In 1984 I saw up close and personally the humanity of what it meant to be an 8 week old “Fetusafter a tragic miscarriage. From that time forward, I could only believe that the pre born are human beings worthy of dignity, respect, and protection. I came to believe that the deliberate termination of that life was murder. Roe v Wade had,of course, decided that the pre born were not persons; and therefor ineligible for Constitutional protection, but their termination could be administered by a State's interest based on the trimester standard. It became clearer to me that, as a Christian, what the Court had found for, was in opposition to God's law not to murder. Many argued to me that Christians had a duty to support all laws of the Land--including Roe. I knew in my mind and heart this was wrong; and in fact Roe's permission to murder was against God's Law. The Court simply did not have the Moral authority to change the unlawful act of murder by abortion in 1972, to an act legitimized and protected by the power of the government in 1973. It was undeniable in Rom 13 that we are to obey lawful authority; but officials are appointed by God " to do good" for the people. Nowhere in scripture does God set up another standard of law apart from Him that requires us to obey the State and disobey God. Since the Authorities are appointed by God as His servants to do good, the MUST call good what God calls good and evil what God calls evil. Through most of history it has been dangerous to be a Christian determined to obey God first, last, and always. Many have been martyred because they lived and died by the simple principle that: When the State Requires what God forbids, or Forbids what God requires, then we obey God. For this reason we can never accept Roe. Murder was understood and punished in all cultures long before it was incorporated into a code of law. Long before our legal system existed it would later become informed by Judaeo-Christian values discipling what became Western Civilization. The Prime Directive that came out of all this was/is that every human life has intrinsic value. If even ONE human child can be saved your action is worthwhile. If a nations laws can be changed so that either all, or even some can be saved, both acts have great Moral value; and the three should NEVER be thought to be mutually exclusive. All pro life people should always support any activity to save the child's life, short of breaking the laws of God. Victory over this holocaust of murdered pre born babies will be God's, and dedicated to Him, as he makes all manner of persons His fingertips and inspires them to different actions. Whether it is praying at home, or prayerfully blockading, creating a Abortion Free Zone in your community; all manner of social and political action that will save lives, will honor God. Respect our Brothers calling. It is true that often our action will come at a cost and we were told by Jesus to consider it. I quickly discovered why; as I worked with dozens of churches and hundreds of others to make our region Abortion Free. I then went on to organize Operation Rescue blockades with sidewalk counselling in my three state region. Smear, lawsuit, threats, arrests, jail time, pressure on my business made that caution by Jesus to "count the cost" very real to me; but we were having and impact on the abortion profiteers. Most important lives were being saved. I will end by encouraging all to keep the faith and fight the battle. To save even one child's life is rewarding beyond expression. God will bless you with this. The death of millions has no personal meaning; but the death of a single child is a personal tragedy, their life saved is a victory one person can understand. Thank you all for your good work!
God bless you for participating in the most effective method to save the babies at a cost known to you and to God!