The Tragedy of Abortion!

This week the United States Congress is debating a bill that would prohibit abortions on the basis of the sex of the unborn child.  In a number of countries around the world baby girls are more frequently aborted than baby boys—a practice that appears to be increasing in America (cnn.com, May 31, 2012).   Since abortion was legalized in America in 1973, more than 50 million babies have been aborted—about one in three or one in four babies conceived in America are murdered in the womb.   Worldwide, the figure is many times that number.   While arguments for legal abortion center on a woman’s right to control her own body and risks to the woman’s health, studies reveal that the main reasons for taking the life of an unborn infant are personal preference and convenience (Wikipedia, “Abortion in the United States”).

This is the tragic consequence when people turn away from God and ignore His laws.  One of the Ten Commandments is “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13).  The prophet Jeremiah warned the ancient Israelites that when they turned from God and offered their own children as sacrifices to idols, “You all have transgressed against Me [God]… Also on your skirts is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents” (Jeremiah 2:4, 29, 34).  Jeremiah warned the rebellious Israelites that God would “hand them over to trouble” and “cause anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly” (Jeremiah 15:4, 8).  Unless America repents and moves away from killing unborn babies—male and female—there will be serious consequences ahead!