Sanctity of Life

As you may know, January is Sanctity of Life Month. As founder and executive director of a crisis pregnancy center, abortion is obviously something that is close to my heart. January 22 of this year will be the 35th "anniversary" of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision, which (unconstitutionally) overturned all 50 states' laws banning abortion.(GO RON PAUL!! American citizens, it's time we take the government back into OUR hands! .....sorry, just had to get that off my chest!) Since then, 46 million babies have been massacred legally (at least legally by man's standards, but man can't overrule God's laws).

I'm going to include a link to an article that I read this afternoon about how the abortion rate is declining. It's very short and very interesting. Of course the tone of the article is that we should be worried about this decline, as if enough women aren't able to practice their "choice", and freedom is on the decline! Of course this is absurd. But, realistically, I know there are probably several reasons for this decline. First, there is no longer any tabu associated with an unmarried woman raising a baby; it's just considered "the norm" now. Secondly, birth control is passed out freely (at TAX PAYER'S EXPENSE) to everyone, even middle schoolers. While a decline in abortion is good, I don't really consider the above reasons "positive steps" for our society. On the other hand, I believe there are a couple more reasons for the decline in abortions that are encouraging. One is the internet. The generation that is coming up now is more prone to go to the internet for their information than the (liberally owned and run) newspapers, magazines, and TV networks. Praise God for this! If one gets all her information from TV, she will only hear about freedom and rights and choice when it comes to abortion. But if she goes to the internet, she will find information about prenatal development, post-abortion syndrome, the abortion breast cancer link, health risks of abortion, and even actual photos and videos of abortions. In other words, she will have access to some factual information, not just emotional rhetoric. This is good. Another reason that I can't help but believe has contributed to a decline in abortion, is the existence of more than 3,000 crisis pregnancy centers that are located in the United States. Most centers are small and struggle to even stay open with lack of funds and lack of help; but it has been shown over and over again, that one on one Christian love and counseling is much more effective than any multi-million dollar government farce of a program. I thank the Lord for the volunteers at our center who are so faithful to this important work! Please remember them when you pray.

"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set

before you life and death, blessing and cursing:

therefore choose life,

that both thou and thy seed may live"

Deuteronomy 30:19