“He who denies that human life begins with conception does not need to contend with religion, but science. To deny this certainty of biology is not to express a lack of faith, but a lack of basic knowledge of human genetics, something that is even known by the general public.” ~ Ecuadorian Federation of Societies of Gynecology and Obstetrics, April 17, 2008

“I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.”  ~Ronald Reagan, quoted in New York Times, 22 September 1980

“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred…If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?” ~ Mother Teresa

“To say a child is unwanted says nothing about the child, but it says much about the person who does not want his or her child…”~ Jean Staker Garton

“What an irony that a society confronted with plastic bags filled with the remains of aborted babies should be more concerned about the problem of recycling the plastic…” ~ Winifred Egan

“`Fetal tissue’ implants are not that much different from Nazi lamp shades made of Jewish skin. Both intend to put by-products of murder to `good use’.” ~ David Kupelian and Mark Masters, journalists

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The pagan religions practiced child sacrifice. One of the many pagan gods, Baal, was worshipped as the key to fertility and prosperity. To entice Baal to bless their land, mothers were required to present her firstborn child to the priest. Baal was represented by a huge stone, or brass, statue carved in the image of a bull’s head and the upper body of a man. The arms were extended to receive babies and fire belched from a hollow area in the chest.

As the priests of Baal carried each baby up the stairs and laid the victim in the arms of the horned idol of Baal, the baby was consumed in the flames. This was the religion of Baal and of those who worshipped Asherah. The Ammonites who worshipped Molech and the Phoenicians who worshiped Kronos also practiced child sacrifice. These pagan religions required the parents to have their children pass through the fire as a sacrifice to their demon gods.

The true people of God have always found themselves fighting against religions that want to sacrifice the most innocent blood of all. The Lord commanded, in Deuteronomy 18:10, that when you come into the land of the heathen, you are not to sacrifice your children. We read in Proverbs 6:17 that the Lord hates those who shed innocent blood.

In Exodus 1:16 we read that Pharaoh commanded the midwives to kill every male boy that was born to the Hebrews in Egypt. The pharaohs of today still want to kill babies.

In the New Testament the Gospel begins in Matthew 2:16 with King Herod ordering his soldiers to go to Bethlehem and kill all the male children up to age two.

We read in Numbers 35:33 that the land comes under a curse when innocent blood is shed. “Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, accept the blood by the one who shed it.” Numbers 35:33

The contest between Pharaoh and Moses in Exodus was primarily a clash between the death-obsessed, child killing, mystical humanism of Egypt and the way of life in serving Jehovah, the God of Israel. The climactic battle on Mount Carmel between Elijah and the prophets of Baal was a battle against a religion centred on child sacrifice (1 Kings 18).

Carol Everett was involved in the abortion industry. Not only did she perform abortions, but she also had an abortion. When asked: “What is the governing force behind the abortion industry?” Carol answered: “Money. It is a very lucrative business. It is the largest unregulated industry …most of the clinics are run in chains because it is so profitable.”

Carol explained: “Every woman has two questions, ‘is it a baby?’ and ‘does it hurt?’ The abortionist must answer ‘No.’ He/she must try to secure the consent of the woman in the collection of the clinic’s fee. The women are told that they were dealing with a product of conception or a glob of tissue. They were told that there would be only slight cramping, whereas, in reality, an abortion is excruciatingly painful.”

When asked what type of counselling was offered at the clinic? Carol Everett answered: “We didn’t do any real counselling. We sold abortion.”In answer to how they disposed of the aborted babies, Carol explained: “We put them down the garbage disposal.”

A former abortion counsellor, Debra Henry admitted: “We were told to find the woman’s weakness and work on it. The women were never given any alternatives. They were told how much trouble it was to have a baby.”

Former abortion counsellor, Nita Whitten admitted: “It’s a lie when they tell you they are doing it to help women, because they are not. They are doing it for the money.”

Former abortion counsellor, Kathy Sparks, said: “The counsellor at our clinic would cry with the girls at the drop of a pin. She would find out what was driving them to want to abort the child and she would magnify it.”

Former abortionist, David Brewer, M.D., admitted: “My heart got calloused against the fact that I was murderer, but the baby lying in a cold bowl educated me to what abortion really was.”

Former abortionist, Antony Levatino, M.D., said: “I want the general public to know that the doctors know that this is a person, this is a baby. That this is not some kind of glob of tissue…”

Former abortionist, Joseph Randall, M.D., said: “The picture of the baby on the ultrasound bothered me more than anything else. The staff couldn’t take it. Women who were having abortions were never allowed to see their ultrasounds..”

Former abortionist, MacArthur Hill, M.D., confessed: “I am a murderer. I have taken the lives of innocent babies and I have ripped them from their mothers wombs with a powerful vacuum machine.”

