SHOULD ABORTION INFLUENCE OUR USE OF RESOURCES

A person could be completely pro-life and yet feel like abortion is the law of the land and that is not going to change any time soon.  It's a done deal for the foreseeable future so perhaps Christians should put their resources (their time, energy, votes, money, etc.) into other issues.

I agree that abortion is and will be the law of the land for the foreseeable future, however, I think Christians can save the lives of defenseless infants by investing heavily in pro-life things.

EXAMPLE 1


 In 1996 the Presidential race was between Bob Dole (pro-life) and Bill Clinton (pro-abortion.)  A Christian could have said that since Dole would be unable to change abortion laws he (the Christian) would consider giving his support to Clinton.  Here is why that turned out to cost human life.

In 1996 and again in 1997 Bill Clinton vetoed partial-birth abortion bans.  Bob Dole would not have.  When George W. Bush became president partial-birth abortion was banned.  Thus the election of Clinton gave four extra years of partial-birth abortion.  Since there were about 2,000 such abortions per year, the election of Dole would have saved 8,000 human lives.

EXAMPLE 2

Pro-life legislators are inclined to pass parental notification laws which undoubtedly reduce the number abortions.  Helping elect such legislators and pass such legislation saves babies.

EXAMPLE 3

Pro-life legislators are inclined to disallow using public funds to pay for abortions and again, this must diminish the number of abortions.  The number of abortions is probably reduced by thousands but what if it is only dozens.  Those dozens of helpless children are worth saving.

There are many other pro-life issues from which we could make examples.

So even if we cannot change the fundamental law of the land, we can pour our resources into saving some.  Relative to a million abortions per year, saving a few thousand does not sound like much, but we must remember that a few thousand human lives are a huge thing.  9/11 took 3,000 lives and we were rightfully outraged.  So Christians should pursue the pro-life agenda with full enthusiasm.