Abortion



The New York Times reports that the measure, which is scheduled to take effect in August, will “ban nearly all abortions,” including “abortion once a fetal heartbeat is ‘detectable,’ which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.” In addition, the law also would ban sex-selective abortions and abortions based on genetic defects, such as Down Syndrome.

“[T]he evangelical church was slumbering for several years after the Supreme Court handed down the Roe v. Wade decision”

How the Evangelical Church Awoke to the Abortion Issue: The Convergent Labors of Harold O. J. Brown, Francis Schaeffer, and C. Everett Koop

“Together with theologian Francis Schaeffer … Koop—a pioneering pediatric surgeon—exposed the issues of abortion and euthanasia in a series of films and books in the early 1980s.”

“Her family took her to a local hospital around 5 a.m., and she died at about 9:30 a.m. She had suffered massive internal hemorrhaging.”

So what if abortion ends life? - I believe that life starts at conception. And it’s never stopped me from being pro-choice

“Pro-life advocates at the United Nations have succeeded in halting U.S. efforts to list abortion as an international right”

We Know They Are Killing Children—All of Us Know

… set aside as a day of mourning throughout the country by many organizations

Related:

Conversation with a PETA demonstrator protesting fried chicken: “ ‘Well you had sure better be pro-life! Are you?’ She fumbled around a bit and said she was in favor of all life. I rephrased it to clarify that I meant specifically babies in the womb. She got angry, and the guy who was with here laughed at her. The light changed, and off we went.”