Christian Brothers and Sisters, this is a Call to Action … YOUR ACTION!
In my last article I spoke of our need for repentance in
light of the many abortions that have taken place legally since the passing of
Roe vs. Wade. Today, as I was listening to a Christian talk radio station, I
learned that there is a bill set to come before the US Congress to protect the
lives of children who have survived their mother’s attempt to end their lives
by having an abortion. The presentation of this bill gives the church a new
call to action on the abortion front.
Until today I had never heard that there were children who had
survived an abortion procedure. But the lady (I will call her Lily) being
interviewed on the radio said that she was connected to 250+ others who had
survived. “Lily” also told the story of her survival.
“Lily” said that
her mother was injected with a Saline Solution, but that it didn’t expel her as
it should have. She lay surrounded by that Saline Solution for five days before
doctors had successfully induced her mother’s labor and she was born ALIVE.
That she had survived totally shocked the doctors who were in attendance. Her
birth mother put her up for adoption and she was raised by a loving and
nurturing family. “Lily” did say that she is in contact with her birth mother
to this day. They have a good relationship and that she is very supportive of “Lily’s”
work with other abortion survivors and telling her story to anyone who will
listen.
Annual U.S. Abortion Statistics
Abortion is murder and God calls murder a sin, and so do
I … do you? Are you appalled by how many children have been killed by abortion? Here are a few abortion statistics
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Based on the latest state-level data, approximately 881,000 abortions took place in the United States
in 2017—down from approximately 885,000 abortions in
2016 and 913,000 abortions in 2015.
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According to the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 926,240 abortions took place in the United States in 2014—down from
1.06 million in 2011, 1.21 million abortions in 2008, 1.2 million in 2005,
1.29 million in 2002, 1.31 million in 2000 and 1.36 million in 1996. From 1973
through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions occurred in the U.S (AGI).
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In 2014, approximately 19% of U.S. pregnancies (excluding
spontaneous miscarriages) ended in abortion.1
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According to the United Nations' 2013 report,
only nine countries in the world have a higher reported abortion rate than
the United States. They are: Bulgaria, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.
So how are we as Christians to respond to this call to
action? We need to contact our Senators and Congressional Representatives with
any and every avenue available … snail mail, email, phone calls, etc. We also
need to tell everyone we know of this upcoming bill and how they can help get
it passed and to pray for those who have had or are considering having an
abortion. And to repent for the passing of any and all abortion laws and the
lives that have been lost due to their passing.
Below you will find a link that will assist you in finding the
contact info for your Senators and Representatives. The passing of this bill is
in our hands. Please don’t sit on them … answer this Call to Action. Reach out
to others, including your Senators and Representatives, and let them know that
you are in favor of the passing of the Born Alive act to protect the lives of
children who have survived abortion.
God hates the loss of these innocent children … do you?
