It's time to end the slaughter of abortion in America

In the land of the free and the home of the brave, in the nation whose Declaration recognizes that our Creator has given each one certain inalienable rights – foremost of which is “Life,” and in a society which upholds God’s command, “You shall not murder” (Ex. 20:13), it is unconscionable that taking the lives of babies in the womb is accepted.

America, we have been duped. Under the guise of women’s rights and freedom of choice, we have fallen for the lie that the child conceived in the mother’s womb is nothing more than fetal tissue. We have been deceived into believing that she is free to decide whether to keep the pregnancy or terminate it, like making a choice on whether to keep the gym membership or cancel it. For 42 years we have granted the legal right to abortion and have left some 55 million dead babies in our wake. 

It’s time to end the slaughter. It’s time for abortion to become absolutely, unequivocally unacceptable. It’s time to end abortion in America. 

Even if you’re not a Bible-believing Christian, you have to recognize the barbarity of what’s going on with the largest abortion provider in America, Planned Parenthood. Recent undercover videos have demonstrated the depth of depravity within this evil organization. We now know that at least some of its doctors have been harvesting and selling selected organs from the children they destroy in the womb. Apparently, they carefully crush the baby in such a way that they can still extract his or her heart, lungs and liver intact. And the cavalier manner in which they describe their grisly work has left those with a conscience in revulsion. 

We’ve got to rise up and say, “Enough!” We cannot continue to allow this bloodshed on our watch. As if the act of abortion is not an abomination already, the added atrocities committed by Planned Parenthood must compel us to stop the massacres. 

The science on the matter is settled. Life begins at conception. At conception a new DNA structure is created that’s embedded in each individual for the rest of his or her life. And consider these facts. A baby’s heart begins beating as early as 18-21 days after fertilization. Brain waves can be detected at 40 days. Within the first trimester of pregnancy the baby has defined fingers and toes, eyes, ears, mouth and nose! That doesn’t sound like a glob of immaterial tissue to me, nor has it ever to any mother who has rejoiced in the excitement of new life being formed day-by-day inside her womb. 

And not only is the science settled, the theology has long been established. In the Bible we read of the psalmist’s delight in the work of God: “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in the secret place, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them” (Psalm 139:14-16). 

To anyone who has ever had an abortion, encouraged someone to have an one, supported lawmakers who justify it or who have stood by silently while this holocaust has happened, yes, the blood is on our hands. But the gospel tells us that every sin and every stain and every trace of guilt can be washed away by the precious blood of Jesus shed on the cross of Calvary.  He is the God of forgiveness and grace, who cleanses and restores. His mercies are new every morning. By His wounds we are healed.  

Now is the time to cry out to Jesus for mercy and repent of our sin. Now is the time to pray for abortion to end. Now is the time to defend the weak and helpless – the unborn. Now is the time to use our vote and our voice to choose life.