Editorial: Abortion in the News

Editorial

Recently we've had the announcement of the Plan B pill available for 15 year old women and the Kermit Gosnell "post birth abortion" trial in the news.

What I Saw at the Kermit Gosnell Trial Moved Me to Tears

An interesting story from www.lifenews.com about the Kermit Gosnell trial. This follows this post about Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood.  For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get two very interesting books HERE!

What I Saw at the Kermit Gosnell Trial Moved Me to Tears


I was not able to hear all of the closing arguments yesterday at the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell as I had to slip out for the press conference and prayer vigil, however, there wGosnellTrial3as one thing in particular about being in the courtroom that had me in tears.



I was standing at the partition behind the counsels’ tables where Kermit Gosnell’s abortion facility had been recreated for the jury – the court would not allow the jury to go and visit his clinic. . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/02/what-i-saw-at-the-kermit-gosnell-trial-moved-me-to-tears/

Child Sacrifice: We're Not So Different Today

Two interesting articles from http://www.ucg.org/  about child sacrifice, such as what the Mayans and Canaanites did. This follows this post about abortion's recent news. For a free magazine subscription or to get the book shown  for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

Child Sacrifice: We're Not So Different Today



article by Darris McNeely


Of all ancient practices of pagan religion, the most hideous were those that involved child sacrifice.


A child being offered as a sacrifice to a Molech idol.

Source: Wikimedia Commons - 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us: Containing 400 Illustrations from the Old and New Testaments



In the lands of the Middle East and areas around the Mediterranean Sea, this involved the ritual murder of children, often in fire and presided over by a priesthood with the approval of the worshippers.



A child could be placed on an open fire or into an open burning chasm of a metal idol representing gods such as Baal or Molech. Done to appease a god and to gain favor for an abundant harvest, victory in battle or the defeat of one's enemies, these cruel acts litter the ancient world.



One well-known cemetery, full of the bones of thousands of infant sacrifices, has been found at the site of ancient Carthage in North Africa. Burials of infant bones and skulls with signs of violent death have been unearthed. Sadly, even the Bible tells of a time in the biblical kingdom of Judah when child sacrifice was carried out in Jerusalem under certain kings.



Any modern nation that chooses to commit child sacrifice in the name of "pro-choice," "family planning" or "abortion rights" should learn a lesson from these examples. The lesson is this: Any culture or people that has participated in child sacrifice has declined and disappeared from history. Ancient Carthage was destroyed by Rome. The Romans sowed salt into its land so it would never rise again. Idolatry eventually won out in Judah, and it was invaded and destroyed by Babylon—its temple razed and the people deported.



We're not so different today. While ancient people would murder their children to please a false god, modern people do the same in honor of a different kind of god—the god of self. This is a hard saying, but it is the truth. The unborn are slaughtered in the millions when they interfere with the pursuit of selfish pleasure and the gods of convenience.







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Abortion and God's Purpose for Human Life

Two interesting articles from http://www.ucg.org/  about abortion's recent news. This follows this post about MAY DAY!  For a free magazine subscription or to get the book shown  for free click HERE! or call 1-888-886-8632.

Abortion and God's Purpose for Human Life


 by Scott Ashley

 Recently a New York judge tossed out any restriction on the age a person has to be to purchase, without a prescription, a "morning-after pill" to terminate a pregnancy.



Prior to his ruling a woman had to be at least 17 to legally get the drug. If his ruling stands, a girl as young as 12 or 13—or her male partner—can buy a pill that will cause her body to spontaneously abort her "problem," ending that unborn life.



This follows on the heels of a 2012 decision by the New York Department of Education to make morning-after pills available to schoolgirls as young as 14 without parental consent.



Ironically, if that same 14-year-old were to go her school nurse to get an aspirin for a headache, the nurse would have to get parental permission to do so. But courtesy of this education department, children can be given abortion-inducing drugs without their parents ever knowing.



What a horrifying message to send to girls who are little more than children themselves—that destroying an unborn human life is of such little consequence—or none at all.



What does it say about a society when, on the grounds of protecting citizens' health, a city bans the sale of sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces (a third larger than the most common size), but it allows, and even pays for, abortion-inducing drugs for its schoolchildren?



In what kind of twisted universe does that make sense?



This is the kind of blind and perverse reasoning we see when a people and their leaders increasingly turn their backs on God. As our Creator, He gave us an instruction manual in the form of His Word, the Bible. But rejecting its revelation for how we should live and what makes for a peaceful, purposeful, well-ordered society, we've increasingly decided to create our own rules and ignore the lessons of history—bringing curses on ourselves in the process.



But you don't have to go that way. You can learn from God's Word the awesome purpose of human life , and why abortion is so wrong in His sight . You can know why you are here and why you were born, as described in the cover article of the latest issue of The Good News, arriving in your mailbox shortly.



We hope you'll carefully read the articles in this issue to learn about the future God has in store for you. Understanding that, you'll then understand how God views one of the most divisive and controversial issues affecting our society today—that of abortion.







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