Former abortionist, Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D., was once a pioneer and leader in the abortion industry. He led the campaign for the legalisation of abortion in America and admitted that he and other abortion advocates blatantly lied to congress in order to get abortion legal. Dr. Nathanson presided over 60,000 abortions before being converted. Not only did Dr. Nathanson leave the abortion industry, but he has since been dedicated to fighting against abortion. Dr. Nathanson admits that abortion is murder. He has produced such documentaries as The Silent Scream, and written the book: The Hand of God – a journey from death to life by the abortion doctor who changed his mind.

In the Old Testament, the same Hebrew word is used to describe pre-born babies and children. In the New Testament, the same Greek that is used to describe babies or children, is used for John the Baptist while he was still in his mothers womb (Luke 1:41-44; 2:12, 16; 18:15-17).

“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leapt in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: ‘blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leapt with joy.’” Luke 1:41-44

God has called some people to His service from the womb:

“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 1:5

“…it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles…” Galatians 1:15-16

“The Lord called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He made me… the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be His servant.” Isaiah 49:1, 5

“For You created my most innermost being; You knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full 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

Life belongs to God. “In Him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of Heaven and Earth. He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.” Acts 17:24-25

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.” Psalm 24:1

“Know that the Lord is God. It is He who has made us, we are His.” Psalm 100:3

“This is what the Lord says – your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord who has made all things.” Isaiah 44:24

God created man in His image and commanded mankind to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:26-28). The sanctity of life is declared (Genesis 9:6). The conception of children is seen as a gift from God (Genesis 21:1-2; 25:21).

Children should not die for the sins of the parents (Deuteronomy 24:16). Since all life was created by God and belongs to Him, no one has the right to murder. “You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13

The case laws of Exodus actually deal with protection of pre-born babies: “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…” Exodus 21:22-24

The Bible asks the question: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” Isaiah 49:15

It seems incredible that any mother could forget her baby, but this is evidently not just a hypothetical question. Many millions of mothers do seem to have forgotten their babies enough to have scheduled an appointment to have them killed.

God is concerned for the weak and helpless. The Bible teaches us that we need to defend them. “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” Psalm 82:3-4

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves …speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9

Jesus said: “Whoever welcomes a little child like this in My Name welcomes Me.” Matthew 18:5

“See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in Heaven always see the face of My Father in Heaven.” Matthew 18:10

“Your Father in Heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matthew 18:14

Children are a blessing from the Lord “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in their gate.” Psalm 127:3-5

God is the Creator. Pre-born babies are persons. Life is precious. Murder is to be severely punished. Abortion is a modern equivalent of child sacrifice. Just as God’s people opposed Pharaoh’s decree to murder newborn babies in Egypt (Exodus 1:15-22), so we need to protect pre-born babies from abortion today. Just as King Herod sought to kill the babies in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16), so abortionists are tempting to butcher babies today.

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Proverbs 31:8

Every year over 80,000 babies are killed through abortion in South Africa. It is not only those directly involved in these crimes of murder that are guilty of violating the 6^th Commandment. All those politicians who worked for, and voted for, legalised abortion in this country share the guilt.

Also guilty of being accessories before, during, and after, the fact are the journalists who promoted abortion, and cover up the facts in order to ensure that the holocaust against the unborn continues. Those pastors who fail to faithfully expound the Scriptures on when life begins, and what a Christian’s responsibility is, to speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, are also accessories to murder. And of course, all those voters who continue to vote for pro-abortion parties have also violated the 6^th Commandment and are accessories to murder.

Life begins at conception. Abortion is murder. It is our Christian duty to speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves. To rescue the perishing. To hold back those staggering towards slaughter.

Dr.. Peter Hammond

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A counter argument would be this: The unborn child does not yet have life and in a miscarriage it is discovered that even if born, the child would not be alive. Death is just a term that is used to describe this discovery.

What these scientific people fail to take into account is there own formulated definition of life. This definition states 4 criteria for life. If something fails to meet just one of the criteria it is not alive.

1) All life forms contain DNA.

2) All life forms can extract energy from their environment and convert it into energy which sustains them.

3) All life forms can sense and respond to changes.

4) All life forms reproduce.

It just so happens that an unborn child meets all of these criteria. The child has it’s own unique set of DNA. That pretty much happens at conception.

The child extracts energy/nutrients from the amniotic fluid and the placenta. These nutrients are used in the child’s development. This means the child is totally dependant on the mother. Many say this is proof of the unborn child’s lifelessness. The child cannot function on his/her own. But since when does dependance on someone or something mean no life? Even after birth the child is completely dependant on the mother. If the child is still not alive then, then abortion isn’t the only form of murder that is ok. Euthenasia and infanticide would be fine as well.

