Thursday, December 25, 2008

Obama to increase Title X funding?

First, a little light reading:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=356962
http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_fac_titlex2.html
http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14645
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40949
http://otrans.3cdn.net/3b21d35e246c18a427_d7m6bw2o1.pdf

I am not surprised to read about the potential for increased federal funding for abortions. I am surprised to hear that there are Christians who are still surprised that Obama wants to make abortions more easily accessible. After all, he did promise that the first thing he would do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

Here's my point. The issue of abortion is a moral one and laws can not be called upon to enforce morals. Even if abortion was illegal, and the punishment for aborting a fetus was punishable by death, people would still find a way to do it. How many murderers do you think are on death row today, who knew in advance that the crime they were about to commit was wrong? Yet they did it anyway. The law can only condemn.

To quote one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Rich Mullins:
"The church is the only institution in this world who can bring about a change. The government can not do it so stop depending on the government. Education systems can not do it so stop trusting education systems."
The most powerful way we can impact a woman who's considering abortion is to love her and her unborn baby with the same kind of love Jesus shows us. Reveal God's grace to her through your life. Reach out and listen and care for her. We're not going to convince her that abortion is wrong by writing letters of protest to our congressman or picketing up and down Main Street. Not that writing letters to your congressman is bad. Write all the letters you want, but don't hold your breath.

I can understand if you're upset that your hard-earned money is funding something you believe is wrong. I'm not happy about it either. I'm guessing our money is funding a lot of other things we would think are wrong; probably more than we could even imagine. But guess what. If less and less women want to have abortions because they have found grace and truth and life in Jesus Christ, eventually less and less money will go towards women who want to have abortions. It's not rocket science.

1 comment:

jeff said...

Well said N8. Actively living Christianity is much harder than talking about it. I talk about that all the time!