Love and Abortion

by Everybody Worship Staff Writer

On January 22nd, 1973 the United States Supreme Court, in a decision known as Roe v. Wade, ruled that state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional. The court ruled that a woman’s privacy was more important than the interest of any state in protecting unborn children.

This decision was neither voted on by the populace nor mandated by the legislative or executive branches of the government. In one swift moment, the Supreme Court struck down abortion laws in over 40 states and declared the unborn child was not a “person” and had no constitutional rights.

Estimates are that in excess of 45 million unborn children have been aborted since 1973.

This situation is a chance for Christians to step in with the only thing that can heal; the love of Jesus. This is not a time to raise banners of hate or take threatening stances against those confused and lost. Loving the lost never means you condone their behavior; however loving them is the only right and calling you have toward those that “know not what they do.” To act in any other way is an audacious way pushing God out of His rightful place.

There are women hurting and babies being lost, and it is time that the love poured into you during your worship overflow onto those searching for love and direction. There are ways to make and impact and love other just as your Father loves you.

What Can I Do about Abortion?

1. Pray. Pray. Pray.
2. Educate yourself on the facts and educate others as well.
3. Ask your pastor to preach on this topic with love at the center.
4. Organize others of like concern and get involved.
5. Learn the voting records on abortion of your state then write your senators/representatives, asking them to initiate or support legislation on life issues.
6. Volunteer or start a pregnancy care center.
Needs are:

• Volunteer counselors (18 hours of training)
• Advocates for the mothers
• Advisors with expertise in related fields
• Professionals: physicians, attorneys
• Services: maintenance helpers, printers, advertisers, public relations
• Office space, equipment, supplies
• Maternity clothes, new and good used
• Newborn baby clothes and supplies
• Baby furniture
• Prenatal vitamins
• Childbirth coaches
• Financial assistance: groceries, housing
• Job training for clients
• Resources such as books, films, and brochures
• Information on finishing high school education/GED
• Opportunities for further training

7. Ask churches to provide:

• Facilities for meetings, banquets, support groups
• A yearly banquet for staff and volunteers
• Parenting classes
• Child care for counselors’ children or single parents’ children
• A welcome and caring atmosphere
• Bible studies
• “Adoption” of an unwed mother, give her a baby shower
• Forgiveness
• Support groups for single parent(s), parents of the unwed, or unwed post-abortive women

8. Get testimonies of people who were adopted and people who have adopted.
9. Provide public, school, and church libraries with the best books available on related subjects.
10. Expose school administrators to sex education material teaching chastity (”True Love Waits”).
11. Ask for equal time to present your viewpoint if Planned Parenthood is in your local school system.
12. Run for a position on the school board.
13. Provide every pastor with related books for his library
14. Pray again….