Abortion in Politics

 In recent news, the new president signed an executive order overturning the Mexico City Policy, which stated that the federal government would not provide foreign aid to clinics or groups offering abortion and/or abortion-related services. President Reagan instituted this policy in 1984, and his successor, President H.W. Bush kept the policy. President Clinton overturned it in 1993, but President George W. Bush restored it in 2001.  In essence, the Obama administration promotes abortion, and Planned Parenthood and many abortion-rights activists expect him to keep his promise. 

 However, the consequences of abortion make abortion an unwise decision. When a woman decides to get an abortion, the woman effectively kills the fetus. After the abortion, the woman may feel depressed, and there is shame that she aborted, because a woman has a love for, a bond to her children, even the children who are not even born yet. Even thought the baby may not be visible, God is shaping the baby and He knows what the baby will become, as stated in Psalm 129:13-16. 

 As Christians, we cannot do much about President Obama’s decision, but we can pray that God will lead and we can ask Him to help us to trust His decisions. Also, we can SOUND THE HORN FOR THE UNBORN (as stated in Hanley’s message on The Christian Responsibility to Fight for the Lives of the Unborn) by sharing with peers and with others the truth about abortion when the moment presents itself. We should SOUND THE HORN because of what Psalm 82:3-4 says:

3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
   maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
   deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

The babies in the womb are alive, and we must fight to save the lives of the unborn from abortions, because, as Hanley stated, when you save the baby’s life, there is a good chance that you save the mother’s life as well. Technically, abortion is really just passive murder, and we should all try to prevent the unnecessary deaths of the unborn and the causal slaughter of the lives of the unborn.