In the abortion debate there seems to be one particular question that is look at without much clarity. The pro-abortion side is not interested in presenting the question clearly but intentionally tries to lure their opponents into their way of thinking. The pro-life side on the other hand, entraps itself by attempting to answer this ill conceived question. And the question runs along these lines: “If Roe vs Wade is overturned and abortion becomes illegal, should a woman attempting the illegal abortion be punished?”

It amazes me that many on pro-life side consider this question to be a valid one without challenging it. Accepting this question as a valid one we again abandon the woman, as she was abandoned once before. Her protector was gone, not keeping watch over the Garden. And the woman was all alone, not having her protector by to speak to, so she spoke to the serpent.
But what really is troubling that in order to be logical, some in the pro-life movement are answering “yes, she should be responsible for braking the law”.

In order to answer this question correctly, we must not answer it at all. It is designed to entrap.

Since the majority in the pro-life movement are Christians, I offer you a short reflection on the passage from the Gospel of John found in the chapter 8. This story is well known to us yet we tend to miss a few very important points from it. The woman was caught in the act of adultery, yet she was shamefully and all alone dragged by the enraged mob. The men she committed adultery with is not mentioned in the passage at all. She had to carry the burden of the sin by herself. Don’t you think there is a sort of similarity in this story and the ill designed question that pro-abortion side is presenting?

But Jesus saw right through their wicked plan. Even more than that. He saw and understood the predicament this woman found herself in. If we think for a moment we might find out that forgiveness that woman received might have been much deeper than our eyes meet initially. The passage does not say if this was the only time this woman engaged in adultery, but chances are it was not her only time. Was her life scourged by abortions? The passage does not say that, however one can’t help but wonder. What about the forgiveness she received, was it only in respect to this one act of adultery? Most likely not. When Jesus engages in peoples lives, not a single part of those lives remain untouched by his mercy and forgiveness.

Going back to the ill designed question. The pro-abortion side clearly wants to entrap us, so they have something to accuse us for- but we must not to cave into their way of thinking. While none of us can do what Jesus have done, that is to make our accusers to face their own conscience. We can offer the women (and men) our forgiveness- Christ would do just that.

Tags: abortion, pro-choice., prolife

Some of the “NJ Voices” are quick to proclaim that NJ has become “absolutely Pro-Life”. It is actually laughable to say that turning away from the issues like abortion can actually qualify NJ as becoming “absolutely Pro-Life”:

Just as some religious groups are turning their benevolent focuses away from hot-button issues like gay marriage, evolution, and abortion and toward less-divisive but more dire issues like poverty, hunger, human rights, and global warming, so too can so-called “pro-lifers” stand for the many ways one can generally support life over death.

Even as NJ has abolished the death penalty, it hardly saved any lives doing so, last person executed in NJ was in 1963. To this day NJ is leading in systematic genocide against black. As long as NJ enables killing of unborn babies it will remain the “absolutely pro-death”.

Tags: abortion, pro-choice., prolife

I have just come across this quiz, that, if you take it, will show you how much do you really know about Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion in the United States.

In January of 2008, it will be 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, so I was curious how much do I know myself. I have answered all but 2 questions correctly. If you take the quiz, you will be given the results indicating which of the questions were answered incorrectly. The correct answers for the tow questions I answered incorrectly surprised me, but I was just trying to be a little lenient. Do you think you know what was at stake in Roe vs. Wade case? Take the quiz and then come back and tell me how you did. I found this quiz via Jill Stanek’s blog- make sure to subscribe to the feed of her blog.

Tags: abortion, Roe vs Wade

Abortion is a single medical procedure that causes so much controversy. Did you ever stop to wonder why? Just think about it for a moment. Some may argue that it is the safest medical procedure out there. Minus the fetus, they would argue, more people are likely to die during the open heart surgery. Why then no one is demonstrating in front of the cardiology offices? The abortion proponents also claim, not without some wild imagination, that abortion is safer than the childbirth.

Did you ever see an entire open heart surgery on the Discovery Chanel? What about childbirth? I think I am safe to presume that such a program or film will never be featured on the same channel if it was about the abortion. Is it because it is not as safe as pro-abortion activists claim it to be? With 1+ million (compared to only 600,000+ open heart procedures) abortions in the US alone this is the most common medical procedure out there. So why do you think we will never see a TV show that would feature an abortion? Is it because of the very same reason a woman is not allowed to look at the monitor of the ultrasound machine? Personally I do not know. But here is my guess. I think the main reason that we would never see such a program is that it would reveal the truth.

We can present arguments on both side all day long, but at the end of the day only one thing matters. That one thing is the truth. People who have been through the abortion know the truth. I believe God wants them to be healed precisely because they know the truth, so they can free the rest of the world.

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Tags: abortion, abortion facts, After Abortion