ABORTION THE ULTIMATE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE Injustice anywhere
ABORTION: THE ULTIMATE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ” Martin Luther King Jr.
WHY SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE? We must stand up for God’s principles, especially the sanctity of life. We must speak against the destruction of the image of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit occurring with the destruction of innocent human life. We must be watchman, our brother’s keepers—not just for the unborn but for the other victims of abortion that need healing—especially mothers of aborted children. We must expose deception. Most prochoice advocates don’t know what they’re supporting. We must restore the US Constitution as the basis for governing our nation. There are consequences of abortion; our nation is being judged.
Psalms 139: 13, 14 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works. . . Psalms 127: 3 -5 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them…
Jeremiah 1: 5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations. Isaiah 49: 15, 16 Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands… John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His onlybegotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
CLOSE TO 50 MILLION UNBORN LIVES DESTROYED IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1973
Ezekiel 33: 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. Proverbs 24: 11, 12 Deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling to be killed, unless you hold back. If you say, Behold, we did not know; does not He who searches the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He know? And He repays to a man according to his works.
HOW HAS ABORTION BECOME SO ACCEPTABLE? “It’s the law…. Get over it!” The truth is kept from people.
ROE V WADE WAS AND IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL The US Constitution does not contain a right to privacy. Roe v Wade became federal law in 1973, based on right to privacy. It was made the law by an unconstitutional process. The unconstitutional process becomes precedent. Once it’s the law, and precedent is made, it is easier to accept and to support legally.
WHY PROCHOICE PROPAGANDA ACCEPTED UNCRITICALLY Clever use of language Avoid images of the unborn, especially those aborted Lie about abortion prior to Roe v Wade, risk of pregnancy Use of emotional appeal of hard cases (<3% for rape, incest, life of mother)
LANGUAGE IS POWERFUL Lovely sounding clichés disguise the reality of abortion—prochoice, reproductive liberty, right to privacy, my body-my choice, Every child a wanted child Vilify the opposition—call Prolifers antichoice, anti-abortion Dehumanize the unborn—called product of conception, blob of tissue, fertilized egg, blood clot, venereal disease, fetal material embryo, fetus, but never the “B” word Change the meaning of “person” Describe abortion as “scraping the lining of the uterus” or “terminating the pregnancy. ”
NO PICTURES ALLOWED! The distasteful truth revealed in photos evaporates “prochoice” arguments—if something is too horrible to look at, perhaps it is too horrible to condone
UNQUESTIONABLY, HUMAN LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION
PROCHOICE ADVOCATES KNOW THAT HUMAN LIFE BEGINS IN THE WOMB— the preborn are individuals distinct from mother
LOOK AT THE CONTRADICTIONS IN THE PROCHOICE VIEW, THEIR INABILITY TO BE MORALLY CONSISTENT *1974 the US congress voted UNANIMOUSLY to delay capital punishment of a pregnant woman until after delivery. *2000 the US House of Representatives UNANIMOUSLY passed a bill making it illegal to executive a pregnant woman. *There are laws in some states that there are two counts of murder when a pregnant woman is murdered.
More Contradictions It is illegal to kill a child once it is born prematurely, yet legal and culturally acceptable to kill a child of the same gestation if they remain in the womb. large penalty for destroying eagle’s egg; legal to kill unborn humans Most anti-war protestors support the right to kill unborn children. There are laws to send drug abusing pregnant mothers to jail to protect their unborn child.
More Contradictions There are laws requiring that aborted babies be disposed in a humane fashion. Prochoice folks object to being called proabortion. Could it be they sense there is something wrong with abortion? Abortion clinic workers don’t want to see the body parts—there is a great difference between intellectual support of the right to choose and the reality of participation in abortion.
Personhood is properly defined by membership in the human species, not by stage of development within that species.
ATTEMPTS TO DEFINE PERSONHOOD IN OTHER WAYS age, stage of development, viability, size degree of skill, intelligence, education self-awareness, ability to relate to others ability to meaningfully contribute to society, to have a meaningful life
WHO CAN DECIDE WHETHER ANOTHER HUMAN’S LIFE IS MEANINGFUL? MEANINGFUL TO WHOM? WANTED BY WHOM?
The basis for an individual’s human rights should be their membership in the human race. The right to live, the right to not be cut to pieces, is a basic right of every person—no less for a child born or unborn than for an adult.
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator by certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
“Morality can’t be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ” Martin Luther King Jr.
Many women testify that it is much easier to scrape a baby from a mother’s uterus than to scrape him from her mind.
He does not treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear Him Psalms 103 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy Proverbs 28 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed James 5: 16 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1: 9
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD SAY ABORTION PLACES OUR NATION IN GREAT PERIL “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? ” Thomas Jefferson “We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained. ” George Washington’s inaugural address 1789
FIGHT AGAINST ALL ODDS AS WE SERVE OUR MIGHTY GOD “In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection—Our prayers, Sir, were heard and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. ” Benjamin Franklin, Constitutional Convention 1787
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. ” Proverbs 31: 8 -9
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