Only women can be mothers. Have we forgotten this fundamental?
Only a woman can carry in her body an eternal being which bears
the very image of God. Only she is the recipient of the miracle
of life. Only a woman can conceive and nurture this life using
her own flesh and blood, and then deliver a living soul into the
world. God has bestowed upon her alone a genuine miracle — the
creation of life, and the fusing of an eternal soul with mortal
flesh. This fact alone establishes the glory of motherhood.
Despite the most creative plans of humanist scientists and
lawmakers to redefine the sexes, no man will ever conceive and
give birth to a child. The fruitful womb is a holy gift given by
God to women alone. This is one reason why the office of wife
and mother is the highest calling to which a woman can aspire.
This is the reason why nations that fear the Lord esteem and
protect mothers. They glory in the distinctions between men and
women, and attempt to build cultures in which motherhood is
honored and protected