When testifying before congress, Dr. Levatino described the process of aborting a 22 week-old baby. The baby is the length of your hand plus a couple of inches. The baby has been kicking for several weeks. The mother has been sedated and is unconscious so that she feels no pain or fear. However, the baby is not as lucky. The doctor inserts a 14-inch suction catheter. When a woman is 12-weeks pregnant or less, the entire procedure can be done with the suction catheter and the doctor would just pull the baby apart by suction force. The amniotic fluid is first suctioned out, and that is when the baby first realizes the danger he or she is in. (I say he or she because there are only two genders.) Then the doctor inserts a long stainless steel clamp. It has rows of sharp teeth on the end so that anything it grabs -- in this case a living, breathing, kicking baby -- cannot break free. The doctor then grabs whatever he can and pulls, and he has to pull hard because he is ripping a baby apart limb by limb. A leg pops out and he puts it on the table. He then inserts the clamp again and pulls out an arm. Then he tears out the spine, the intestines, the heart and lungs. The head on a baby at that stage is about the size of a large plum. The doctor knows he just grabbed the head because white material runs out of the mother's cervix. That was the baby's brains. Then the doctor pulls out skull pieces. The doctor describes that sometimes he pulls out an intact face that stares back at him.
Congratulations, mom, you've just successfully exercised your right to choose. Perhaps a better choice would have been abstinence.
That is only one type of abortion, some are even more gruesome. There is no easy way to end a life, including the lives of unborn babies. Here are some statistics from Live Action: Only one percent of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood are of rape or incest victims. Seventy percent of all women who were raped, or victims of incest, chose life. They kept their babies.
It is sad that so many "Christians" do not have a Biblical worldview, and it is clear that the Bible values the unborn. This website does a good job of presenting that case: https://americanrtl.org/what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion A woman's conscience also testifies against her. James 4:17 says, "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them." Most women regret having abortions. They realize it was wrong and their conscience testifies against them. But, since 70% of women who are raped, or victims of incest, keep their babies, they don't have that guilt to live with. Instead, they have a precious child to live with who has committed no crime. Roe vs Wade was based on a lie. There had been no gang rape. Anyone who still believes that abortions should be legal should listen to Dr. Levatino's full testimony before congress.
Live Action has done amazing work educating people about the horrors of abortion. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvC6KqMFj7ifnd-JH7hYtQA
The "Epistle of Barnabas" (not to be confused with the "Gospel of Barnabas") is either a first or early second century Christian work. It is not considered canon now, but it may have been at one time. It is in the Codex Sinaiticus, but it might have just been there as a reference text of some sort. In 19:5 it says, "Thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not be. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain. Thou shalt love thy neighbor more than thine own soul. Thou shalt not murder a child by abortion, nor again shalt thou kill it when it is born. Thou shalt not withhold thy hand from thy son or daughter, but from their youth thou shalt teach them the fear of God." That's pretty explicit. If those early Christians, who were so close to Christ and the apostles, did not support abortion or infanticide, then Christians today shouldn't either. There is forgiveness in Christ, though. If you have the guilt of abortion in your life, Jesus took it at the cross. Confess your sin and trust Him to cleanse you of that sin. He doesn't turn anyone away. (John 6:37.)
One last thing, as for women who have been raped or victims of incest, many of them do not want to compound the violence with more violence. Most women who aborted those babies regretted it. Women in that horrible position do not need to raise the baby if they cannot face the child, but they can put the child up for adoption. That is a choice too. It is a choice for all women who are considering abortion, and it is a noble choice.
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