We have an understanding of one possible vocation as seen through art history: Venus of Willendorf; Bottecelli's Birth of Venus; Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding; numerous Annunciation paintings; Raphael's Madonna paintings; Kauffmann's Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures.
All of these possess a common theme: motherhood.
Not all women have been called to motherhood though: "For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls." Wisdom 3:13
“A woman’s vocation is to love and to nurture. Understanding this, we can see that abortion is the crime par excellence of our decadent and sad century. Not only does it sin against God, against the Child Jesus, against the sacredness of human life, but it kills one of the most noble and tender qualities rooted in the female heart: the vocation to protect what is weak.” Alice Von Hildebrand
Wouldn't it stand to reason that if a woman finds herself not wanting the unborn child in her womb, she ought to live up to her vocation "to love and to nurture" and offer that child to another who is unable to bring forth children in her own womb, yet is called to the vocation of motherhood? For while the pregnant woman may not want the unborn child, there are those who would step forward to open their loving arms and nurture that child as their own flesh and blood.
The vocation of all women is to love and to nurture, to protect those who are weak. The vocation which has been engraved upon her heart is rooted in love. God is Love.
Abortion is rooted in hatred: a hatred for love, a hatred for the weak, a hatred for what is tender and most noble.
These beautiful twins are Love.
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