Next, can an unborn child sense change and respond to it? The answer is yes. An unborn child responds to touch, sound, light, etc. Remarkably similar to our own senses no?

Finally, can an unborn child reproduce? As a matter of fact, yes. The fourth criterion includes sexual reproduction as well as asexual reproduction. An unborn child’s cells are asexually reproducing all the time. If all that was meant was sexual reproduction then I’m afraid many life forms would in fact not be alive. A 6 year old human boy cannot sexually reproduce. Is he not alive yet? Is he…a dead man walking? If you think a 6 year old child is not alive, there are special places with special pills to help fix you.

Therefore, completely according to science, an unborn child is in fact alive. There is no escaping it.

Vacuum curettage is a common technique used in first-trimester abortions. In this method the cervix is dilated and a suction (vacuum) device is placed in the uterus. It rips the unborn child to pieces. The doctor then uses a magnifying glass or microscope to make sure everything has been removed.

In D&C the unborn child is cut to pieces with a sharp curette and scraped out of the uterus. This procedure is usually more painful than the vacuum technique as it requires larger dilation of the cervix and causes a larger loss of blood.

D&E combines elements of vacuum curettage and D&C. This technique is used for abortions during the thirteenth to twentieth week of gestation. The unborn baby’s skull and skeleton are further developed at this stage. Thus the physician uses special instruments to crush the bones before the child is suctioned out.

A hysterotomy is a mini C-section. A small incision is made in the abdominal wall and the child is removed. If it is still alive it is left to die. “The overall morbidity and morality of this procedure,” notes Dr. Robert Hatcher of the Emory University School of Medicine, “have severely limited its use.”

Prostaglandins are chemicals which are infused into the amniotic sac to induce premature labour. This also kills the child, although on rare occasions the baby comes out alive. To its disadvantage this procedure can cause gastrointestinal disturbances and “complementary” cervical lacerations.

Hypertonic saline is a salt solution that poisons the unborn child. It is infused into the amniotic sac and the child inhales it. This burns off the child’s outer skin layer and can cause brain hemorrhages. One day later the mother will deliver the dead, shriveled baby. Those who have observed this procedure liken it to the effect of napalm on war victims.

According to the latest statistics, approximately 42 million abortions happen per year. That is 115,000 a day and one every 22 seconds. 83% of these abortions happen in developing countries where the medical knowledge and equipment often isn’t the best. This results in the harm of the mother as well.

In the US 52% of women having abortions are younger than 25. Of that 52% of women teenagers account for 20%, girls under the age of 12, 1.2% and women aged 20-24, 32%.

52% of all abortions occur before the 9^th week of pregnancy, 25% between the 9^th and 10^th weeks, 12% between the 11^th and 12^th weeks, 6% between the 13^th and 15^th weeks, 4% between the 16^th and 20^th weeks and the remaining 1% (16,450 per year) after the 20^th week of pregnancy.

A lot of people think women have abortions mainly because they are raped or because they would be harmed during child birth. Well, it’s time to dispel that myth. 1% of women have abortions because of rape or incest. 6% of women have abortions due to potential health problems. The remaining 93% of women who have abortions have them because they do not want the child, the child is the “wrong” sex, the child is inconvenient or the child will have a low quality of life due to disease, etc.

The justification for all this is that unborn children are not alive. Life only starts after birth when the child can breath, eat, etc. on its own. But even then, if the child is defective it might still not be considered alive. Look at this striking comment by Peter Singer, former Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Victoria, Australia: “If we compare a severely defective human infant with a non-human animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the non-human to have superior capacities, both actual and potential, for rationality, self-consciousness, communication and anything else that can plausibly be considered morally significant…Humans who bestow superior value on the lives of all human beings, solely because they are members of our own species, are judging on lines strikingly similar to those used by white racists who bestow superior value on the lives of other whites, merely because they are members of their own race.”

This points out one of the major problems in modern society: human life has been severely devalued. This problem is fed by a rejection of God’s Word, especially the image of God in us, and things like the evolutionary world-view which says we are animals just like every other creature on the planet.

As a result of this low view of human life man has tried to control life. Especially in the area of medicine man thinks he can decide who should live and who should not. This is wickedness. God is the only one who has the right to five life and take it away (Deut. 32:39). Man needs to stop playing God and act as he should. We are stewards of God’s gift of life, but life is not ours to give or take whenever we feel like it. God has given us specific commands and principles with regard to the taking of human life and abortion is clearly murder.

There are four major positions held with regard to abortion. First, all abortion is justified. After all life doesn’t begin until birth. Add to this the argument that the unborn “thing” is part of the mother’s body and you come up with this view. The mother has the right to do with her body as she wishes. Second, abortion is only justified if the child will have a low quality of life due to defects. Third, abortion is only justified when the life of the mother is put in danger. Finally, the view that abortion is never justified. Let’s look at each view individually.

