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Some Reasons We Know Abortion is Wrong
Ron Daly
No
debate in social or religious circles stirs greater emotions than the
so-called abortion rights discussion. Both sides are passionate about
their
idealogical positions. The pro-abortionists are adamant in their defense
of
the mother's rights. They say the mother's body is just that; her body,
and
she has the right to decide what lives or dies inside of it. But this
argument
overlooks a very important fact: the baby's body is not the mother's body.
The child is a separate person; a distinct individual having his own body,
soul, and mind with the implicit right to life. The anti-abortionists are
equally as adamant, defending the right of the unborn child to be born
into
the world.
Abortion
is wrong because it is the process by which an innocent unborn
human being is murdered. All thinking people must admit that the child in
the
mother's womb has done nothing worthy of death. The child has not
committed
any capital crime against humanity. (Acts 25:10-11) I have never
understood
why abortionists have no objections against murdering unborn babies, yet
many
of them object to putting murderers to death. Isn't it strange that they defend
the
mother's right to take the life of her unborn child, and in the next breath
they
defend the murderer's right to life? Abortion advocates support and
encourage
the murder of innocent people known as babies. (Rev. 21:8)
Abortion
is wrong because it denies the humanity of the baby that is in
the mother's womb. Most abortionists use "code words" that are
designed to
desensitize peoples' hearts. Rarely do they speak of "human life in the
womb."
Instead they speak of an " embryo," "mass,"
"substance," or "material" in the
womb. God's word teaches that conception is not merely the beginning of
life
in the womb, but it is human life. That which is in the womb of the mother
is
called "a baby." (Luke 1:41,44) I wonder if abortion would continue to
constitute a blood bath in this nation, if those who practice it, were to
realize
that they are killing babies, little human beings?
Abortion
is wrong because it proceeds from a heart that is as cold as
the graves of the forgotten dead; as thoughtless as the stones on the
bottom
of the sea; and as bloodthirsty as wolves fighting over the fallen carcass of
a lamb! How can a mother love herself yet give her own unborn baby up
to be slaughtered by the merciless hands of one who is under oath to
preserve life? Is it not time for modern mothers to learn a lesson from
the
case of the two prostitutes who stood before king Solomon? (1 Ki. 3:16-28)
A "real" mother loves the child that is in her womb and that comes
forth from
her womb. She will do all within her power to preserve the child's life.
Paul,
the apostle of the Lord, wrote about people who are " lovers of
themselves"
and "without love" for others. (2 Tim. 3:2-3; NIV 2011) Surely
the
current state of this nation as it relates to the abortion issue reflects the
mindset about which Paul wrote.
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