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Originally Posted by bwsmith  Please see the link – http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,...590444,00.html
I wrestle with speaking the truth in love when asked why I choose life – and I would be interested in hearing if and how you discuss this topic.
Here’s a beginning for me:
“Outlawing abortion” is an overly simplistic description of what many pro-life advocates who love life want. Some want Roe overturned to return power to the states. A minuscule number may well want to return to the back alleys – but I haven’t seen convincing arguments here. Many want abortion legal – and regulated by stringent guidelines, we recognize there are rare instances when the mother’s life is threatened by the child she conceived. |
Really interesting article. Thanks for posting. I really appreciated the pastor's point:
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"This whole process has reminded me that Jesus is not a Machiavellian," he says. "It really helps me trust the sovereignty of God. He's in control of who lives and dies. My effort is to serve folks, and the means I use matter. I have to glorify Jesus. The results are in God's hands."
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I also found the conclusion to the piece interesting:
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{The above mentioned pastor again} "I still keep the 'choice' of abortion off the menu. But I hadn't thought through how difficult a choice it is. I'd been pretty simplistic. I just think a lot more about the pregnant woman herself now than I had before." On issues of such weight, making the questions harder for people is the first step toward finding some answers.
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Of course, I would think the only answer is that the choice to kill a child in the womb or anywhere else is too great a burden to place on anyone. In the rare case where having a baby might result in the death of the mother, at least the doctor was interested in trying to save both lives. Intent matters. While I very much appreciate the work of CPC's, the solution to the problem of abortion still requires a political solution.