Abortion : The Slaughter Of The Innocent

ABORTION : THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT - PT 3

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Published On : June 28, 1997

Last Updated : March 19, 2009

Just A Ball Of Cells?, Protecting Women's Health And Saving
Their Lives A Huge Abortionist Deception, 42 Million Babies
Are Slaughtered Every Year Worldwide, Double State Of Texas,
Cloaking Abortion In Aura Of Humanitarianism, 93% Of Women
Obtain An Abortion As A Selfish Act Of Personal Convenience,
Potential Health Problems, Genetic Screening, Fetal Defects,
Modern Science Playing "God", Elevating Ourselves Above God,
Lucifer's Biblical Rebellion In Isaiah, Genetic Engineering,
Cloning And Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", Adolf Hitler,
Racial Purity, Aryan Super Race, Thule Society, (Nazis), And
Lebensborn Organization, Designer Babies And Eugenic Society,
Improving God's Creation?, Is Abortion Small-Scale Eugenics?,
Is Abortion Government Sanctioned Population Growth Control?,
God Creates Life, Heals, Kills & Creates People With Defects,
The Foolishness Of Questioning God's Ways, Fear Of The Lord,
Abortionists Don't Fear God, Keep Our Mouth Shut Before God,
God's Ways Are Above Our Ways, Trust The Lord No Matter What,
Children With Mental Or Physical Limitations, Reading List,
Our Struggle With Diabetes, Excuses For Having An Abortion,
A Woman's Right Over Her Body - How Far Does It Actually Go?,
Children Are God's Blessing, Christian Marriage Relationship

Several years ago, in one of the online conversations that I
was having at the time, one individual tried to fall back on
the "nothing more than a ball of cells" argument. Those were
in fact his actual words. I was totally appalled by the weak
justifications that he provided for condoning abortion; and
they were some of the very same arguments that we continue
to see being promoted today. As we saw earlier, the "nothing
but some tissue" argument is one of the biggest deceptions
that is promoted by abortionists. The second deception which
is believed by a considerable number of people, and which was
even used by Dr. Vanessa Cullins in the quote that I shared
earlier, is that delaying or preventing an abortion endangers
the health of young women. Some of these crafty abortionists
would like us to believe that every time that an abortion is
performed, a woman's health is protected, or perhaps her very
life is even saved.

In my view, just the sheer magnitude of that deception defies
belief, yet we hear it all the time. Are we to believe, that
based on the average number of annual abortions, that some
1.37 million women's and minors' lives are wrenched from the
claws of death every single year? Are we to believe that ever
since abortion was legalized in 1973, the lives of forty-six
million women and teenage girls have been saved? I don't know
about you, but I have a very difficult time accepting that. I
honestly don't know how many women's lives are actually saved
each year as a result of having had an abortion. I doubt that
anyone really knows; and if they do know, I would guess that
they certainly don't want the general public to know; because
the number is probably so low in comparison to the number of
abortions that are performed, that it would undoubtedly be a
major embarrassment to abortionists to even reveal it, and it
would expose this deception for what it is -- a subtle device
they use to garner support for abortion.

We need to ask ourselves an important question. Regardless of
the actual number of lives which have truly been saved, does
this unknown figure warrant the mass murder and slaughter of
forty-six million unborn children during the past thirty-six
years? Mind you, this is just the number of legal abortions
which have been performed in the U.S.A. While that figure may
astound you, consider the fact that approximately forty-two
million abortions are performed around the world every single
year. This staggering number is about equivalent to twice the
entire population of the US state of Texas being put to death
every year. Imagine that you live in Texas, and one morning
you wake up to discover that the streets in your town or city
are totally devoid of life. Every single person has vanished
without a trace. Absolute silence reigns. How would you feel?
Now, double that number, and that is exactly what happens to
unborn, innocent children every single year all around the
world. They are slaughtered, and not a whimper is ever heard.

The daily worldwide rate of abortion has been approximated at
115,000 abortions, while the daily US abortion rate has been
estimated at 3,700 innocent lives slaughtered on the bloody
altars of the abortionists. I obtained some of these figures
from the "The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform" website.

