Question:  With the 44th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision this month, why do conservative Christians still want to deny women the right to choose?

Answer:   Sadly, at least 58,586,256 babies have been aborted since the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationally in this country.  (See http://www.nrlc.org/uploads/factsheets/FS01AbortionintheUS.pdf ) For Bible-believing Christians, this horribly high number of abortions continues to serve as motivation for the pro-life cause.

Christians know that it is Almighty God who gives life.  We have read those powerful words of Psalm 139:13-14, “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.” (NKJV)  As Believers, we also know that the Bible says children are a blessing from God.  Psalm 127:3-5 says, “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.” (NKJV)  So, as Christians, we are to protect and value life!

Unfortunately, it is politically incorrect to even talk about the baby when discussing abortion.  Abortion rights advocates tend to keep the debate centered around the woman and her so-called “right to choose” — meaning to “choose” to end her baby’s life.  They do not discuss the baby’s right to live.  They also tend to keep the debate focused around pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, or the need to abort to save the life of the mother.   But statistics show that all 3 of these causes together amount to fewer than 5% of the reasons for abortions.  Don’t hold your breath that the pro-choice crowd would even agree to outlaw all abortions except for these reasons.  Their goal is to keep all abortions — without any restrictions.

That’s one reason the pro-choicers rally around Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in this country.  (See:   http://dailysignal.com/2016/09/14/the-numbers-that-show-planned-parenthood-about-abortion-not-womens-health/amp/) While that organization does give referrals for things like mammograms and Pap tests, their main business and big money-maker is providing abortions.  If you really believe their priority is just “women’s health” like they claim, ask them to stop the abortion part of their business and keep the other services to receive taxpayer money.  Again, don’t hold your breath.

Meanwhile, many taxpayers would cringe at the knowledge that over half a billion dollars of their tax money is going to support this abortion organization which was started to promote eugenics.  This is what Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger thought abortion could do for the black community — people she believed had undesirable traits. (See:  http://www.afajournal.org/past-issues/2016/december/planned-parenthood-celebrates-100-years-7-million-dead-babies/ )   In recent years, more abortion clinics were located near African-American communities.  The result:  by 2011, the abortion rate for African -American women was higher than the rates for both Hispanic and white women,  according to the Guttmacher Institute.  (See more on this at http://www.blackgenocide.org/  and  http://www.afajournal.org/past-issues/2012/october/she-called-it-racial-betterment/ )

Obviously, as Christians, we know that we are to pray for and help those who are in distress.  That’s why Christians must reach out and help women who are experiencing unwanted pregnancies.  We want these women to choose life, even if they decide to put their babies up for adoption.  We want them to know that adoption is a loving option for those moms who do not choose to keep their babies because they were raped, don’t have enough money to take care of them, feel they are too young, etc.  Some of the best resources available to help women with unwanted pregnancies are local crisis pregnancy centers (visit http://www.care-net.org).  These centers can often provide free ultrasounds, baby clothes, and information on other resources in the community that can help them.

While no woman wants to be in a crisis pregnancy situation, women must be informed that what they are carrying is not some meaningless piece of tissue.  It is a new life.  Even if that new life was a result of something as horrible as rape, destroying the baby is not the morally correct thing to do.  That baby from an evil, rapist biological father can still become the loving child of wonderful adoptive parents and become a great citizen of this world.  (For helpful information on pro-life issues, check out the National Right to Life website at http://www.nrlc.org/ )   Also, while it is now very rare in this country to have a mother’s life literally threatened by giving birth, the Bible does speak of being able to practice self-defense to save your life.  Even then, many mothers would want the doctors to do everything possible to try to save both mother and child.

All this said, if a woman has had an abortion and regrets her decision, Christians know that these women can ask the Lord to forgive them of their sins, and He will.  They can be very effective spokespersons for the pro-life cause by telling other women with unwanted pregnancies not to listen to the deceptive voices of the pro-abortion movement.  They can tell them, instead, to remember God’s Word.  And, listen to the little voice of the new life inside them who wants to live and is saying, “Please save me, Mommy!”

Make the morally right choice:  Choose life!

Updated from my January 23, 2013 Post

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