January 24 marked the March for Life in Washington D.C., which is held on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

This story shared at the march by Josiah Presley, an abortion survivor, is powerful:

A commenter wrote in response on Instagram, “There are thousands of us survivors of failed abortions. I know the world would never have missed me, had I not survived, but what a much darker place it would be, without my two wonderful daughters and four amazing grandchildren. It’s not just one life that is lost during an abortion, it is generations of lives. Every life is so special and unique. God does not make mistakes!”

The Bible is clear that every child in the womb is created by God. Furthermore, Christ loves that child and proved it by becoming like him—He spent nine months in His mother’s womb. Finally, Christ died for that child, showing how precious He considers him to be.

The biblical view of children is that they are a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3–5). Yet society treats children more and more as liabilities. We must learn to see them as God does, and to act toward them as God commands us to act: “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked” (Psalm 82:3–4).