Steve Jobs and the pro-life cause

[Schaefer,Edward E]

Her name is Joanne Schiebel. In 1954, she was a young unmarried college student who discovered that she was pregnant. In the 1950s, her options were limited. She could have had an abortion – but the procedure was both dangerous and illegal. She could have gotten married, but she wasn’t ready and didn’t want to interrupt her education. Joanne opted, instead, to give birth to the baby and put it up ...for adoption.

And so it was that in 1955, a California couple named Paul and Clara adopted a baby boy, born out of wedlock, that they named Steven.

This adopted baby grew into a man that changed the world. We celebrate his life and accomplishments and pray for his soul. The baby's name is Steve Jobs.

If you are thankful for the life of Steve Jobs; if you are thankful for the contributions he has made to the world and your life then today, then thank his mother Joanne Schiebel for choosing life.