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What Does the Bible Say about Abortion

// September 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Humanistic Abortion

A Rebuttal to Brian Elroy McKinley’s Why Abortion is Biblical: How anti-abortion activists misrepresent the biblical record.

Mr. McKinley’s article on “Why Abortion is Biblical” is a perfect example of scripture being twisted and misused to prove a stance on immorality, and a posture that is anything less than
wicked. So before we dismantle this heretical argument, I would like to give you a crash course on Bible interpretation. This is an important subject for the saints of God, who are to have
a love of the Truth in there hearts. Paul admonishes Timothy to know how to right discern between teachers of false doctrines, and those who would teach and lead men astray through
deceitful words. In 2 Timothy 2:15 Paul says:

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Abortion Statistics

// May 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // Humanistic Abortion

The following are facts and statistics gathered from the most-cited sources regarding abortion. Ultimately, to know the truth is to know more than just the facts and numbers. Truth is a person, so it’s not an encounter with an idea that will adequately change us. It is an encounter with God that will bring true transformation. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Minds can be swayed by facts, but an encounter with the Lord changes both hearts and minds.
Abortion Worldwide

* Annually, 46 million babies die from abortion worldwide. That’s approximately one baby being aborted every two seconds.

Abortion in the United States

* An estimated 50 million babies have been aborted since 1973. Approximately 24% of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion.

Characteristics of Women Having Abortions

* Over half (56%) of all women having abortions between 15-44 are in their 20’s.
* Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining an abortion report a religious affiliation.
o 43% are Protestant
o 27% are Catholic
o 8% are other religions
* 41% of women having abortions are white, 32% are black, and 20% are hispanic.

* Black and Hispanic women have higher abortion rates than non-Hispanic white women. Black women’s abortion rates are 49 per 1,000, Hispanic women’s are 33 per 1,000 and non-Hispanic white women’s are 13 per 1,000.

* According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the most recurrent characteristics of women having abortions over time are nonwhite, poor and unmarried.

Reasons For Abortion

* 98% Personal Choice (unwanted or inconvenient)
* 1.7% Life/Health of Mother or Child
* .3% Rape/Incest

Abortion by Gestational Age

African American Community

* According to the CDC, each year 616,074 African Americans are born.
* 458,500 babies will have died from abortion.
* 284,877 blacks will have died that same year through anything from natural causes to heart disease.
* There are 743,377 Africans Americans dying yearly. This number is 127,303 more than those that are born.
* From 1973 to 2004, nearly 30% of the black population were erased through abortion. Out of the average 4,400 babies dying daily that are reported abortions, an estimated 1,300 are African American. They account for 32% of women having abortions yearly, yet make up only 13% of the American population. African American women are 3 times as likely to have an abortion than other women.

Life Scriptures

// May 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // Eugenics, Humanistic Abortion

“The LORD said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.’” (Genesis 25:23)

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13)

“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed [ Or know how life (or the spirit ) / enters the body being formed ] in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” (Ecclesiastes 11:5)

“This is what the LORD says- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.” (Isaiah 44:2)

“This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,” (Isaiah 44:24)

“And now the LORD says- he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength-” (Isaiah 49:5)

“Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the LORD . “Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?” says your God. (Isaiah 66:9)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew [ Or chose ] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)

“For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.” (Jeremiah 20:17)

“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Luke 1:41-44)

“But when God, who set me apart from birth [ Or from my mother’s womb] and called me by his grace, was pleased” (Galatians 1:15) United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a few months ago said that he was a “pro-life judge”, but then asked us “But where is the public outcry?!” A judge was rebuking the Church. If we lined up 4,500 people on the Mall in D.C. and gunned them down there would be a public outcry. Today 4,500 babies are going to die in the womb, and there is hardly a whisper. God is rising up a voice of Justice today for the weakest, voiceless, and most marginalized people group in our country today, the unborn.

God Says, “Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.” (Proverbs 31:8-9)