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39 years ago, 22 January 1973, a controversial court decision in the US changed the way abortion was viewed and addressed. The decision was called Roe v. Wade, and it basically set a precedent meaning that anyone can have an abortion right up to the date of birth, providing that killing the child in the womb would prevent any health issues in the mother. But ‘health’ in this case means any level of health; physical, mental, emotional, financial, anything you want. Obviously having a baby costs money, so the pro-choice advocates placed the choice firmly in the hands of the mother.
In response to Roe v Wade, every 22 January since people have remembered that decision, and have remembered the millions and millions and millions of children who have been killed since (1/3 of all unborn children in the US are killed). Internet articles have appeared all over the place again this year, so I wanted to mention a couple of them.
The Resurgence published a list of 15 things to consider about abortion before drawing a conclusion on it; here are a few:
- Existing fetal homicide laws make a man guilty of manslaughter if he kills the baby in a mother’s womb (except in the case of abortion).
- Living on its own is not the criterion of human personhood, as we know from the use of respirators and dialysis.
- Infants in the womb are human beings scientifically by virtue of their genetic make up.
- Justice dictates that when either of two people must be inconvenienced or hurt to alleviate their united predicament, the one who bore the greater responsibility for the predicament should bear more of the inconvenience or hurt to alleviate it.
- Jesus Christ can forgive all sins and will give all who trust in him the help they need to do everything that life requires.
Also, three sermons preached by John Piper have been made into a short 27-page booklet entitled Exposing the Dark Work of Abortion. Download it for free over here.
I feel very strongly about this and no matter what arguments people have put to me, I still believe abortion is wrong. The life was created because God chose to create it and if you chose to end that life, you are in fact planning to committing murder.
Having recently had a baby this is something very close to my heart. I defy anyone who has seen the first scan of their child to say that the person in there is not a baby. Also I wish they would change pro-choice to pro-death. If one groups is pro-life the opposite is life is death, right? I consider myself to be pro-choice. If you don’t want a baby, CHOOSE a form of birth control first!
I also consider myself pro-choice: I think we should give the baby a choice to live if they want to.