The hard truths of abortion and the sanctity of human life

Abortion is the ending of human life, and as such, is a difficult topic for anyone to discuss. I know this personally because, as a teenager, I once considered having an abortion.  But even then, as I sat in the Planned Parenthood examination room in 1985 as a scared, pregnant teenager, I knew what they told me about my baby not feeling pain was not true.  The child forming in me had been knit in my womb and was not merely a blob of cells as they wanted me to believe. Despite not growing up in God’s Word, I instinctively knew that a person was growing inside me. For this reason, the abortion case before the Supreme Court this week strikes me personally.

On December 1, the Court will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.  Stated differently, the Dobbs case provides the opportunity for the Court to re-examine Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey’s arbitrary “viability” framework. Upon hearing these arguments, it is my fervent hope the Court will hold that Roe v. Wade will no longer be the law of the land. First decided nearly 50 years ago, Roe held that unduly restrictive state regulations concerning abortion were unconstitutional. As a result of that decision, over 62 million babies have been brutally murdered. The Court now has the opportunity to right this wrong. However, many in the media have begun to peddle misinformation concerning this case and what it means for the future of abortion in our country.  The Bible teaches us to buy the truth and not sell it. After all, it is the truth that will set us free. As Hosea lamented, people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. .. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)