There
is currently at work in our nation a most dangerous killer. It consistently
takes more lives than any disease, famine, or war we have ever faced.
Every month this killer takes more American lives than were lost in the
entire Vietnam War. Every six months more die from its relentless onslaught
than in all our previous wars combined or in all the fatal automobile
accidents of the past twenty years. Every 2-3 years it claims more victims
than the Nazi Holocaust.
Incredibly, this monumental devastation is carried out by medical
professionals and is completely preventable.
The name of this vicious serial killer is ABORTION. God will not hold this
nation guiltless for this great bloodbath. Indeed, the Bible tells us that
He hates "hands that shed innocent blood" (Proverb 6:16-17). Certainly there
can be none more innocent than the unborn. Abortion advocates ignore these
innocent victims of abortion. Testimony given at U.S. government sponsored
public hearings indicated that in the so-called family planning clinics:
"The baby is dehumanized as much as possible by being termed a 'blob,'
'products of conception' or 'uterine contents.' Not even the term "fetus" is
used by counselors."
God, however, has a different view of the unborn. He told the prophet
Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou
camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a
prophet unto the nations" (Jeremiah 1:5). He said of John the Baptist: "For
he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor
strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother's womb" (Luke 1:15).
Clearly, God views the unborn as human and precious. From the human
standpoint man does not know the potential of the life that is blotted out
by abortion. Had abortion been legalized and condoned in earlier times, the
world would no doubt have lost the contribution of some of the greatest
minds and talents.
A professor at the UCLA Medical School presented the following case history
to his students: A woman who suffers from tuberculosis is pregnant. Her
husband has syphilis. There are three children in the family. One is blind,
another deaf, and the other suffers tuberculosis. Yet, another child died in
infancy. Under the circumstances, most of the students recommended an
abortion. They were then informed by their Professor: "Congratulations,
you've just killed Beethoven!"
Consider some other significant statistics relating to abortion:
- Abortion is not the "safe procedure" its advocates claim it to be. More mothers die from the complications of legal abortions each year than died from illegal abortions in all previous years.
- In many areas of our country abortions actually outnumber live births.
- 1,300,000 - 2,000,000 babies are aborted annually.
- 98% of abortions are for reasons other than rape, incest, or the mother's life.
- 40% of abortions are performed on women who have aborted other babies previously.
- One third of abortions are performed on teenagers without their parent's consent or knowledge.
- The heart of an unborn baby begins to beat at 18 days after conception.
ABORTION: "The heathen sacrifice of a child to the god of convenience."
