January 22, 2003 WASHINGTON —AP Writer, President Bush voiced his support by telephone for anti-abortion activists Wednesday as tens of thousands of demonstrators convened in Washington to mark the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling.
Bush, told the anti-abortion demonstrators from St. Louis: "You are gathered today on the National Mall, not far from America's monument to Thomas Jefferson, author of our Declaration of Independence. And the March for Life upholds the self-evident truth of that Declaration -- that all are created equal, and given the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "...And this self-evident truth calls us to value and to protect the lives of innocent children waiting to be born." George W. Bush Poll on Foxnews.comShould the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision to legalize abortion be overturned?
a. Yes, it's wrong. (62%) b. No, a woman has the right to choose. (34%) c. Not sure (4%) This is not a scientific poll.
The Christian's concern with abortion is three-fold. Concern for the baby, the mother, and our society. The fact that the word "abortion" does not appear in the Bible does not mean God is silent on the subject. Rather, one must probe the scripture in deeper and broader context to discern His will regarding this matter. One doesn't find "heroin" mentioned in the Bible, but it is not difficult for Christians to decide that its use is wrong.
The basic question which must be answered is whether God deems the unborn to be a person. If the answer is "no", then perhaps we have the right to dispose of a fetus as an unwanted appendix or tumor. If the answer is "yes," then we must treat the unborn with all the love and concern due another person that God requires of us as Christians.
God knew David as a person before he was born, as related in Psalm 139:13-15 "You did form my inward parts, you knit me together in my mother's womb.. you knew me right well; my frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret..." Human life begins at conception for the Psalmist David uses the personal pronoun "me" in the above. More directly, God speaks to Jeremiah showing the child in the womb is a person. Jeremiah 1:4,5 "now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you."
The entity in the womb is a baby. Luke 1:41-44 "And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.' And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.' " John the Baptist, in Luke 1:15 "He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth."
God knows the personalities of the unborn as in Genesis 25:23 "two nations are in thy womb" (Jacob and Esau) "and two manner of people." And Paul writes in Galatians 1:15 "But when He who had set me apart before I was born... had called me through his grace." In these passages God is dealing with the unborn. One he consecrates, another he sets apart for service, a third he fills with the Holy Spirit. Clearly, in these instances and in every instance, the unborn is a baby not just a fetus.
I’m glad my momma was a pro-lifer!