The point I am trying to make here, is that for the sake of
profit, abortionists intentionally try to cloak abortion in
this aura of humanitarianism. "We must protect the health of
the mother. We must save the life of this dear young girl".
That is their mantra, and we all know that while this may be
true in some cases, it is most certainly not true for the
roughly 1.37 million women and girls who obtain an abortion
every single year within the USA. As I said, I cannot offer
an actual figure for how many lives have truly been saved,
simply because I was unable to find one, but I can provide
some additional information which I found on the "The Center
for Bio-Ethical Reform" website. At the top of their page,
they state the following:

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"All abortion numbers are derived from pro-abortion sources
courtesy of The Alan Guttmacher Institute and Planned
Parenthood's Family Planning Perspectives."

----- End Quote -----

In short, the figures that I'm sharing below were provided by
the abortionists themselves. Exactly how accurate and honest
they are is anyone's guess. These numbers are a breakdown of
why women and minors choose to have an abortion:

1% - rape or incest.

6% - potential health problems regarding either the mother
or child.

93% - social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or
inconvenient).

The above numbers are extremely revealing; and they totally
expose the deceptions which are constantly being promoted by
the abortionist camp. As you can see, a full ninety-three
per cent of all abortions obtained in the United States are
by no means medical emergencies which are performed in order
to save a woman's life. More often than not, they're selfish
acts of personal convenience, and nothing more.

Now let's have a look at that last six per cent figure. The
way that they have worded it seems a bit deceptive to me. It
is not saying that six per cent of all women and minors who
obtain an abortion do so in order to save their lives. I am
not disputing that some abortions do save some undetermined
number of lives; however, what it says there is "potential
health problems". Six per cent of women and minors seek out
an abortion due to "potential health problems". My point is,
the number of lives which have actually been saved is under
six per cent. Exactly what percentage of that six per cent
can actually be assigned to lives saved, I honestly do not
know, because, as I said, I was unable to find a figure for
it.

But let's explore this idea of a "potential health problem".
A "potential health problem" can mean many different things,
and not necessarily death, or even the threat of death. Let
me give you a clear example. Medical professionals have now
devised methods to perform what they refer to as "genetic
screening", as well as other tests, whereby they are able to
determine if an unborn fetus possesses any kind of defects.
Obviously, it is a given that all parents desire to have a
healthy baby; but suppose that genetic screening reveals a
problem? Does that fact give the parents the right to obtain
an abortion?

In my conversations over the years, this is precisely one of
the justifications which have been presented for obtaining
an abortion. A few years ago, I was exchanging email with a
young high school girl who asked me about this very issue.
Let me share with you some of the things that I told her.

The first point that we need to establish is that contrary to
modern, ungodly, medical and scientific opinion, mankind does
not have the right to play "God". It is not for man to decide
who is to live, and who is to die. Neither is it man's place
to determine what constitutes human life, and what does not.
Furthermore, it is not for man to determine when human life
technically begins, or when human life technically ends. As I
explained earlier, as far as God is concerned, our existence
was known to Him even before we were ever conceived in the
womb. Thus, by making any of these determinations, man has in
fact elevated himself above God. He has usurped the authority
of the Almighty. If you're a Christian, this kind of attitude
should alarm you, because this isn't the first time that this
has occurred. Lucifer had similar thoughts. Consider this:

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be
brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."
Isaiah 14:12-15, KJV

This unhealthy attitude is illustrated quite well by modern
attempts at cloning and genetic engineering. While there are
medical professionals who truly do have our best interests
at heart, and who sincerely want to alleviate, and even cure,
some of the many ailments which afflict our modern society,
nevertheless, the practice of creating and design life in the
laboratory is truly an ethical minefield, and the temptation
to play "God" exists.

I don't know how many of you have read Aldous Huxley's novel
"Brave New World", but it is a very interesting book which
centers around society's attempt to supposedly "improve" the
human race through genetic engineering and controlled gene
selection. This seems to be what Adolf Hitler had in mind as
well with his ideas of "racial purity", and his intentions
to create an Aryan "super race" through the Thule Society,
(a.k.a. National Socialist German Workers Party - Nazis), a
massive sterilization program, the Lebensborn organization,
and the murder of millions of "imperfect" Europeans.

