God's Heart for the Unborn
Recent New York Abortion Expansion Bill
1. Allows non physicians to perform abortions
2. Allows abortion up to the point of the delivery
3. Removes any protection for an infant who survives an abortion
4. Removes criminal penalties for the death of an unborn child
“the infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother. So I think this was really blown out of proportion.”
~ Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam
“we hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness...”
~ The Declaration of Independence
1st What is abortion?
Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy resulting in the death of the baby.
District of Columbia: 38% of all pregnancies are aborted
New York: 33% of pregnancies end in abortion
New Jersey: 30% of pregnancies end in abortion
In 2015, 27% of all abortions were done chemically. *(CDC)
In 2015, 73% of all abortions were surgical. *(CDC)
Primary Surgical Procedures
1) Procedure: D & E (dilation & evacuation)
2) Procedure: Partial birth abortion
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
59 percent increased risk for suicidal thoughts
61 percent increased risk for mood disorders
61 percent increased risk for social anxiety disorders
261 percent increased risk for alcohol abuse
280 percent increased risk for non alcohol substance abuse
Alan Guttmacher Institute
1% are victims of incest or rape.
12% had fetal abnormalities.
25% don’t want people to know they were pregnant.
48% said they didn’t want to be a single parent or they had problems in current relationships.
73% stated they could not afford a child.
74% said the child would interfere with their lives.
2nd What does the Bible say about abortion?
1. God creates personally and individually every human life.
Genesis 4:1 (MSG)
Adam slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and had Cain. She said, "I've gotten a man, with God's help!"
Genesis 21:1-2a (NLT)
The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. She became pregnant.
Genesis 25:21 (NLT)
Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The Lord answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
Job 10:8-9,11 (NLT)
You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me. Remember that you made me from dust— You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together.
Exodus 4:11 (ESV)
Then the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Job 33:4 (NLT)
For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the
Almighty gives me life.
Psalm 100:3 (NIV)
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we
are his...
Psalm 127:3 (MSG)
Don't you see that children are God's best gift? The fruit of the womb his generous legacy?
Psalm 139:13 (NLT)
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalm 139:15-16 (NLT)
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NLT)
Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother's womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT)
I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.
Luke 1:39-41 (NLT)
A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
2. God judges a people who pollute their land with murder.
Psalm 106:38 (MSG)
They slit the throats of their babies, murdered their infant girls and boys. They offered their babies to Canaan's gods; the blood of their babies stained the land.
Psalm 106:38 (NLT)
they polluted the land with murder.
Numbers 35:33 (MSG)
Don't pollute the land in which you live. Murder pollutes the land.
Genesis 4:8-10 (NLT)
One day Cain suggested to his brother, "Let's go out into the fields." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him. Afterward the Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?" But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
3rd What should a person do if they have had an abortion, performed or assisted in abortions, have counseled someone to get an abortion, or have paid for an abortion?
4th What should our response be as believers?
Psalm 82:3-4 (MSG)
You're here to defend the defenseless...your job is to stand up for the powerless...
Proverbs 24:11-12 (NLT)
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. Don't excuse yourself by saying, "Look, we didn't know." For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve.
Proverbs 31:8 (NLT)
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.
1. We must pray
2. Consider adoption
3. Support the local Crisis Pregnancy Center
4. Contact your representatives and senators encouraging them to protect the unborn
