{"id":236471,"date":"2020-12-18T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=236471"},"modified":"2020-12-17T18:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T00:46:49","slug":"crescendo-circumstances-beethovens-birth-250-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/crescendo-circumstances-beethovens-birth-250-years\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Crescendo’: The circumstances of Beethoven’s birth 250 years ago shows the value of all preborn children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 17 is the 250th anniversary<\/a> of Ludwig van Beethoven’s baptism. Though his exact birth date is unknown, it was likely a few days before that. During her pregnancy with him, Beethoven’s mother Maria was tempted to have an abortion. The pro-life short film Crescendo<\/a> is based on her diary.<\/p>\n

Maria’s husband Johann drank away the pain of having unrealized ambitions and became abusive. When she became pregnant, according to Catholic News Agency<\/a>, she considered having an abortion. She didn’t go through with it and went on to have seven children \u2014 four of whom died very young. The child she nearly aborted was Ludwig, who would go on to become one of the most renowned composers and pianists of all time.<\/p>\n

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