After my last post, I was thinking about what it would take to end abortion. Now, I don't necessarily mean repealing Roe v. Wade; instead I'm talking about how to end abortion in the people of the United States, creating a society where, even if abortion was legal, it wouldn't happen.
I came up with two requirements: truth and love.
1. Truth: People must know the reality of abortion: that it is the murder of an innocent human being. However, some people do not believe this even if it is "proven" to them. In order to end abortion, the dignity of humanity must be recognized by a society in general. The problem is that this requires a deeper sort of conversion, one that is beyond simply changing sides on abortion. It is possible to be pro-life and not believe in God, but I think that it is a lot more difficult for someone to come to that position without believing in God as the Creator of all life.
Is there a solution? Well, first we must pray and work for the conversion of peoples' hearts. In short: spread the Gospel. This is a tough job but it is the one that we were given by Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20)
2. Love: Love, in this case, comes in the form of "pro-lifers" being willing to help and accept women considering abortions, those who have already had abortions, and the other men and women involved in the situations without judgement. We can never approve of abortion but we can still love the people involved. Again, we need to start with prayer. This includes praying for the abortionists and those who help provide abortions. Jesus said that we should pray for our enemies and even love them (Matthew 5:44).
If we are going to oppose abortion, we must be willing to provide help for pregnant women. This is not necessarily easy or convienient, but it is what Christians are called to do. Like I said in the last post, we have to be willing to back up what we say with actions. Nothing chases people away from the truth like hypocrisy.
Comments?
2 comments:
I think that you are basically right. People do need to help women in trouble. But I think too that the problems in our society go much deeper than the abortion problem. We need to change the way men & women think about children as a whole. Along with abortion came the idea that marriage is about how two people feel if they don't feel just marvelous on any given day its all over.Children are treated like posessions or bargaining chips. Men are not taught what it is to have a father let alone be one. This failure by men is a big contributor in my opinion to the abortion problem. Women need men who want to be true men. Not being able to find many increases the abortion rate. Just my opinion.
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