Many Eurasian countries cannot sustain their population because of the number of abortions. every year. Of this number about 26 million of these babies are aborted where abortion is legal. (See Figure 1 for percent of babies aborted in each nation) [4,5,6]
Psalm 139:13 states,“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.” This verse says that God knows a baby from conception, which means that when you abort a fetus you are destroying human life.
Genesis 9:5-6 says, "Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.” If you look at the pictures of the aborted is usually lots of blood. It will be a sad day for abortionists on judgment day.
Genesis 1:28 declares, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ' Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it…” Aborting babies doesn't help us obey God's command to “…fill the earth and subdue it…”.
We look on in horror at the history of Israel in the Old Testament as they sacrificed their children to idols or demons (Psalms 106:37-38). Yet what are we doing? Sacrificing (aborting) our children to the idol of career, convenience, or whatever excuse we use. In this we are no better than the Israelites.
So the answer to the question "Can a Christian condone (or practice) abortion?" is a clear NO!
Dr. Landrum Shettles, who is sometimes called the 'father of in vitro fertilization' stated, "Conception confers life and makes that life one of a kind." If the experts admit that a baby is alive from conception, why don't we hear this in the secular media? This and the following quotes strengthen the pro-life argument substantially:
"To deny a truth [about when life begins]should not be made a basis for legalizing
abortion," - Dr. Shettles said of Roe vs. Wade
"Biologically, at no stage of development can we subscribe to the view that the unborn child is a mere appendage of the mother. Genetically, the mother and baby are separate individuals from conception." - Dr. Albert Liley
Also, the fact that test tube babies can survive outside of the mother's womb proves that it is a separate entity altogether. If you remove, let us say the mother's liver, will it remain alive? The answer is an emphatic 'no' Therefore we see that the baby is seperate life that is merely dependant on the mother, not part of her.
A report made by the Senate Judiciary Committee S-158, 1981 reads, "Physicians, biologists and other scientists agree that conception marks the beginning of the life of a human being--a being is alive and is a member of the human species. There is overwhelming agreement on this point in countless medical, biological, and scientific writings."
“Recent research has shown that the developing child puts up a very specific defence[sic] against the killer T cell attack. [The immune system normally detects the presence of any 'foreign' tissue in the body and it immediately sets up a defence[sic] against it (primarily what is now called the “killer T cell” mechanism).] And as long as the defence[sic] mechanism works properly, the pregnancy will proceed to full term. However, when the defence[sic] mechanism fails, miscarriage results.” This means the common pro-choice argument that, “A woman should be able to control her own body”, falls apart under scrutiny because the baby isn't part of her body, it is another human life!
Just four (4) days after fertilization the gender of the baby can be known by microscopic techniques. One (1) week after fertilization the beginning of all major body structures can be seen. Blood circulation, including the heart and major blood vessels, begins just three weeks after fertilization. The fetus can feel pain at as little as five (5) weeks. [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.
My name is Gianna Jessen. I am 19 years of age. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.
Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.
There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.
I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.
A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.
My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.
I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.
I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.
I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...
Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there[sic] eyes...
The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.
There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.
All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.
The below videos are a video version of Gianna Jessen's testimony.
In September of 1975, a woman discovered that she was pregnant. Things were very difficult for her, as she was raising two sons, six and 15 years old. Their father had walked out on them and refused to help care for the boys financially, or in any other way. The only alternative for this woman, it seemed, was to abort this unexpected baby. After all, she could barely afford to feed the children she already had.
Between the months of September 1975 and January 1976, this woman had three therapeutic abortions in an attempt to rid herself of the unborn baby. These abortions, also known as a "salting out procedure" are performed by injecting a very large syringe into the woman's abdomen, removing a certain amount of amniotic fluid out of the womb, and then injecting three times the amount of saline back in, thus "burning" the baby out. For reasons only God knows, these abortions did not take and on April 21, 1976, two months premature, her baby was born. The child was perfect and healthy, weighing four pounds, five ounces.
Unfortunately on March 16, 1977, the mother passed away, less than a year after her baby girl was born. After the woman's death, the infant's father and paternal grandmother took custody of the baby and her two brothers. As this baby girl grew up, her father told her about the three abortions she had undergone in her mother's womb but this little girl never believed him, as she assumed that if a baby is aborted, he or she could not possibly survive.
The truth only came to this girl when she was eighteen years old, married, and approximately five months pregnant with her first child. This girl needed and soon obtained her mother's medical records from the hospital that had treated her. Imagine her utter shock as she read about how her mother tried to terminate her unborn child three times. As the young girl read the medical documents, the new life inside of her was stirring and kicking as if to say "Mommy please don't get any ideas."
Today this young woman is 25 years old and is raising a family of her own. She is healthy and normal in every way, with no physical deformities of any kind.
I am the child that I have been writing about. My mother had no right to try and abort me, no matter what the circumstances were, no matter how inconvenient her pregnancy was. And if she was here with us today, I'm sure she would agree. Life is too precious to simply throw away. Now I can speak out against abortion from the baby's perspective. Any baby would choose life.
AmyFrom all the above reasons you can see why abortion is biblically and morally wrong. And why it is so important for us to protect these babies. It is important for all of us to get involved. Maybe your part is starting an organzation to raise money for pro-life causes. Maybe your part is to start another website like this. Or maybe your part is to counsel the women who have been devastated by a past abortion. Whatever your part is, don't hold back. Start today.
Sources:
1. www.anti-abortion.info
2. Science, Scripture, and Salvation [aired 09/06/08]
3. www.socialsecurity.org
4. Wikipedia.com, adapted from CIA World Factbook (March 2007)
5. www.anti-abortion.info
6. www.anti-abortion.info
7. Dr. Landrum Shettles (quoted on www.allaboutgod.com )
8. Dr. Landrum Shettles (quoted on www.allaboutgod.com )
9. Dr. Albert Liley (quoted on www.allaboutgod.com )
10. Copyright © 2008 James N. Watkins (Reprinted with permission from www.jameswatkins.com)
11. www.answeringenesis.com
12. www.anti-abortion.info
13. Copyright © 2008 James N. Watkins (Reprinted with permission from www.jameswatkins.com )