One pro-life activist believes the passing of entrepreneur Steve Jobs brings light to the fact that every life has a contribution to make to society.
In 1954, a young college student named Joanne Schieble realized she was pregnant. Since she was unmarried and unwilling to halt her education, she decided to give the baby up for adoption. Paul and Clara Jobs welcomed her baby boy into their home in 1955 and named him Steven. He later went on to co-found Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios.
"Most people don't realize that he was a happy story because he was adopted and he was born before Roe v. Wade," notes Yvonne Viramontes, coordinator with 40 Days for Life.
"Every single person is worth their life here; we need them," she contends. "Other children who are aborted these days could have been great people like him. So although he was able to be adopted, many are not these days."
But the pro-lifer laments that Jobs supported Planned Parenthood while he was alive.
"Poor babies that are being aborted, we don't know if they're the ones who are going to cure cancer or [write] special songs, [or have] special talents… All of these poor babies are being aborted now and are not given the chance to show us what a wonderful world this could be," Viramontes regrets.
She adds that Jobs was one of several notable figures who were adopted, including Nelson Mandela, Nancy Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Eleanor Roosevelt, and John Lennon, among others.
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