The minute that we pass that threshold, and decide that we
have the right to terminate human life due to some perceived
genetic deficiency, or to manipulate and genetically sculpt
life so that it meets our definition of perfection, such as
with so-called "designer babies", we are actually on our way
to fulfilling Aldous Huxley's vision of a futuristic eugenic
society, in which the creation of a new human life has been
reduced from being a miracle of God, to merely a scientific
process performed in the laboratory. Sadly, I suspect that
within a few short years, the first cloned human being will
be introduced to the world. In fact, as you may have heard,
the controversial Raelian UFO cult has supposedly already
passed this scientific hurdle. If this turns out to be the
case, or if someone else eventually does it, then what? Who
will close the flood gates to this madness?

What I also find alarming regarding the current progress that
is being made in the areas of genetics and cloning, is that
in an indirect way, those who engage in these activities are
suggesting that the Lord didn't do a good enough job when He
fashioned and created us; so we humans need to correct His
"errors" and "deficiencies" in our design, through genetic
manipulation.

Here is something else that you should consider. When people
are given the right to decide whether or not a forming baby
should be born or else aborted, in essence, they are already
practicing a small-scale form of selective breeding; they're
already practicing a subtle form of eugenics that is in fact
sanctioned by their government. They don't need to let some
Big Brother government do it for them, because Big Brother
has already given them the freedom to practice small-scale
eugenics, every time that they choose to use birth control,
or to abort a baby. So in reality, the government engages in
full-scale population growth control by letting its citizens
think that it is their, (meaning the people's), idea. Now
that is being crafty!

As we saw earlier, the Bible makes it rather clear that God
is the Author, Creator and Giver of life. The Scriptures tell
us that not only does He create life, but that He also heals,
and even kills according to His Divine Purposes. Furthermore,
(and this may surprise some of you), the Bible even tells us
that the Lord allows people to be born with certain physical
defects for whatever His reasons. Consider these verses:

"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is
there any that can deliver out of my hand."
Deuteronomy 32:39, KJV

"And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or
who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
have not I the LORD?"
Exodus 4:11, KJV

One common argument which is sometimes made by atheists and
other ungodly persons, is to say "Well, if God is real, and
if He is as powerful as you Christians claim that He is, why
then does He allow wars to occur; and people to suffer from
oppression and hunger; and children to be born deformed; and
all of the other evil things that occur in the world?" While
we may be tempted to adopt this complaining attitude, it is
important for us to remember that it is not for us humans to
question why God does the things that He does, or allows the
things that He does; because to do so, is essentially to say
that we could run things better, and in effect, to put our-
selves in the place of God.

The Scriptures repeatedly tell us that the fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom. It is because many people today
no longer fear or reverence the Lord and His Word, that they
have become fools, and have adopted such a haughty, negative
and critical attitude towards God. Furthermore, they believe
that they can be their own little gods, and the masters of
their own fate. As we saw earlier, in their pride and vanity,
they even think that they have the right to decide who is to
live, and who is to die; even for those who don't have a say
in the matter, like an unborn child. These people who speak
against the Lord and criticize Him would do well to consider
the wisdom of the following verses:

"And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding."
Job 28:28, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his
praise endureth for ever."
Psalm 111:10, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Proverbs 1:7

"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate."
Proverbs 8:13, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding."
Proverbs 9:10, KJV

"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the
wicked shall be shortened."
Proverbs 10:27, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from
the snares of death."
Proverbs 14:27, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and
before honour is humility."
Proverbs 15:33, KJV

"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of
the LORD men depart from evil."
Proverbs 16:6, KJV

"The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it
shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil."
Proverbs 19:23, KJV

"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and
honour, and life."
Proverbs 22:4, KJV

Please notice how many positive things we are told regarding
the fear of the Lord:

1. It is wisdom and knowledge.
2. It prolongs our lives.
3. It protects us from evil.
4. It enriches our lives.
5. It brings honor to our lives.

