signed the death warrant for these babies. I was told by a fellow Social Worker that if I were to do this, that would be it, I would be no longer working for the State. The commissioner listened to me, without interruption and without protest, then made his plea, and I use that word, because it seemed to me to be just that, and that let me know that God was at work, though this work was not complete. The particular case that brought this up was a girl on my case load that was placed in a facility and had made a request for abortion through this facility and now it was up only to the Commissioner. And these were the words of the Commissioner, asking for my understanding. "I also don't like it and if I weren't the Commissioner, I would have no part in this, but I want you to understand. If I don't sign, I lose my job, and someone else appointed that will sign!"  And so it goes. The Commissioner did not lose his job and  neither did I and from that time, when we would meet in the building, I sensed a respect for me. This story, though I did not know then and still don't, I am sure, did not end there.  

I knew that of the young women under eighteen on my case load who were pregnant and whose parents no longer had parental rights, those having been terminated and the State now in their place, the final say on whether they could be given abortion sat in the floor above me, in the seat of the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Youth Services. He was the one that signed the papers the allowed for the abortion of all pregnant girls in the custody of the State. One day, with no real choice in the matter left me, I made my appointment, and went up to his office, and made my case, which was simply, it was his hand that signed the death warrant for these babies. I was told by a fellow Social Worker that if I were to do this, that would be it, I would be no longer working for the State. The commissioner listened to me, without interruption and without protest, then made his plea, and I use that word, because it seemed to me to be just that, and that let me know that God was at work, though this work was not complete. The particular case that brought this up was a girl on my case load that was placed in a facility and had made a request for abortion through this facility and now it was up only to the Commissioner. And these were the words of the Commissioner, asking for my understanding. "I also don't like it and if I weren't the Commissioner, I would have no part in this, but I want you to understand. If I don't sign, I lose my job, and someone else appointed that will sign!"  And so it goes. The Commissioner did not lose his job and  neither did I and from that time, when we would meet in the building, I sensed a respect for me. This story, though I did not know then and still don't, I am sure, did not end there.  

A final note- we are a tiny communion [[Evangelical Apostolic Church of North America (Syro-Chaldean)]], the English speaking daughter of a remnant Church, the Ancient Aramaic Church of the East, that at one time populated the East from Israel to China. But we are not a fossil. In our almost non-existing canons of which we kidded that the first canon of which was  "A clergyman shall not wear black clericals at the time of eating powdered donut.", there is a canon that reads, "Abortion shall be opposed."  

A final note- we are a tiny communion [[Evangelical Apostolic Church of North America (Syro-Chaldean)]], the English speaking daughter of a remnant Church, the ancient Aramaic Church of the East, that at one time populated the East from Israel to China. But we are not a fossil. In our almost non-existing canons of which we kidded that the first canon of which was  "A clergyman shall not wear black clericals at the time of eating powdered donut.", there is a canon that reads, "Abortion shall be opposed."  

'''''And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. ...And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth...For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time''. The Revelation 12'''

'''''And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. ...And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth...For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time''. The Revelation 12'''