ABORTION
AMERICA'S #1
x KILLER xby Pastor Greg Wilson (CB)
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 to 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 "(17)hands that
shed innocent blood" (Proverbs 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 early
times, the world would no doubt have
lost the contribution of some of its
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
from tuberculosis. Yet another child
died in infancy. Under the cir-
cumstances, 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.- 1,500,000 to 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 parents'
knowledge or consent.- The heart of an unborn baby begins
to beat at 18 days after conception.- 2 million American couples are
waiting to adopt babies.If America is to be spared the judgment
of God, it must repent of this great evil
and restore Constitutional protection to
the unborn. (Proverbs 14:34:
"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin
is a reproach to any people.")On the individual level, there is
forgiveness for involvement in the sin
of abortion. Through the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ, God may justly forgive
those who come to Him in repentance
and faith. (1 Corinthians 6:11: "And such
were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified
in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by
the Spirit of our God.")