These are things which many people in the world desire; and
they can indeed have them, if they will only fear the Lord,
and obey His Commandments; one of which very clearly warns us
"Thou shalt not kill". In the previous Scriptures, notice how
often we are told that the fear of the Lord is to depart from
evil. No true God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian can deny
that to obtain an abortion, simply for the sake of personal
convenience is a very evil thing; and yet every single day in
the U.S.A., an average of 3,700 innocent, unborn children are
slaughtered, and their remains thrown in the trash, or burned
in an incinerator. To you people who would dare to open your
mouths in defiance against God, I urge you to also consider
what the Lord once said to the Patriarch Job:

"Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that
contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth
God, let him answer it. Then Job answered the LORD, and
said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will
lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will
not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Then
answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?
wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?"
Job 40:1-8, KJV

In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we can also find the following
words of wisdom:

"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be
hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,
and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
Ecclesiastes 5:2, KJV

In his Epistle to the brethren at Rome, the Apostle Paul
was likewise inspired to write:

"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast
thou made me thus?"
Romans 9:20, KJV

So as you can see, we must simply accept that God's ways are
above our ways, and His thoughts are above our thoughts; and
that whatever He does, or even allows, is for our own good.
We must never doubt His love for us; and we must continue to
trust in Him no matter what. Consider the following verses:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9, KJV

"And we know that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose."
Romans 8:28, KJV

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in thee."
Isaiah 26:3, KJV

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:5-6, KJV

This same attitude must be applied to our children who may
be born with certain mental or physical limitations. We must
not allow our emotions to overcome us, and become angry with,
or even bitter against, God. This issue is in fact something
to which I personally have given considerable attention. If
you are interested in reading my current thoughts on this and
related subjects, please consider reading the following list
of articles:

1. Why Doesn't God Heal Me?
2. Are Personal Tragedies Due To Sin?
3. Free Will And Personal Choice
4. Love And Light Or Rod And Wrath?
5. Beholding The Evil And The Good
6. The Fruits Of Disobedience

One thing I would like to mention here is that I write from
personal experience. I have a daughter, who is now a young
adult, who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes a little over
seven years ago. At the time of her diagnosis, she had just
turned eleven years old two months prior, and it was a very
traumatic experience for her, and a very heartbreaking one
for me. From that day until now, and unless a cure is found,
for the rest of her life, she will be forced to perform an
average of three blood tests each day, as well as inject
herself with insulin about three times a day, in order to
maintain a safe blood glucose level.

Similar to many diabetics, we have endured our share of ups
and downs over the past seven years; including many bouts of
hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, neuroglycopenia, ataxia, faulty
judgment, disorientation, seizures, incoherency, mood swings,
vomiting, headaches, etc. If we are not careful, my daughter
could eventually go blind, or have one or more of her limbs
amputated, or possibly lose her kidneys, which would result
in her being forced to go to dialysis for a number of years,
until eventually, her body grows so weak that she just dies.
Lapsing into a coma is also an ever-present danger.

For many people, this would be a very heavy burden to bear;
particularly for a young child. And believe me; when we at
first became aware of her condition, and had to spend over
two weeks in the hospital, it was difficult; particularly
for my daughter, who was constantly poked with needles, had
to be woken up every four hours, had an I.V. in her little
arm, etc. It was very hard on her; and as I already said, it
broke my heart as well to watch my young daughter suffer so
much.

In spite of this development in our lives, we still hold on
to our faith, and love and trust in the Lord for everything.
We haven't allowed the experience to embitter us against the
Lord. We don't know why He has allowed this to happen in our
lives, but we accept it as coming from His Hand. Maybe some
day we will better understand; but in the mean time, we will
just keep on trusting Him, and praising Him, no matter what.

Now, in case you still don't understand why I have chosen to
share this personal part of my life with you, let me explain.
Imagine if eighteen years ago, before my daughter was born,
the technology existed which would have allowed the doctors
to determine that she was going to develop Juvenile Diabetes
later on in her life. That would have presented me with a big
choice. Should I even allow this child to be born, realizing
that she is going to suffer later? Do I really have the right
to terminate her existence even before she is born through a
cruel act of abortion? Do I really have the right to destroy
what God has obviously created for whatever His reasons?

