Justin Taylor had an encouraging post that 15 states are considering banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. I found the Iowa bill that was passed by their House, and it didn’t include the abhorrent ‘except for fetal anomaly’ clause that can be found in other countries like the UK. That was encouraging as well.
But we are looking for something even greater, and it will only come with God’s help!
The political goal of making abortion illegal has always been a truncate vision. Our real desire has always been to create a culture where abortion is not just illegal, but unthinkable. In such a culture, the physical, psychological, and spiritual dangers of abortion will be common knowledge. In such a culture, commitment, compassion, and a sense of duty to aid and protect both mother and child will be universal.
Biomedical Ethicist David Reardon, as quoted in A Hunger for God by John Piper, pp. 163-164.
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