The view that all abortion is justified is quite clearly wrong. We have already seen that biblically life starts at conception and even that little child is in the image of God. Therefore, abortion equates to murder which is expressly condemned in Scripture with four simple words:

Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.”

So to say all abortion is justified is completely unfounded. Again as we have already seen Scripture treats a woman and the child in her belly as two distinct human beings.

Abortion is certainly not justified in every case, but what about if the child will be defective or handicapped? Dr. John R. Ling points out the fact that it is politically incorrect to refer to someone as handicapped, but their handicap is a warrant to kill them. Interestingly enough though handicapped people who are alive are treated specially which is how it should be in the first place. After all we have reserved handicapped parking, paralympics, etc. This is how mixed up our culture has become. There is no denying we have the technology to quite accurately determine if a child will be born with a defect, but so what? Does that mean we have a right to rip the child apart and pull it out of the mother? And who are we to determine who should live based on what we think a quality life should be? Unfortunately though true life is what the doctors say true life is in these situations.

Exodus 4:11 says these disabilities and defects are from God. They do not give us the right to crush the child. The quality of life is not a subjective thing where we can decide whether or not it is worth it. An interesting connection here is 2 Corinthians 12:9. God’s power is made perfect in our weakness. This includes physical disabilities.

As the final blow to this view point here is a letter written by three handicapped persons who were allowed to live:

Trowbridge

Kent

December 8, 1962

Sirs:

We were disabled from causes other than Thalidomide, the first of us having two useless arms and hands; the second, two useless legs; and the third, the use of neither arms nor legs.

We were fortunate…in having been allowed to live and we want to say with strong conviction how thankful we are that none took it upon themselves to destroy us as helpless cripples.

Here at the Delarue school of spastics, one of the schools of the National Spastic Society, we have found worthwhile and happy lives and we face our future with confidence. Despite our disability, life still has much to offer and we are more than anxious, if only metaphorically, to reach out toward the future.

This, we hope, will give comfort and hope to the parents of the Thalidomide babies, and at the same time condemn those who would contemplate the destruction of even a limbless baby.

Yours faithfully,

Elane Duckett

Glynn Verdon

Caryl Hodges

So much for a “life devoid of quality and meaning.”

There are many Christians who believe that abortion is only justified if the mother will be harmed or die during gestation or birth of the child. This may seem right on the surface, but I tend to be very sceptical about it. For one thing there is absolutely no Scripture to back this up and in these situations human life is (if I can put it this way) being toyed with. Who determines which one, mother or child, has the greatest chance of survival? How much, or rather how little, harm needs to be done to the mother to justify killing the baby? I don’t believe it us up to us to decide who gets to live and who doesn’t. Just because we have the technology to do so doesn’t mean we should. The fact that we have the technology just makes it all the harder. Complex situations can arise. A 13 year old girl can be raped, fall pregnant and due to her small, fragile body be put in a life threatening situation due to the baby. What should be done? Should the baby be delivered and the young girl die or should we step in and save the girl by aborting the baby? On the basis of the view-point I have been presenting I would have to say no we should not step in. It is not up to us. Even though I say this, it would be very hard for me to judge someone in that situation because it is an extremely difficult situation for all involved..

Finally all abortion is wrong. It is all murder. This is the view I believe to be most biblical even though there are seemingly impossible situations. The rules however are clear whether or not they are difficult to apply. Life starts at conception. Unborn children are in the image and likeness of God. Life is in God’s hands not ours. Therefore, abortion is murder and in today’s world it is murder in the highest degree. It is legal and done very willingly.

Abortion is a monstrosity that has been used to take hundreds of millions of lives. The only difference between Saddam Hussein and abortionists (those who support it legalize it and actually do it) is that the abortionists have a higher kill count.

In 1977 Dr. William B. Wadill experienced the ultimate “embarrassment” for an abortionist: a live birth. He performed a salt-poisoning abortion on an 18 year old girl in Orange County, California. The baby survived the poisoning and was born alive. Dr. Wadill order the staff to do nothing and left the baby to die. In his court case, where he was charged with murder, a pediatrician testified that he saw Dr. Waddill choke the 2.5 pound baby girl. “I saw him put his hand on this baby’s neck and push down,” testified Dr. Ronald Cornelson. Dr. Cornelson also claimed that Dr. Waddill suggested injecting the baby with potassium chloride or drowning her. In two separate murder trials Dr. Waddill denied Dr. Cornelson’s testimony and the jury deadlocked on both occasions. Whether Dr. Waddill is guilty or not, the child died. In either case this is infanticide and it springs from abortion.

If abortion isn’t murder then what is?

Proverbs 24:11-12 - Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will He not repay man according to his work?