As we've already seen, in my particular case, as a Christian,
who believes that life comes from God, even if it happens to
be born defective, I must resolutely answer in the negative.
I don't have that right; and I would have never consented to
an abortion eighteen years ago, just as I would do so even
less today; because I understand even better now, how ugly,
horrible, violent and disgusting an abortion really is; and
this is even more so when we are dealing with the so-called
Partial-Birth Abortion. Over the years, I've educated myself
even further concerning the various forms of abortion, as is
evident by the eye-opening information that is found in the
abortion section of our web site.

I thank God for my daughter. She's brought so much laughter,
joy and inspiration into my life. She is one of the primary
reasons for my existence. I both love her and admire her. She
has been a shining example to me of inner spiritual strength
and positiveness, which I don't know that I would have had,
if I had found myself in a similar situation at such a tender
age. My daughter is a blessing to me; and to think that she
would have never entered my life, had I selfishly chosen to
accept abortion.

Sadly, as we all know, many pregnant women and minors do not,
and would not, make the same choice. As we saw earlier, 93%
of abortions are motivated by personal convenience of one
kind or another. Some of the reasons given for obtaining an
abortion include, but are not limited to, still being young
and wanting to enjoy life, financial difficulties, viewing a
pregnancy and/or newborn as an obstacle in one's career path,
repudiation due to rape or incest, a fear of being socially
ostracized, etc. To try to justify an abortion in such cases,
many women and pro-abortion organizations claim that a woman
has the right to do with her body as she pleases. This type
of attitude is reflected in the words of someone who wrote
to me several years ago. They stated in part:

----- Begin Quote -----

"Whether God has planned for this baby to be born or not, it
is the mother's choice of whether to have the baby or not."

----- End Quote -----

This person seems to recognize, or at the very least, seems
to have considered, that God may have planned for a woman's
pregnancy to occur; yet in spite of that fact, still insists
that a woman has the right to choose to reject what God has
willed. I find it rather astounding that a woman would even
think of trying to override God's Will in this manner. The
grave error of those people who think this way is to assume
that this "right-to-my-own-body" extends to murdering the
new life that grows within. To those of you who embrace this
ungodly deception, allow me to simply say this:

Yes, you may have the right over your own body, (although it
does have limitations according to God's Word), but you most
certainly do not have the right to cold-heartedly snuff out
the life of the young, developing body that's forming within
your womb. Why do I say this? Quite simply, because while you
may think that the embryo is just the result of human sexual
intercourse, as we have already seen, this is clearly not the
case. It may have been your egg and your partner's sperm, but
their union was a direct result of God's Divine Will. It was
the Lord who saw fit to join them together; and it was He who
breathed a spark of His Spirit into that young being, giving
it life. To reiterate a point I made earlier, God is the only
Author of life, and not we ourselves. Furthermore, as I point
out in the series "The Fruit Of The Womb", the Bible plainly
tells us that conception, and thus children, are a blessing
from the Lord, as we see here:

"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward."
Psalm 127:3, KJV

That being the case, and as we have already seen, a woman has
no right to interfere with what God has apparently ordained
to be. Her responsibility as His creation is to humbly accept
His Will for her life whether she likes it or not. This is in
fact one instance where a woman doesn't have a right over her
own body. In the case where a woman is married, this is even
more true. Consider the following verses which clearly define
a woman's role in a Christian marriage relationship:

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband:
and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own
body, but the wife."
1 Corinthians 7:4, KJV

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto
the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of
the body."
Ephesians 5:22-23, 33 KJV

"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence
her husband."
Ephesians 5:33, KJV

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is
fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not
bitter against them."
Colossians 3:18-19, KJV

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which
becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Let
the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer
not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
in the transgression."
1 Timothy 2:9-14, KJV

"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the
word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they
behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the
hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is
not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For
after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who
trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto
their own husbands:"
1 Peter 3:1-5, KJV

"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow
and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he
shall rule over thee."
Genesis 3:16, KJV

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