ANTI-ABORTION LAW: CONGRESS / BUSH CONTINUE DEFENDING LIFE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
US President George W. Bush, still early in his second term, keeps his promise for defending womb babies against murderers national.
Therefore, he’s given applause to the House victory. "The latest push to curb abortions moves to the Senate where Republican gains increase the likelihood of making it harder for minors to cross state lines to end pregnancies without telling a parent.
"Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., intends to bring such a bill to a vote this summer as one of his top 10 legislative priorities, according to spokeswoman Amy Call." So reports Laurie Kellman, AP Press Writer.
In other words, with some states still opening their murdering doors to slay womb babies, Congress and President are saying they’ll push for life against murder at any level to reach the final conclusion — life for all in every state. It’s the civil thing to do. It’s the rational move to make. It’s the ethical foundation upon which a free country rests.
There can be absolutely no tolerance for slicing infants, including those in females’ bodies.
Planned Parenthood and cohorts obviously refuse to get the life message; but then again in a spiritually damaged world the righteous expect the devil around one corner or another. However, the fight goes on. Thank God presently the fight for life is being waged successfully, step by step, against womb killing Dems in Congress and agencies such as PP.
Laws passed to reduce abortions since President Bush took office in 2001 include:
At times, reasonable persons don’t respond to macabre verbalizations such as that provided the media from the ACLU. Did Jesus not warn His disciples not to cast pearls before pigs?
"The Senate is to consider a bill very similar to the measure approved by the House 270-157 Wednesday. The Senate bill would make it a federal crime punishable by a fine, jail time or both for an adult to take a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion in contravention of state parental notification requirements.
"The Senate never has taken up the bill. This year, the measure got a friendlier reception there when Frist named it one of his top legislative priorities, reflecting the four seats Republicans gained in the November elections. They now hold a 55-44 majority over Democrats in that chamber.
"Reflecting rising public support for requiring parents be involved in the decisions of their pregnant daughters, the House bill would impose fines, jail time or both on adult confidants who accompany minors across state lines to circumvent parental notification or consent laws. More than 30 states have enacted such laws.
"It also would penalize doctors who perform the procedure under such conditions. And in states without parental notification laws, the House bill would require abortion providers to notify a parent."
FOOTNOTE:
BIBLE PASSAGES REGARDING ABORTION
The Bible speaks of a fetus as a person, not simply tissue that can be discarded if found to be a bother or nuisance. Since the fetus is a person from the moment of conception, then the destroying of the fetus is killing a person.
"In the past, some people have mistakenly speculated that perhaps the body might be in the process of formation for some time, and then 'God breathes a soul into it.' They had it backward. The life that is present forms matter into a body for itself' (Joseph Breig, "Life Forms Matter," The Catholic News, Jan. 24, 1974, p. 8).
"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk ... and knit me together with bones and sinews? You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit" (Job 10:8-12 NIV).
"Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name...and now the LORD says--he who formed me in the womb to be his servant..." (Isaiah 49:1, 5).
"The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations’" (Jeremiah 1:4-5).
In the following passages we note that personality is ascribed to the unborn.
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that fully well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Psalm 139:13-16).
"Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him" (Psalm 127:3).
Exodus 21:22-25 relates how Israel was to judge a circumstance relating to the death of the unborn: "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
All of the latter deals with unintentional hurt that comes to a pregnant woman; how much more will divine penalty come upon those who intentionally discard the fetus? The Gospel of Luke ascribes personality to the fetus within Elizabeth:
"When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit... As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy" (1:41, 44).
Mere tissue does not leap for joy; only personhood leaps for joy. The Bible regards the fetus as having personality. In Galatians, Paul speaks of himself as a person while still in his mother's womb, but more a person consecrated by God for a holy mission (compare Jeremiah 1:5 for the same accent):
"But when God, who set me apart from birth, and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles..." (Gal. 1: 15-16).
Since the Bible regards the fetus as personality, then the aborting of the fetus is murdering personality.
Some verses from Scripture dealing with murder are then appropriate for study, such as Genesis 9:6: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man." Also, read Exodus 23:7: "Have nothing to do with a false charge, and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty."
Note I Peter 4:15: "If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer..."
"For all the talk of freedom and self-determination, the abortion movement is at its heart a movement denying rights to a silent segment of humanity and soliciting public sanction, support and subsidy to its own cause" (Donald P. Shoemaker, ABORTION, THE BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN, Hayes Publishing Co., 1976, p. iv).
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US President George W. Bush, still early in his second term, keeps his promise for defending womb babies against murderers national.
Therefore, he’s given applause to the House victory. "The latest push to curb abortions moves to the Senate where Republican gains increase the likelihood of making it harder for minors to cross state lines to end pregnancies without telling a parent.
"Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., intends to bring such a bill to a vote this summer as one of his top 10 legislative priorities, according to spokeswoman Amy Call." So reports Laurie Kellman, AP Press Writer.
In other words, with some states still opening their murdering doors to slay womb babies, Congress and President are saying they’ll push for life against murder at any level to reach the final conclusion — life for all in every state. It’s the civil thing to do. It’s the rational move to make. It’s the ethical foundation upon which a free country rests.
There can be absolutely no tolerance for slicing infants, including those in females’ bodies.
Planned Parenthood and cohorts obviously refuse to get the life message; but then again in a spiritually damaged world the righteous expect the devil around one corner or another. However, the fight goes on. Thank God presently the fight for life is being waged successfully, step by step, against womb killing Dems in Congress and agencies such as PP.
Laws passed to reduce abortions since President Bush took office in 2001 include:
- "(It’s a) crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman.
- "A law last year denied federal funds to state and local agencies that act against health care providers and insurers because they don't provide or pay for abortions.
- "In 2003, a procedure - generally carried out in the second or third trimester - (was outlawed) in which a fetus is partially delivered before being aborted.
- "In 2002, lawmakers amended the legal definitions for person, human being, child and individual to include any fetus that survives an abortion procedure.
- "Separately, Senate abortion opponents last month defeated Democratic amendments to a bankruptcy bill that would have restricted the ability of abortion clinic protesters to file for bankruptcy when confronted with large court fines or damages."
At times, reasonable persons don’t respond to macabre verbalizations such as that provided the media from the ACLU. Did Jesus not warn His disciples not to cast pearls before pigs?
"The Senate is to consider a bill very similar to the measure approved by the House 270-157 Wednesday. The Senate bill would make it a federal crime punishable by a fine, jail time or both for an adult to take a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion in contravention of state parental notification requirements.
"The Senate never has taken up the bill. This year, the measure got a friendlier reception there when Frist named it one of his top legislative priorities, reflecting the four seats Republicans gained in the November elections. They now hold a 55-44 majority over Democrats in that chamber.
"Reflecting rising public support for requiring parents be involved in the decisions of their pregnant daughters, the House bill would impose fines, jail time or both on adult confidants who accompany minors across state lines to circumvent parental notification or consent laws. More than 30 states have enacted such laws.
"It also would penalize doctors who perform the procedure under such conditions. And in states without parental notification laws, the House bill would require abortion providers to notify a parent."
FOOTNOTE:
BIBLE PASSAGES REGARDING ABORTION
The Bible speaks of a fetus as a person, not simply tissue that can be discarded if found to be a bother or nuisance. Since the fetus is a person from the moment of conception, then the destroying of the fetus is killing a person.
"In the past, some people have mistakenly speculated that perhaps the body might be in the process of formation for some time, and then 'God breathes a soul into it.' They had it backward. The life that is present forms matter into a body for itself' (Joseph Breig, "Life Forms Matter," The Catholic News, Jan. 24, 1974, p. 8).
"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk ... and knit me together with bones and sinews? You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit" (Job 10:8-12 NIV).
"Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name...and now the LORD says--he who formed me in the womb to be his servant..." (Isaiah 49:1, 5).
"The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations’" (Jeremiah 1:4-5).
In the following passages we note that personality is ascribed to the unborn.
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that fully well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Psalm 139:13-16).
"Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him" (Psalm 127:3).
Exodus 21:22-25 relates how Israel was to judge a circumstance relating to the death of the unborn: "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
All of the latter deals with unintentional hurt that comes to a pregnant woman; how much more will divine penalty come upon those who intentionally discard the fetus? The Gospel of Luke ascribes personality to the fetus within Elizabeth:
"When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit... As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy" (1:41, 44).
Mere tissue does not leap for joy; only personhood leaps for joy. The Bible regards the fetus as having personality. In Galatians, Paul speaks of himself as a person while still in his mother's womb, but more a person consecrated by God for a holy mission (compare Jeremiah 1:5 for the same accent):
"But when God, who set me apart from birth, and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles..." (Gal. 1: 15-16).
Since the Bible regards the fetus as personality, then the aborting of the fetus is murdering personality.
Some verses from Scripture dealing with murder are then appropriate for study, such as Genesis 9:6: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man." Also, read Exodus 23:7: "Have nothing to do with a false charge, and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty."
Note I Peter 4:15: "If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer..."
"For all the talk of freedom and self-determination, the abortion movement is at its heart a movement denying rights to a silent segment of humanity and soliciting public sanction, support and subsidy to its own cause" (Donald P. Shoemaker, ABORTION, THE BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN, Hayes Publishing Co., 1976, p. iv).
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